Update: I’ve written more about whether you should use the transfer here. A while ago you used to be able to transfer Aeroplan to US Airways Dividend miles. This was actually one of my favourite uses of Aeroplan miles because the Aeroplan to US Airways Dividend Miles has some strengths that I really like relevant…
Musings about first class products
I’m back in Vancouver now and about to head back to school today, just having finished my trip to New York and Hong Kong. On this trip, I I was tremendously lucky to try Asiana and All Nippon First Class. I’ve also flown United, Thai, Cathay Pacific, and Lufthansa First Class previously. During the trip,…
My crazy 3 hours of fun at ANA CHECK-IN
Hopefully by the time you are reading this post, I should be flying CX F, but before that I spent nearly 3 hours at the ANA Check-In Desks at Tokyo. I’m pretty drained although it does help to have the power of miles and points with you. Let me tell you how it went and…
Redeeming your ShangriLa Voucher
I wrote about how to get free points in the Shangri-La Golden Circle a while back by playing a “game” every week. Hopefully like me you remembered to complete the game every week. The 6 weeks should have given you 1,200 points, which would be enough for you to redeem a $100 USD F&B/Spa Shangrila…
Have you ever felt your credit card was being compromised?
As you may (or may not) know I am in Hong Kong. Today I had the strangest incident with my credit card, and I’m not quite sure what to make of it. I was purchasing some stationery at a small non-chain store in the Sai Kung district (where I was visiting my relatives). The store…
Aeroplan Changes in effect today!
Happy New Year! As well as fireworks and elite status counters resetting, the Aeroplan changes (which I wrote a series of posts about here) now take effect today. This means there are some good changes and some not so good changes, the important ones I will be mentioning in this post. Aeroplan Changes: One-Way Awards One-Way…
Thai First Class Ground Services BKK Thoughts
I am travelling at this time, so expect delays to responses on Twitter and email. It might also explain why I’m writing so many trip report posts. Thanks 🙂 Greetings from Hong Kong! I just got off my Thai Airways flight from Bangkok to Hong Kong a few hours ago, and I’m very jetlagged thus…
Asiana First Class Suites Initial Thoughts
I just got off my Asiana First Class Suites on their new closed-door suites on their 777-200ER from New York to Seoul, which is part of a trip to Hong Kong with US Airways Dividend miles. The plane that I flew was less than half a year old so it still had a slight new…
My Travel Hacking Christmas
It’s unbelievable what travel hacking does for you. I still don’t like the term, but miles/points arbitrage doesn’t come off as catchy or awesome 😉 So right now as many of you know I am in New York. My flights in First Class are on points and less than $300 in taxes. My hotel stay…
Does free elite status really make you elite?
I’m currently in NYC right now, and I just finished my university exams, so I’m still taking a bit of a breather from all the posting after that exciting post yesterday. Anyways, I ran into this Flyertalk thread while I was doing my reading. We all know that Accor gives away it’s top tier Platinum status…
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