Condor 757-300 Business Class EVN-FRA In looking for options to get to Western/Central Europe from the Caucasus, I found that Condor has a flight from Yerevan, Armenia (EVN) to Frankfurt. When I checked the prices; I was able to book Flight 847, a one way ticket in Business Class, for … Read more
Qatar 777-300 First Class DOH-AMM I flew in to Doha from Seattle on Qatar Airways’ Qsuite booked with American Airlines miles. My ticket, which cost 70,000 miles, was SEA-DOH-AMM with a 24 hour layover in Doha where I stayed at the Park Hyatt before traveling on in Qatar First Class … Read more
Qatar 777-300 Business Qsuites SEA-DOH Back in December, I got in on one of the most amazing points deals. American Airlines and Mastercard was offering 5x miles through the SimplyMiles shopping portal. I was able to earn over 200,000 AAdvantage miles with a $840 donation to Conservation International — a cost … Read more
2021 Year in Miles 2021 was the year when travel began to transition back to normalcy after the Covid pandemic. I attended a conference in Las Vegas in July where no one was wearing masks. Later in the summer things reverted back with the Delta variant, but it was nice … Read more
Qatar Airways A320 OTP-SOF Qatar Airways flies from Qatar to Bucharest (OTP) and then on to Sofia (SOF) with their A320. It is possible to just book the OTP-SOF flight; and as I was wanting to get between the two, I decided to book it for 107€ one way. The … Read more
2020 Year In Miles I think everyone agrees 2020 was the worst year in a long time. Especially for those of us that like to travel. It was the first time in many years that I didn’t leave the USA. Instead I did a cross country train trip followed by … Read more
SingleFlyer Top Posts of 2019 Below are the top 10 posts I wrote in 2019 (based on page views). I’m always surprised by which posts get the most readers. I find that a few of my posts are like a fine wine… they get better with age! Some of my … Read more
2019 Year In Miles While 2019 was not a record year for me in terms of number of flights or miles flown, it was the year I spent the most number of days traveling with nearly 3 months of 2019 not at home. I also visited more countries in 2019 … Read more
2019 Year of Travel in Photos 2019 was an incredible year of travel. I spent the most days traveling of any year of my life. Below is a photo journal of my year of seeing the world. January I rang in the New Year on the Big Island of Hawaii. … Read more
New Alaska Airlines Interior On a recent flight from Las Vegas to Seattle, my flight with Alaska Airlines was on one of the reconfigured A320s. It was my first time with the new interior and overall I was impressed. On my 2.5 hour flight I didn’t notice much of a … Read more
Cathay Pacific A350-900 Business Class HKG-TLV While I have flown Cathay Pacific First Class a number of times, for my flight to Tel Aviv I would be trying out their Business Class on the A350. The A350 aircraft do not have a First Class. The cost was 30,000 Alaska Airlines … Read more
Cathay Dragon A321 Business Class HAN-HKG Cathay Dragon is Cathay Pacific’s regional airline (formerly Dragonair as you can see in the livery above). The are part of the oneworld alliance, however unlike Cathay Pacific, they are NOT a partner of Alaska Airlines. Which, honestly, makes no sense at all. For … Read more
China Airlines: 777 vs A350 Business Class In order to position myself from Europe to Hanoi for my Cathay Pacific First Class mileage run, I redeemed some Delta miles to fly Business Class on China Airlines. The first leg, Frankfurt to Taipei, was on the Boeing 777 airplane. The second … Read more
China Airlines 777-300 Business Class FRA-TPE Interested in the difference between China Airlines 777 and A350 Business Class? Check out this post. I had to find my way from Europe to Hanoi, Vietnam for a mileage run on Cathay Pacific. I decided I would try a new airline so booked … Read more
SAS 737-800 Plus Class OSL-ARN I needed to get from Oslo to Stockholm. The train takes over 6 hours (and during my travel times, there was track construction) so I decided to book a quick 55 minute flight. There are two main airlines that service the OSL-ARN route: Norwegian and … Read more
