AA Mileage Run SEA-DFW-HKG Back in February I booked my AA mileage run SEA-DFW-HKG all in Economy Class. It’s been a while since I flew internationally in Economy and I was wondering what I was doing. My sister eloquently said it — “You are sitting in the back with the Clampetts“. I have a friend that …
The final international flight of my round the world trip was in Cathay Pacific First Class Hong Kong to LAX, a flight that took 12 hours. It was a comfortable way to end my trip. Cathay Pacific First Class Hong Kong to LAX After enjoying some time at The Pier I boarded the Cathay Pacific 777 …
The shortest international leg of my round the world trip was Cathay Pacific First Class Bangkok to Hong Kong. When I first booked, there was only one flight a day with Cathay Pacific on the BKK-HKG route that had a First Class, the others were two class aircrafts. So naturally I booked the flight that …
Weekend in Istanbul – Part 1: Air France 777 Business Class Weekend in Istanbul – Part 2: What to See Grand Hyatt Istanbul – Hotel Review Hyatt Regency Istanbul – Hotel Review Back in March, Air France had a limited sale on flights from Houston to Istanbul in Premium Economy class. A friend and I …
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Weekend in Beijing This post is continued from an earlier post. Read Weekend in Beijing – Part 1: Getting to China My flight landed in Beijing at 2:00pm local time on Friday evening. My return flight was to take off at 10:00am on Sunday. I knew I didn’t want to tour at a breakneck speed; …
Weekend in Beijing A few months back I got in on the sub-$500 round trip ticket to Beijing from Washington DC in American Airlines Business Class. I purchased the tickets; and then purchased my positioning flight to DC from Seattle which ended up costing (slightly) more than the ticket to Beijing. I would have from …