When it came time to book tickets between Tokyo and Seoul I was faced with three options: United, Asiana, or ANA. United was a bit cheaper, but all flights were over $500 round-trip. For a 2.5 hour journey in economy class, this seemed like a perfect route to redeem miles on. After some valuable input from you, I booked ANA on the outbound and Asiana on the return in business class. Usually I squeeze a lot more out of a 40K award, but time was tight on this trip and the flight schedules for ...

After a refreshing stay at the Sheraton Laguna Guam Resort, it was time to continue on to Tokyo.

Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam is very easy to navigate and was empty when I arrived for my midday flight to Tokyo. I suppose I was running a little late, checking in about an hour before check-in, but there was no one else in line at the ticket counter or in security. I received a complimentary upgrade to business class due to my 1K status on United and because the ...

My feelings about Continental remained mixed. Since the airline joined Star Alliance in 2009 I have flown on them quite a bit, on a mix of domestic and international flights. Overall, I give high marks to Continental, though I find their in-flight service is consistently "fine" (which I am not sure is better than UA's many wonderful flights peppered with a few bad flights).

Although Continental has retired the separate Continental Micronesia division, the FAs on these routes remain a ...

I would not necessarily label it a rookie mistake, but I arrived back in Frankfurt from Kiev this afternoon to find my well-wrapped and padded bottle of red wine shattered and all over my blue jeans in my checked bag.

Thankfully this was not a rare bottle of Ukrainian wine, but it was a very nice bottle of Italian red wine that had been waiting for me in my room at the Hyatt Regency in Kiev—a bottle that retails for about EU20. I had planned to use it as part of a wedding gift ...

It was not just Iran that I visited during my trip to Dubai last week--I also had the chance to travel across Oman, though my time in Muscat was much more limited than I had hoped for.

Oman has a rich history and is one of the most stable and developed counties in the region. The plan was to travel to Muscat from Dubai via bus--a six hour journey--then spend a half day in Muscat and fly back to Dubai on the late Swiss Air flight. Buses leave from a side street near Deira City Center ...

With no idea where we would sleep that night, my friend and I sat down to strategize. The airport had free wi-fi and I scoured the internet for hotels in Kish. I did find a listing of hotels, but Google Phone and Skype were blocked (as were websites like Facebook and Twitter).

About 30 minutes later two soldiers wearing camouflage fatigues (one carrying an automatic ...