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How to Book a Flight to Tahiti with American Miles

BySean

American AAdvantage miles are some of the easiest mileage currencies to accrue.  On the other hand, redeeming them can be challenging at times.  One of the places that may be pretty challenging to use AA miles for if you don’t know how is to get to one of the most beautiful places on Earth —…

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Review: American B777-300ER Business Class Hong Kong to Dallas / Ft Worth

BySean

We spent about an hour in Cathay Pacific’s “The Bridge” Lounge at Hong Kong’s Chep Lap Kok International Airport after arriving from Singapore earlier that morning.  After a few drinks and a quick bite, it was time to head to the gate to board our flight on American Airlines’ new B777-300ER in business class. But…

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Review: Cathay Pacific Premium Economy Singapore to Hong Kong

BySean

After a fun and delicious two nights in Singapore, it was time to turn around and head back home to the States.   We took an early cab to Changi airport and arrived in plenty of time.  Check-in was a breeze and we since security isn’t until the gate, we had a little bit of…

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#TBT: Review: Korean Air A380 First Class Seoul to Los Angeles

BySean

Throwback Thursday Series! This is the second in a series of “Throwback Thursday” #TBT posts that I will release.  These will feature flights and other elements of trip reports from the past.  For now, these will all be flights, hotels or cities that I’ve taken, stayed at, or been to over the last few years….

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Two Nights in Singapore at the Grand Hyatt Singapore

BySean

We arrived in Singapore from Hong Kong on a Cathay Pacific flight at around 8pm.  We easily made our way through immigration and Singapore’s beautiful Changi International Airport, out to the curb to hail a cab for our hotel.  We booked a room at the Grand Hyatt Singapore for this short stay. The cab ride couldn’t…

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A Layover in Hong Kong and a Quick Flight to Singapore

BySean

After spending over 18 hours on American Airlines’ longest flight from Dallas / Ft. Worth to Hong Kong, I was quite ready to stretch my legs and move around.  We got to Hong Kong immigration after about five minutes and had about a ten minute wait to clear immigration. Outside of immigration, we went by…

Amtrak Crash – Northeast Regional 188 WAS-NYC Crashes in Philadelphia

BySean

There’s some terrible news from Philadelphia.   Amtrak’s Northeast Regional Service train 188 between Washington DC’s Union Station and New York’s Penn Station has derailed and crashed outside of Philadelphia. Right now, there are no definitive reports as to what happened, but the initial video looks quite bad. The local Philadelphia news stations have continuous…

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Review: American Business Class Dallas / Ft Worth to Hong Kong

BySean

I arrived in Los Angeles from my very nice trans-continental flight from New York on the new American A321T and hurried a few gates down where my flight to Dallas was already boarding.  I was the last first class passenger to board, so I took my seat and had a glass of water.  At that…