This is the first in a much-delayed series covering my Labor Day (August-September 2019) trip to Paris and Luxembourg. Given how long has passed, the posts won’t be super detailed, but I’ll do my best from notes and pictures. Air France Flt. 55, Washington-Dulles to Paris-Charles de Gaulle (IAD-CDG) Airbus… Read more »
This is the first in an eleven-part series covering my June/July 2019 trip to Slovenia and Venice. SAS Scandinavian Airlines Flt. 926 Washington-Dulles to Copenhagen (IAD-CPH) Business Class, A330-300 Sch. Dep. 5:15pm Sch. Arr. 7:15am+1 Act. Dep. 5:11pm Act. Arr. 7:07am+1 My big summer vacation this year… Read more »
This is the third and final post in a series from my late December 2018 trip to London. You can read my last post, reviewing the hotels I stayed at, here. Virgin Atlantic Flt. 21 London-Heathrow to Washington-Dulles (LHR-IAD) A330, Economy, 8h 31m Sch. Dep. 11:35am Sch. Arr. 3:20pm Act…. Read more »
In February, I did a short 2-night trip down to Mexico’s Riviera Maya, around Playa del Carmen. The genesis of the trip was a desire to use my free night certificate I got from meeting a spend requirement on my now-discontinued Fairmont Visa. The certificate was good anywhere in the… Read more »
This is the twelfth and final post in a series chronicling my January 2018 trip to Colombia. You can read an overview/preview here. Avianca Flt. 246 Bogota-El Dorado to Washington-Dulles (BOG-IAD) A320neo, Economy Sch. Dep. 8:17am Sch. Arr. 1:43pm Act. Dep. 8:24am Act. Arr. 1:42pm As referenced in my last post,… Read more »
This is the second in a series of posts chronicling my January 2018 trip to Colombia. You can read an overview/preview here. Avianca Flt. 583 Washington-Dulles to San Salvador (IAD-SAL) A319 Business Class, 4h 45m Sch. Dep. 3:15PM ET Sch. Arr. 7:00PM CT Act. Dep. 3:16PM ET Act. Arr. 6:36PM… Read more »
This is the last of 4 posts summarizing a short trip to Mexico City in December 2017. You can read about the genesis of the trip and my flight down here, my hotel stays here, and what I did in Mexico City here. Aeromexico Flt. 622 Mexico City (MEX) to Washington-Dulles (IAD)… Read more »
Aeromexico Flt. 623 Washington-Dulles (IAD) to Mexico City (MEX) B737-700, “Clase Premier”/Business Class Sch. Dep. 1:17 AM Sch. Arr. 5:15 AM Act. Dep. 1:15 AM Act. Arr. 8:39 AM Because of my accounting error at the Crowne Plaza in Hamburg, I needed to spend about $3 in food and beverage… Read more »
This is part 2 in a series about my summer 2017 trip, which took me to Norway, the Netherlands, and Malta. You can read an overview of the trip here. (I have done some website redesign that should help with readability. I still cannot figure out how to get my… Read more »
United Airlines Flt. 860 Sao Paulo-Guarulhos to Washington-Dulles This is the concluding post of my series exploring my March 2017 trip to South Africa and Namibia, which started here. (Low-quality pictures in this post due to equipment issues, apologies.) In June 2016, United made a huge deal out of announcing its… Read more »
