What an EPIC summer! Thanks to my portfolio of travel hacks, I’ve managed to travel almost every week this year! Below a summary of the trips I’ve taken in the past three months and some of the details how I managed to stretch my travel…
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Category: trip reports
Tags: bali, barcelona, Best Price Guarantee, cinque terre, croatia, Crowne Plaza, dubrovnik, First Class, geneva, holiday inn, ihg rewards club, intercontinental, kiev, lufthansa, marseille, park hyatt, Philippine Airlines, porsche, porto, sheraton, spg, vienna
Back in May 2011, I published an insight in my loyalty program statuses including the number of points and miles earned. More than a year has passed since then, so it’s time for an update: HOTEL LOYALTY PROGRAMS 1) PRIORITY…
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Category: airlines, Hotels
Tags: Accor, airlines, club carlson, elite, gold passport, hhonors, hilton, hotels, hyatt, le club accor, loyalty, loyalty programs, mileageplus, miles, miles and more, points, priority club, spg, starwood, status, united
Pic: Bedroom Caroline Astor Suite 1924 at St. Regis Bangkok (May 2012) For most of my trips, I book hotels in advance. This has a number of advantages: better rates, better point strategies, no stress to find suitable accommodation, etc… …
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Pic: Museu Nacional d Art de Catalunya, Barcelona (Apr 2012) Barcelona, my third Brussels Airlines #Flyday trip. Faro was first, Bristol was second. Several more Flyday trips will follow, with Venice booked for this weekend and Warsaw for next weekend. …
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Category: airlines, destinations, Hotels
Tags: barcelona, Barcelona Diagonal, brussels airlines, flyday, four points by sheraton, hotel, pictures, review, spain, spg, starwood
Pic: Honeymoon Suite Bedroom at Sheraton Seoul D Cube City (Feb 2012) Originally I had planned to stay at only one hotel in Seoul, the Grand Hyatt. But in the end, I added two more: Sheraton D Cube City and…
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Category: Hotels
Tags: city, d-cube, honeymoon, hotel, pictures, review, seoul, sheraton, spg, starwood, suite, upgrade