Posts from February 2012

W Hotel Austin Texas Review ~ Corner Suite

We just finished up a long weekend at the W Hotel in Austin, Texas, and we really had a great stay there. This stay was actually a combinati...

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Analysis of 3/1/2012 Starwood Hotel Category Changes

Thanks to Ben, I noticed that Starwood had posted their annual set of category changes. Starwood, like most hotel chains, assigns a category to each hotel, and this category is ...

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The Continental Calzone: United Airlines Phoenix to Houston

I don't typically blog about my boring business travel. Every now and then there's something surprising like an emotional support dog or WiFi on a United filght, but today I jus...

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Fun Travel Story: Stumbling on the Grammy Award Maker's Shop

Yesterday, we had the Grammies. My fiance and I plopped down in front of the TV and watched a bunch of people Adele win cool golden record p...

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Reminder: United Airlines / Foursquare Promotion Still Live - Keep Checking In!

Just a reminder... once you've linked your Foursquare account with United Mileage Plus, make sure to keep checking into airports! I blogged about the promotion initially here.2 Comments Read more

0 for 4: ROUGH Week with Upgrades on United Airlines!

Ouch! I haven't had this many consecutive upgrade-less flights since before I was a 1K with United four or five years ago.

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United Airlines Boarding Process Creates More Gate Lice: Premier Golds

First, let's define gate lice, according to Urban Dictionary…

Passenger, often inexperienced flyers in Kettle Class, who crowd around or line up at a gate at an ai...
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When Free Hotel Internet Sucks

I'm so sick of hotel internet. Why does it have to consistently suck? Sure…. there are exceptions. The W in Seattle had pretty fast internet last week, and i can think of...

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Hilton Honors Responds to SPG: Enhancements for Elites

Starwood rolled a bunch of great updates for Platinum Members this week. I won't re-hash them all. You can read about the changes here and h...

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This is My "Emotional Support Dog"

So I'm checking into the my flight at the United Premier section of SFO, and things are going just fine. I notice a man with a dog to the r...

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United Airlines Should Fix the Last Minute / High Revenue Ticket Seating Situation

Okay... I've blogged about this before, but now as I check in for my flight to Denver, it is irking me again. Check out the seatmap.

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