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Qatar 777-300 First Class DOH-AMM

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

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

Japan Airlines First Class HND-SFO

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 … Read more

Japan Airlines First Class LAX-NRT

Japan Airlines First Class LAX-NRT I have traveled very little so far in 2018 due to increased demand from my masters degree program.  So for my spring break, I really wanted to go big.  Using Alaska Airlines miles I booked a trip to Tokyo and Seoul for the week.  To … Read more

AA 777 Business Class LAX-MIA

AA 777 Business Class LAX-MIA For the second time in about a month, I am flying American Airlines’ 777 Business Class transcontinental service from Los Angeles to Miami.  Both flights were mileage runs (the first to Haiti, the second to Cancun) and I specifically routed my trip through LAX to … Read more

Weekend in Beijing – Part 1: Getting to China

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 … Read more

Boeing 777 Memorabilia

I was going through a bunch of my old stuff today and found some fun Boeing 777 memorabilia from the launch in 1994.  Hard to believe the 777 is almost 21 years old!

My father worked for Boeing for 40+ years and used to give me freebies that the company gave their employees.  While I have thrown away a good amount over the years, I kept a hold on to these items (probably because they were so small!)

First item is a sealed commemorative coin from the first 777 roll out on April 9, 1994.

Commemorative coin
Commemorative coin

See the rest of the Boeing 777 memorabilia below:

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Mileage Run Beijing in Business Class

Mileage Run Beijing

I was alerted to an amazing business class fare from Washington DC to Beijing by OneMileataTime.  In the rule of travel hobbyists, I booked immediately and knew I could sort out details later.  I couldn’t pass by a mileage run in business class.

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I am glad that I booked quickly because the fare was gone in less than an hour.  Read more to find out additional details.

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