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Reading Matthew's posts about the Freddie awards got me thinking. Today we have the Freddie's, Flyertalk awards and a host of travel magazine awards (including mass circulated (Conde Nast, Travel and Leisure, etc) as well as the ones we find in the clubs to read (Global Traveler, Business Traveler, etc). From each of these awards, we're told that the readers or travelers voted on them, but how do we know? A number of these voting processes can be circumvented via the ...
Yesterday I received an email from Hyatt which surprised me. A few weeks ago I was in Chicago and to work towards my Diamond renewal opted to do some hotel hopping. So in the midst of this, I happened to stay at a new Hyatt and this marked my 50th Hyatt property that I stayed at. In honor of this momentus occasion, Hyatt granted me a free night usable at any Hyatt worldwide. Definitely a nice perk and one I didn't expect. I wonder what my 100th Hyatt will bring...
A few weeks ago I received an email from American letting me select my meal for my upcoming trip to Easter Island. I loved this but was disappointed that my trip to London this weekend didn't have it.
Today I logged in and pulled up my reservation for this weekend to see the Entree Selection Option.
Definitely a cool little bonus.
As a disclaimer, this post is not political.
The other day I flew in to Minneapolis and since I was stuck on a CRJ-700, my rollerboard had to be gate checked. Upon arrival into MSP, the gate agent boarded the plane and told the FAs that the ramp was closed so our bags wouldn't be returned to us at the gate, but at baggage claim. The reason was that President Obama was in town and he was going to leave "soon", but they really had no idea when.
Given that we were ...
This post started out as a raving review of my stay at the Hyatt Curaçao earlier this month. Unfortunately, as I was writing this post I learned that the owners of the property had ousted Hyatt in a middle of the night koo.
Sadly, this is a great loss for travelers. My stay at the Hyatt Curaçao was hands down the best stay that I've ever had. The resort and its staff were perfect and worked together like a well oiled machine. ...
As a frequent traveler to London, one of my frequent challenges is getting around. Often I'll find hotels at Heathrow at very reasonable prices, which is a great place to stay if you have an early morning flight the next day. One of the little known things about the area around Heathrow is free to ride on public buses, this is dubbed the Heathrow Free Zone. The Transport for London's website has information on the area that is free here .
So while the hotels ...
