I finally managed to secure a Lufthansa First award ticket with United miles from Shanghai to Frankfurt and then on to London. They usually release these about 2 weeks before departure. Right up until the day before departure the F cabin was booked to three but ended up going out with seven. I booked the…
Grand Hyatt – Shanghai
Having stayed previously at this property I was interested to see what, if anything, had changed. I was flying in late and leaving in the afternoon of the next day so did not want to waste a suite upgrade and so accepted that I would receive an ordinary room. In fact, the hotel had upgraded…
Hyatt Place – Miami Airport
On my return to Miami I had two days so decided to split the stays between Hyatt house – which I have previously reviewed – and the Hyatt Place. The Hyatt Place is further from the airport and its shuttle only runs once an hour – as opposed to the Hyatt house which runs twice…
AA matches BA up to 200,000 bonus mile offer – US Readers only!
You will earn 20,000 bonus miles for each eligible round-trip flown during the offer period. Plus, on your fifth round-trip, you will earn an additional 100,000 bonus miles. There’s no limit to how many bonus miles you can earn. With four airlines participating in this promotion, you’ll have even more opportunities to earn bonus miles.…
Arrivals by United – San Francisco
Stepping off my recent United Global First flight from Shanghai, I had about 3 hours to connect to Newark as US Immigration was so efficient and swift that Sunday morning. United offers it’s revenue Business Class, all First Class and its Global Services Members, access to its Arrival Lounges where these exists. In the old…
Discounted Marriott Stays this weekend
*Hotels marked with an asterisk also offer eBreaks on Thursday. Thursday requires a Friday night stay. Sunday requires a Saturday night stay. These per-night rates include complimentary breakfast in the UK and many other European destinations. Double occupancy may be higher. When reserving online, please include MEB in the corporate/promotional box. To reserve by phone,…
Park Hyatt, Shanghai
During my recent visit to Shanghai, this was the property that I was most looking forward to visiting. Once the highest hotel in the world, and only consisting of about 170 rooms, the Park Hyatt is atop the Shanghai Financial Centre. I had used a suite upgrade, and as I was staying a Saturday night…
BritRail Flexi Pass – free day but buy by 11 April
If you are a visitor to the UK – especially from the US with the $ being strong against the £ at the moment – a good way to see more of the country is a BritRail pass allowing travel on our railways. Choose a pass between 3, 4, 8 or 15 days which you…
Andaz, Shanghai
I am now one Andaz away from having visited the whole set, and despite a very long day travelling (Miami to Chicago, to San Francisco and Shanghai) I wanted to see if I could locate the hotel using public transport. On a previous visit I had used the Maglev train and was quite happy getting…
TSA allow passenger with stun-gun through security at JFK
The New York Times is reporting the case of an alledged rapist who carried the stun-gun that he is accused of using to subdue his victim through security at JFK. Asked to explain how Mr. Vasilopoulos could have evaded detection by the Transportation Safety Administration screeners, a spokeswoman for the agency said in a statement,…
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