This is the conclusion of an eleven-part series covering my June/July 2019 trip to Slovenia and Venice. You can read my last post, discussing my two days in Venice, here. Iberia Flt. 3243 Venice to Madrid (VCE-MAD) Airbus A320neo, Business Class Sched. Dep. 11:55am Sched. Arr. 2:30pm Actual Dep. 12:13pm … Read more »
This is the sixteenth and final in a series of posts documenting my January 2019 trip around the world, which took me to Victoria Falls, Cape Town, Chiang Mai, and Hong Kong. You can read my last post, which summarized my time spent in Hong Kong, here. Cathay Pacific Flt…. Read more »
This is the ninth in a series of posts documenting my January 2019 trip around the world, which took me to Victoria Falls, Cape Town, Chiang Mai, and Hong Kong. You can read my last post, which covered my flight on Cathay Pacific’s A350 in business class from Cape Town… Read more »
This is part three of a series documenting my Memorial Day weekend trip to Sitges, outside of Barcelona. You can read an overview of the trip here. Iberia Flt. 800 Madrid to Barcelona (MAD-BCN) – Puente Aereo (Air Shuttle) Airbus 321 (A321) , Business Class Sch. Dep. 8:00AM Sch. Arr…. Read more »
This is part 2 of a series documenting my Memorial Day weekend trip to Sitges, outside of Barcelona. You can read an overview of the trip here. Sorry for the delayed post, as I had a computer meltdown. American Airlines Flt. 2119 Washington-National to Boston (DCA-BOS) Embraer ERJ-190, Economy Sch…. Read more »
As of a week ago, I dropped down from AA Platinum status to AA nothing, after four years of being an elite. I detailed the reasons why I left the airline here. Nonetheless, I still have tons of AA miles — since they are never usable. I’ve even started redeeming… Read more »
This is the second in a series covering my extended Labor Day weekend trip to Hamburg. You can check out an overview here. Airberlin Flt. 7473 — Boston (BOS) to Dusseldorf (DUS) Airbus 330, Business Class Sch. Dep. 6:55PM Sch. Arr. 7:45AM +1 Actual Dep. 7:30PM Actual Arr. 8:19AM +1… Read more »
American Airlines Flight 83 Main Cabin Extra, Boeing 787-800 Sch. Dep. LAX 11:10pm Actual Dep. 12:30am Sch. Arr. AKL 8:20am +2 Actual Arr. 8:55am I was not looking forward to my 13 hours in coach on American on the flight from L.A. to Auckland. One it’s 13 hours, two it’s… Read more »
Despite a late night out in Copenhagen, I still made it up with my first (of 2) alarms at 7:30am, showered, had breakfast, and was on my way to the airport. It was a five-minute walk from the Hotel Hebron to Central Station, and I had to wait about 15… Read more »
My flight from JFK landed in HEL’s non-Schengen area at around 9am. HEL is an exceedingly easy airport to connect in, though. Unlike in many other airports, upon landing, you aren’t routed to immigration or customs or anything upon landing, but just exit into the terminal. There are two Finnair… Read more »