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In October, I traveled to New Orleans (out of Munich) for a few days to attend the wedding of a family member.
I had an unused return ticket stored, and flew BusinessElite from Munich to Atlanta. I then connected on an award ticket (I know, right?) from Atlanta to MSY. Shocking enough, this was my first experience with an award ticket after the upgrade program started, and at five days out from each respective segment, I was upgraded. This trips were on a Thursday ...
A great amount of time has been spent complaining about Delta’s policy for international upgrades – that is, upgrades on a product with BusinessElite, where BusinessElite service is provided. No real amount of change has been seen with this product. The relatively recent addition to standby when an upgrade seat is not available at booking changes nothing – when it comes to the price of a ticket that is eligible for an upgrade. What if a plan was ...
As part of my struggle to earn miles at the end of 2010, I wound up picking Lisbon as the second of my destinations. I had never been to Portugal before, and I was looking forward to seeing how it compared to the rest of Europe that I knew so well. KLM had decent flight prices, and it seemed like a good place for a weekend trip.
The airport in Lisbon is small, and seemingly completely dominated by TAP Portugal. Continental has daily service to Newark, and US ...
In December 2010, I was rapidly growing paranoid about my requalification to Diamond status on DL. I was roughly 7000 miles short, so I pulled out the Great Circle Mapper and looked at options. I knew that the easiest thing would be for me to use AF, KLM, or Alitalia to a hub and then connect to something further. This can be somewhat of a problem, as when you are in the center of a map, getting far enough - in MQM terms - requires some work. I ended up deciding ...
In late June, Matthew and I took a quick trip to San Marino. For those of you unfamiliar with the location, San Marino is an enclave-state located in northeast Italy, just west of Rimini, and about an hour south of Bologna. While it depends on Italy for almost everything, it is, in fact, an independent place.
We both got into the Bologna airport late in the afternoon, and Matt was able to hook up a very reasonable deal for a Renault at the Sixt car rental agency. ...
Berlin is, in my humble opinion, the city in Germany that has the most fun. If it were not for atrocious unemployment (13.6% compared to a national average of 7%), I would certainly be looking for work there. The crowd is diverse, the entertainment offerings are plentiful, the living is cheap, and the people are nice (Berlin is to Mother Teresa what Munich is to Pol Pot). You can’t ask for much more.
The city was formerly served by three airports, and will soon ...
