Posts from October 2012

A Royal Upgrade at Miami's Intercontinental Hotel

Overview: A decent urban upper-mid-scale hotelStrengths: Location (for downtown business), generous Platinum RA upgrade, cosmetic renovationsDrawbacks: Unadorned ...

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AA brings out its A-game at LGA!

In the annals of business travel, few phrases are found less often than "I had a very pleasant experience at LaGuardia airport."

This might start to change with AA's new...

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Helpful info from an AA agent regarding Pre-Check tonight

This evening, I flew from Miami back up to New York-LGA after attending a conference.  I checked in at the First Class check-in (I had golf clubs to check), and got my boar...

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A Most Virtuous Connection at LAX

Admit it.  How often have you done it?  You have a couple of hour connection between flights and all you end up doing is having a few drinks – and then some snac...

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Qantas makes actual enhancements to long-haul business class!

Qantas has announced several bona fide improvements to its long-haul business class (and first class) offering:

Arrival and departure Chauffeur service Duvet service in ...

New York's Plaza Hotel

Overview: Far improved versus its pre-renovation state, not at a luxury level, but not bad Strengths: Location, room size, décor (depending on taste) Drawbacks: Lots of n...

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Sherwood Hotel Taipei

Overview: A solid near-luxury business hotelStrengths: Decor, breakfast, serviceDrawbacks: Beds 

This was my third visit to Taipei this year, and ...

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Eva Air Business Class Taipei to Los Angeles - Better Than I Expected! (BR12)

My fifth and final Asian business trip of the year concluded in Taiwan.  Taiwan’s two locally-based long-haul carriers are Skyteam-member China Airlines (IATA: CI) an...

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2012 Round-the-World: Conclusion

What my 16 prior installments from this trip report didn’t show were the countless meetings I went to in each city.

While I get to sit in the front (or middle) of ...

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Notable news today: Qatar/OneWorld, Delta/Alaska/Seattle, AirFranceKLM / Etihad

There has been some notable news today in the airline world!  While I generally don’t post on things like these, taken together, they represent a fairly significant s...

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American Airlines Flagship First Class – LAX-JFK (AA22) (RTW – Part 16)

Upon exiting LAX’s Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT), I turned right, took the escalator up and headed towards American’s Terminal 4 at LAX.

Premium ...

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Singapore Airlines Business Class Tokyo to Los Angeles (SQ12) (RTW - Part 15)

A casualty of the relatively new trans-Pacific service to Tokyo-Haneda (HND) was reduced service between Tokyo-Narita (NRT) and New York-Kennedy (JFK).  Whereas th...

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