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
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