After my pretty awful stay at the Intercontinental San Juan, I cancelled my second stay there and rebooked the Radisson Ambassador Plaza Hotel & Casino San Juan. This is further away from the airport in San Juan and is about a 20 minute ($18) cab ride from the airport. The hotel itself is located near…
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Yearly Archives for 2012.
Hyatt Place, Las Vegas
On a recent trip I had a quick overnight stay in Las Vegas. Arriving quite late at night and leaving fairly early the next day I wanted to add an extra Hyatt stay. The Hyatt in Vegas are limited – to one. Luckily it is quite close to the airport and has turned in to…
United’s web site doesn’t subtract very well
I tried to book a ticket from Miami to Shanghai today and to apply a US$500 certificate United had sent me after the problems with my flight to Dublin over the summer. Each time I tried to book the web site error-ed and told me to call Web Support. Having done this they told that…
Hyatt Regency O’Hare
I had reason recently to stay at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare – a large hotel adjacent to the Convention Centre. It has recently undergone a Hyatt make-over and looks very new and fresh. Arrival My flight did not arrive until around 11pm and it’s a long walk from the United gates to the transportation pick-up…
Christmas Rail Engineering impacts Heathrow Train Service
Network Rail, who manage the infrastructure in the UK have just announced significant changes to the Christmas schedules for the Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect services from London Paddington to the airport. If you are planning to travel after 22 December, you should note these changes: Sunday 23 December Heathrow Connect The following changes apply:…
Flyertalk Hyatt DO, London– October 2012– Day 3
The Saturday had a free morning, and so I took a leisurly breakfast in the Regency Club on the floor above mine – Floor 8. Located on the back of the hotel – there are rooms on the front. It has a view over the roof tops of that part of central London. The lounge…
Freaky fares from Air New Zealand – set dates – 7 days stay – LHR to LAX £333 (all in!)
On the Air New Zealand UK web site there are some amazing fares to LAX – £333 all in! Ends up as £339 with the Credit Card Fee, but the base fare is only £1 – Is this Ryanair I wonder? Fixed dates and only 15 on each pair of dates it seems. Books in to…
Flyertalk Hyatt DO, London– October 2012– Day 2
Most of the visitors to the event were away at the Virgin Training Centre when I checked in on the Friday afternoon. The room was a Regency Club room on the 7th floor facing over the park. The Room (734) The room was bright, with a fairly traditional layout with the bathroom immediately behind the…
Flyertalk Hyatt DO, London – October 2012 – Day 1
This past weekend about 50 Flyertalk members and spouses met at the Hyatt Regency Churchill London for a weekend of activities. Organised by Jenny, a Flyertalk member the event was actively sponsored by American Express, the hotel itself and Hyatt Gold Passport. Miles from Blighty stumped up for the very English Humbugs included in the…
Hyatt Regency, Mainz, Germany.
I posted last week on how to reach the Hyatt Mainz, having myself got terribly lost, despite having a map. The hotel itself is the last in Germany that I have not previously visited. It’s pretty nice, but the Regency Club is pretty small. So onward with the review. The hotel is very modern but…
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