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American Airlines Philadelphia to Manchester UK (PHL-MAN) Review A330

When the amazing British Airways deal popped up for two days in October, I was a bit too slow to jump on a direct flight to London so I ended up with a British Airways codeshare flying Philadelphia to Manchester UK on American Airlines (formerly USAirways) connecting to British Airways […]

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Travel Hacking: Anatomy of my $856 Business Class Ticket to London

When it comes to finding the travel deals (and travel hacking) you need to be ready.  There have been so many times when I was shut out of a great deal because I wasn’t a member of the frequent flier club of a particular airline, didn’t have this credit card/membership […]

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Dear Travel Industry…A Few Suggestions for Changes I’d Like to See

Dear Travel Industry, Hi, it’s me again!  I’m the one who has been complaining about the single supplement all of these years, you know, the one you keep ignoring!  You really should take me seriously as the number of solo travelers continues to rise.  I’ve been reading study after study […]

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Feeding My Avios Feelings – The British Airways Devaluation

When I went to sleep on Tuesday, I had enough points to redeem for three business class trips to London from Philadelphia, when I awoke on Wednesday, I had enough points for only two tickets.  The points were still in my account but their value magically disappeared overnight due to […]

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Icelandair Business Class – Saga Seat from Newark to Reykjavik (EWR-KEF)

For my first flight on Icelandair, for my birthday four day weekend in Reyjkavik, I decided to book Economy Comfort class, via my travel agent, which was slightly more expensive that Coach.  The added benefits were that the middle coach seat was blocked so only two people in a row, […]

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The Alaska Airlines Lounge in Seattle Review

Flying home from Seattle over the years, my only option was the direct USAirways (now American Airlines) flight, however, this visit, my travel agent suggested Alaska Airlines.  Alaska Airlines started flying direct between Seattle and Philly, in June 2012, and brought some welcome competition to the segment.  Despite that, I […]

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American Airlines PHL Lounge in Philadelphia – PHL AA Terminal B/C

For my morning trip to Houston which was leaving from Terminal B, I thought “hey let me see what the American Airlines PHL Lounge looks like in Terminal B/C” since I had recently visited the Terminal A lounge. The B/C lounge was a bit tricky for me to find.  I […]

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My first A380 flight: Thai Airways A380 Business Class from Bangkok to Paris (BKK – CDG)

You always remember your first time and my Thai A380 first flight will not be forgotten anytime soon.  The A380 is a massive, double decker plane and quite impressive from the outside.  With my Australia RTW Star Alliance redemption, I purposely planned a long 18 hour layover in Bangkok  from […]

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The British Airways Lounge Philadelphia Review – Free Wine & Cookies!

British Airways had two flights a day out of Philadelphia direct to London Heathrow, in April of 2017, sadly this changed to just one flight a day.  The early flight has a four class cabin structure (First, Club World Business on two levels, World Traveller Plus and World Traveller Coach). […]

Review: Singapore Airlines Business Class & Seoul (ICN) Lounge

My Star Alliance award ticket to Australia was concocted in my insane attempt to try as many different airlines as I could along the way.  Having heard great reviews of Singapore Airlines over the years – larger seat, great crew, nice lounges – I was convinced that I had to […]