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Ten Tips for Planning an Oktoberfest Trip to Munich

BySean May 17, 2015January 1, 2024

My favorite trip of the year is always my annual pilgrimage to Munich for the World’s largest festival — Oktoberfest! This coming year will be the sixth year in a row that I’ve attended the Wiesn in Germany, so I’ve learned on the fly, but at this point, I think I know what I’m doing pretty…

Week in Review: Free Delta Flights, American Premium Bonus and More

BySean May 17, 2015January 1, 2024

Here’s a 35,000 foot view of travel news from around the Internet and a recap of my weekly posts… News Around the Interwebs It’s been a somewhat slow week in the points and miles world, but here were some of the highlights of the week that I saw pass through: Delta Free Flights for Displaced…

Review: Delta Business Elite Class Sao Paulo to New York-JFK

BySean January 21, 2015January 1, 2024

Sometimes, you reach your breaking point. My breaking point came in T2 at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport as I stared down the barrel of a ten-hour layover with no lounge access. This was after a schedule change and seating change on my outbound flight from JFK to Santiago the night before in an attempt to…

US Airlines Continue to Cut Passenger Services, Please Investors

BySean November 20, 2014January 1, 2024

Snip, snip, snip…. This is apparently the week for US-based airlines to make all sorts of passenger un-friendly changes and cuts. While ultimately screwing over the passengers, the cuts are largely going to please investors on Wall Street. Just this week, Delta, United and JetBlue have announced some cuts that hurt the consumer, and in…

A 36-hour Trip to Nowhere: An Iguazu Fail

BySean November 10, 2014January 1, 2024

I write this post on Saturday morning — not from Iguazu Falls as planned, but from New York – JFK, Terminal 2. That’s right. I never made it to Iguazu Falls. There were a ton of little things that went wrong with my trip, and they all caught up with me Friday afternoon in Sao…

Ten Tips for Planning an Oktoberfest Trip to Munich

BySean September 26, 2014September 26, 2014

My favorite trip of the year is always my annual pilgrimage to Munich for the World’s largest festival — Oktoberfest! This will be the fifth year in a row that I’ve attended the Wiesn in Germany, so I’ve learned on the fly, but at this point, I think I know what I’m doing pretty well. Oktoberfest…

United’s Premium Service Business Saver Award Availability is Much More Sparse than its Competitors’

BySean June 18, 2014

An analysis of United, Delta, and American’s saver-level business class award space on the premium JFK-LAX/SFO shows that both Delta and American are MUCH more generous with this premium award space, as it’s almost impossible to find space on United.

DC to Dubai and Tokyo via… Santiago?: Planning

BySean June 13, 2013

Introduction Planning TAM Economy Class New York JFK – Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Santiago LAN Economy Class Santiago – Sao Paulo TAM Economy Class Sao Paulo – New York JFK United BusinessFirst Denver to Tokyo Seattle (Emergency Landing) United BusinessFirst on the 787 Seattle to Tokyo Cathay Pacific Regional Business Class Tokyo Narita – Hong…

Well, this trip didn’t start as planned

BySean June 13, 2013

So I was finishing up work yesterday when a co-worker mentioned to me that there was severe weather expected to roll through the DC area on Thursday. Alarm bells immediately went off in my head as I was scheduled to fly from DCA to New York-JFK at around 12:30 on Thursday — the same time…