Alan 
2022 Year of Travel in Photos 2022 was the year of “revenge travel” for many after two years of lock downs and stay at home orders due to Covid. I spent a good amount of the year traveling when I could. The first part of my year was spent escaping … Read more
SingleFlyer Top Posts of 2022 It is always fun to review the top read posts of the past year; I am often surprised by those that end up on the list and it reminds me that even topics I wouldn’t predict as popular end up with a high level of … Read more
2022 Year in Miles 2022 was the year of “revenge travel” after 2+ years of Covid shutdowns. Warnings of a system not ready for the pre-pandemic levels of travel came to fruition for some. My international summer travel ended up reasonably successful and without too much chaos. I was able … Read more
Bellagio Stay Well Resort King Room Review Recently Bellagio updated the rooms located in the main Bellagio Tower. I have stayed at the property before and was interested in checking out the renovated rooms. I would be staying just one night and the offer I had allowed me to reserve a … Read more
Capital One Travel Issue with Booking Flight One of my every day cards is the Capital One Venture X card. For the $395 annual fee you get Priority Pass membership plus a $300 annual travel credit and a 10,000 point anniversary bonus each year (worth $100). It is my one … Read more
Summer 2022: My Flight Experiences There has been a lot of talk about traveling this summer. Mostly catastrophizing just how bad it would be. It was predicted to be the perfect storm of post-pandemic revenge travel and understaffing of airlines due to reductions during COVID and record low unemployment rates. The … Read more
Luxor Pyramid Premier Room Review Luxor Las Vegas opened in 1993 when Vegas was focused on family friendly theming (Excalibur, Treasure Island, MGM Grand). Since then, most of the Egyptian theming has been removed. Still, staying in one of the rooms in the pyramid is a unique experience. Fortunately the … Read more
Hyatt Regency DFW Presidential Suite Review The Hyatt Regency DFW is one of two Hyatt properties on the grounds of DFW Dallas Fort Worth Airport. The Hyatt Regency is not connected directly to the airport terminals while the Grand Hyatt is integrated to Terminal D. Of the two properties, the … Read more
Finnair A350-900 New Business Class HEL-DFW Finnair introduced a brand new Business Class product in February, 2022, just as travel was making a comeback post Covid. Their previous Business Class was already good as I experienced on my positioning flight from Amsterdam to Helsinki. Currently Finnair only has a few … Read more
Finnair Business Class Lounge HEL Finnair has a couple of lounges at Helsinki Airport. As I was flying HEL-DFW, I was flying out of the non-Schengen area and was able to visit the lounge located by gate 52. I had access as I was flying Business Class but those with … Read more
GLO Hotel Kluuvi Helsinki Review Over three years ago I did a status match to GHA Discovery Black elite status. Somehow I have kept my status since then; I am assuming due to extensions from COVID. The GHA Discovery Loyalty program has gone through some changes and now their top … Read more
Finnair A350-900 Business Class AMS-HEL I needed a way back from Europe after my summer trip and had been wanting to try out Finnair’s new Business Class product. I was able to find an award flight with the new product HEL-DFW. For the same price, I was able to add … Read more
Kimpton De Witt Amsterdam Review Amsterdam is one of my favorite cities. Previously I had stayed at the Andaz and Hyatt Regency; both of which are fantastic hotels. This time I had an IHG Chase free night certificate. It was good for a night at 40,000 point property. The Kimpton … Read more
Crowne Plaza Brugge Review Brugge (or Bruges) was, in the 15th century, one of the most important cities in Europe. It was a port city until the harbor silted up; leaving the city in a state of decay for centuries until it reinvented itself as a tourist destination in the … Read more
Aspire Lounge Zurich (ZRH) Zurich Airport, or Flughafen Zürich, is a modern airport and the hub for Swiss International Air Lines. I ended up with a six hour layover between Tivat, Montenegro and Luxembourg after one of my flights was canceled in the chaos of summer 2022 travel. The Aspire … Read more