2019-03-11 10:20
Last month I took a quick solo trip to visit the Park Hyatt St. Kitts for two nights. The trip was a product of multiple construction delays which saw me having to postpone our stay twice. T… Read More
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2018-11-11 22:20
CcELast month we stayed for two nights at the Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach. The hotel is a category 5 on the Hyatt award chart, so we used 20,000 points per night, which also allowed us to… Read More
2018-04-30 10:12
Last December my wife and I took a quick 4-day getaway trip to Paris (my flight review here). While we had many great hotels to pick from, we took advantage of my Hyatt Globalist benef… Read More
2018-04-08 21:53
Last month I completed my short trip to Hong Kong and Australia by returning home on Qantas’ A380 first class from Sydney to Dallas Fort Worth. I booked this itinerary with the sole pu… Read More
2018-03-26 10:01
I took this trip for the sole purpose of flying Cathay Pacific and Qantas first class, both of which I had never flown before. I booked my flight with Alaska miles, for a total of 80,000 mil… Read More
2018-03-10 11:39
In December 2017 my wife and I flew to Paris for 4 days on a mini-vacation. When flying and having to fight jetlag on such a short trip, flying comfortably and being able to sleep during the… Read More
2018-01-15 00:18
By: Michael
Last month prior to our American Airlines MIA-CDG business class flight my wife and I visited American’s brand new Flagship lounge. The lounge had just opened a couple of w… Read More
2017-12-31 23:25
During mid-October we had the opportunity to stay at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The purpose of our visit to the city was to attend the annual Albuq… Read More
2017-07-29 10:00
Last May during our trip to Australia we spent 4 nights in Sydney, and I decided that we couldn’t pass up the opportunity of staying at one of Hyatt’s Crown Jewels; the Park Hyat… Read More
2017-07-22 19:20
A couple of months ago I had the opportunity to book an SPG Moments event which I had been meaning to book for quite a while: Tickets for 2 at a Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field at the SPG… Read More
2017-07-16 21:39
Back in May coming back from our trip to Australia (after flying Virgin Australia Business Class to get there) we had the opportunity of flying the Etihad A380 first class apartment, which i… Read More
2017-07-11 12:30
By Michael and Joe:
This is the third and last installment of a 3-part series where we review the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, a brand new property that just opened in Nassau, Bahamas. You can rea… Read More
2017-07-07 10:00
By: Joe
I recently had the pleasure of flying Japan Airlines First Class from Chicago to Narita and back. I had originally booked Business Class awards using AA miles some 11 months out and… Read More
2017-07-06 10:00
By Michael:
This is installment 2 of a 3-part series where we review the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, a brand new property that just opened in Nassau, Bahamas. You can read the first part of the se… Read More
2017-07-05 16:00
By Michael:
This post is the first of a 3-part series about the newly opened Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, which just opened a couple of months ago in Nassau, the Bahamas. In this first installment… Read More
2017-06-29 15:06
This morning I noticed a new Amex offer on my account, offering 4,500 membership rewards points for spending $3,000 in one or more transactions, up to 3 times, for a maximum of 13,000 bonus… Read More
2017-06-12 02:00
Last year as I was planning my trip to Australia I read this interesting review by Pizza in Motion about having climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge. I have to admit I didn’t even kn… Read More
2017-06-06 03:39
Recently we had the opportunity to fly Virgin Australia Business class on their 777-300 from Los Angeles to Melbourne during our westbound flights around the world. I was very impressed with… Read More
2017-06-05 15:53
Well I have to admit I never saw this coming and never expected such a quick resolution, or even a resolution at all. After my incident involving Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at LAX… Read More
2017-05-28 10:52
You think of abuse of power as something you just read about on the news or see on TV. You never think it will happen to you, until it does. A few weeks ago my wife and I were boarding… Read More
2017-04-29 10:35
For our 5-year wedding anniversary we decided to take the quick hop from Tampa to Miami for a quick weekend getaway and stay at the Z Ocean Hotel in South Beach. The hotel is an all-suites I… Read More
2017-04-06 10:00
Last weekend my family and I visited the Hyatt Regency Cartagena, a brand-new property I had not even realized had opened until my wife brought it up to my attention. We found a cheap fare t… Read More
2017-03-28 10:31
Last Sunday I got myself ready for my early flight out of Tampa and into Houston. I needed to be in Dallas that evening, but needed to stop by Houston to take care of some personal matters… Read More
2016-12-10 11:05
Returning from our latest trip to Hong Kong we had the pleasure of flying Singapore Airlines first class on their 777 aircraft. We had flown Singapore Airlines’ A380 suites on our trip… Read More
2016-11-02 10:24
During our last trip to Asia we stayed the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. It was our first trip to Hong Kong and I had read rave reviews about the property in the past, and was excited to check it o… Read More
2016-10-12 11:15
Last month we flew Asiana’s A-380 first class suites from New York’s JFK to Seoul’s Incheon airport on our way to Hong Kong. I had heard great things about Asiana’s f… Read More
2016-09-18 04:50
During our quick weekend JetBlue mileage run to Washington D.C. we spent one night at the beautiful Park Hyatt Washington D.C., which I had wanted to check out for a while, but had not… Read More
2016-06-18 11:00
American Airlines has officially opened their schedule for direct service to Cuba. They have been flying these routes for some time but tickets were sold through charters.
Removing th… Read More
2016-05-25 10:40
Earlier this month we stayed at the Hyatt Regency Aruba as part of our May 5-day vacation. I had read great reviews about the hotel on TripAdvisor, although being a Category 6, either 25,000… Read More
2016-02-17 11:05
Last month I had the chance to stay with my family at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress for one night during one of our regular visits to the Orlando attraction parks. I had read and heard rav… Read More
2016-01-16 11:46
During our recent trip to Japan we spent a night at the beautiful Osaka Marriott Miyako hotel the night before our flight to China. We had been staying at the Hyatt Regency Kyoto a… Read More
2016-01-03 11:37
On our recent trip to Japan, we visited Kyoto, which is one of the most beautiful cities in Japan with all its temples and amazing food and people. We spent two nights at the Hyatt Regency K… Read More
2015-12-27 16:01
On the return from our first trip to Asia we flew Korean Air’s 777-200 Kosmo Suites from Incheon International Airport in South Korea to Dallas. We flew this leg as a continuation of o… Read More
2015-12-14 11:57
During our recent trip to Japan, we felt that we had to do the points ritual and stay at the famous Park Hyatt Tokyo, which is what I like to call one of the “seven wonders of the worl… Read More
2015-12-06 16:16
On my son’s first visit to Disney World, my wife had mentioned wanting to check out the park’s baby care center. I wanted to write a post about it, not only because I was very im… Read More
2015-11-09 15:43
As part of my move to Tampa I recently had the opportunity of staying at the beautiful Presidential suite at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay. Since our home wasn’t ready, I decided to use ca… Read More
2015-11-02 11:42
A few months back I read an article by Becky from The Girl and Globe about a service called EatWith, which is a website that connects travelers with local hosts in order to meet at thei… Read More
2015-10-23 15:05
If you’ve never slept on a double bed in the sky, add it to your bucket list. Earlier this month we had the pleasure of flying Singapore Airlines’ Suites class from Los Angeles t… Read More
2015-09-06 10:20
A couple of weeks ago I stayed for 5 nights at the beautiful Hyatt at the Bellevue in downtown Philadelphia, just 3 blocks south of the iconic Philadelphia City Hall building. Havi… Read More
2015-08-12 10:36
As it has already become an annual tradition, the SPG American Express sign-up bonus is back up to 30,000 points instead of the usual 25,000. The increased sign up bonus is available for any… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I just recently enjoyed a 7 day Eastern Caribbean cruise where I learned of the Carnival Shareholder Benefit from a fellow cruiser. The benefit is great if you like to play the stock g… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Last night I went to Office Depot doing my usual rounds of gift cards, when I noticed that Office Depot had switched the paper Vanilla Reload cards they have on display with actual plastic c… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Last year Southwest announced that they are devaluating their points effective April 1st, 2014. Since then I have been booking all my Southwest flights for this year, and yesterday I was act… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
March 22nd marked the first day that your Amex Platinum card no longer gets you into the AA Admirals Club and U.S. Airways clubs. That being said, that day was also the first day when the ad… Read More
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