Seoul Metro Emergency Procedures When I mentioned to people that I was going to be visiting Korea for a few days, the two comments I received was “I hope you aren’t going to the North” and “I hope that are going to be safe”. I was only visiting Seoul (and not venturing to the North). … Read More »
Japan Airlines First Class HND-SFO I’m not going to write a full review of the flight, as much of it was the same as my JAL First Class LAX-NRT flight just a week prior. Instead I will highlight the differences in the flight. Overall, I came away realizing the importance of the crew on passenger… Read More »
Japan Airlines First Class Lounge Tokyo HND First things first. If you have the option of flying out of Haneda rather than Narita when leaving Tokyo, pick Haneda. It is closer to the city and much nicer. This is my review of the Japan Airlines First Class Lounge Tokyo HND from my visit in March… Read More »
Qantas First Class Lounge LAX There has been a lot of blog posts written about the Qantas First Class Lounge LAX. Many crown it the best lounge in the US. I had not visited until my visit prior to my flight on Japan Airlines in First Class. I was flying SEA-LAX-NRT and had a few… Read More »
The Strings InterContinental Tokyo Review The last hotel stay during my Tokyo/Seoul trip was at the Strings by InterContinental in Tokyo. I used my IHG Chase card Free Anniversary Night; though a straight points stay would have been 55,000 points. Under the new rules, the Anniversary Night will not be valid at the Strings. Had… Read More »
Conrad Seoul Review After four nights at the Andaz Tokyo, I was heading over to Seoul for two nights. Hilton was holding a 50% off in Asia sale, so I jumped on booking my first ever stay at a Conrad. The cost was 154,000 won ($144) per night all in for a King Deluxe room. I… Read More »