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This year Alaska Airlines and Uber are teaming up for LGBTQ Pride events across the West Coast. There are three aspects of this partnership which I go in to below. But perhaps most interesting is the Alaska Airlines Uber Pride Contest for for reasons I’ll go in to. #LoveMovesUs The first … Read more
Seattle Mariners Alaska Airlines Voucher When a baseball team isn’t selling tickets, they will often do a giveaway promotion to entice fans to come to the game. The Seattle Mariners have had a long dry spell in the winning season department; they haven’t made it to the playoffs in 15 … Read more
T-Mobile M life Partnership A T-Mobile M life Partnership beyond arena naming rights seems to be in the works. Today T-Mobile announced their “Un-carrier 11”, also known as #GetThanked. There were essentially three big benefits to T-Mobile customers that were introduced: Free Gogo Inflight Internet – 1 hour on every … Read more
Alaska Airlines Visa Flight Discount Bonus Offer of $50 It appears that Bank of American is targeting certain cardholders with an Alaska Airlines Visa flight discount bonus offer. Once you register at bankofamerica.com/easyrewards with your personalized offer code, you have the month of June to spend $250 on the targeted card … Read more
Be your own advocate because no one else is going to advocate for you. I think this is good advice for life in general, but especially when traveling. Flights get delayed due to weather, mechanical issues, staffing, etc. Workers’ strike shuts down public transportation in a foreign city. It’s a … Read more
Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht Review Up until about 4 years ago, there were no Hyatt properties in Amsterdam. Then they opened the Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht in an old library building. Since then they have opened a Hyatt Place (review) at the airport and have plans to open a Regency in 2017 … Read more
British Airways A380 Business Class LAX-LHR Back in October I was able to hop on a good deal with British Airways from Los Angeles to Amsterdam in Club World (their version of Business Class). BA had a two day flash sale where tickets from various US cities to various European cities … Read more
oneworld Business Class Lounge LAX The oneworld Business Class Lounge LAX is located in the Tom Bradley International Terminal on Level 5 near all the other lounges including the Emirates lounge. Information about who can access this lounge can be found here. If you are coming from Terminals 4-6 you … Read more
Alaska Airlines “fly nice” ad campaign It seems that the Battle for Seattle between Alaska and Delta is heating up. There is a new Alaska Airlines “fly nice” ad campaign running in the new Capitol Hill light rail station in Seattle. This comes on the heels of a minor kerfuffle … Read more
10 Travel Essentials for Your Carry On I have a kit that I always carry with me when I fly. I typically get it out of my carry on before boarding so that I can settle in and have these 10 travel essentials at reach at all times. Purell/Hand Wipes – … Read more
For how many flights go in and out of Salt Lake City, it is a barren wasteland when it comes to airport lounges. In fact, as far as I can tell, there is only ONE lounge and that is the Delta Sky Club SLC. Passengers traveling in a premium cabin on … Read more
Aspire Lounge 41 AMS If you are flying through Amsterdam and have a Priority Pass through either Amex Platinum or Citi Prestige, you will have access to the Aspire Lounge 41 AMS. If you do not have a Priority Pass membership, you can also pay for a one day membership … Read more
Aviator Lounge CPH There are two terminals at Copenhagen Airport (CPH), Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 that are connected and passengers are free to go from one to the other. There are technically five lounges at CPH; two are SAS lounges which is based at CPH, the other three are not … Read more
24 hours in Copenhagen From my flight touching down at CPH to taking off again the next day, I had under 24 hours in Copenhagen. Knowing I needed to get checked in to my hotel, shower after the long flight and sleep at some point, I wanted to get a … Read more
Hilton Copenhagen Airport Review UPDATE: As of April 1, 2017, this property will no longer be a Hilton property. It will be reflagged as a Clarion. My morning flight out of Copenhagen was scheduled to depart at 6:00am so it made sense to look for a hotel near the … Read more