Travel With Grant
Viator Launches Viator Rewards; Earn 10% Rebate on Activities & Redeem Rewards for Future Activities within 6 Months
Good morning everyone. During my recent trip to Prague, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam, I booked a few activities on Viator to trigger a few Citi Merchant Offers. At the time, a few online shopping portal were offering 10%-15% cash back on Viator, so the timing worked out well. A few days...
Travel With Grant
No Change Fees for Condor Airlines Award Tickets Booked with Alaska Airlines Miles (My 2 Award Changes)
Good afternoon everyone. Last month, I wrote Reminder: Condor Airlines has Flights to/from Europe for 25K-45K (Economy) & 55K (Business) using Alaska Miles. At the time I wrote that post, I had booked Condor Airlines business class from Frankfurt (FRA) to Vancouver, BC (YVR) for 55,000 Alaska Airlines miles per...
Michael W Travels
We Flew Spirit And It Wasn’t That Bad!
Up until late June, we had only flown with Spirit once and that was back in late 2008! Our flights to/ from Panama don’t stand out much besides a delay caused by a lack of crew on the way to our destination. At the end of the school year, we...
No Work All Travel
Japan Trip Report: JR East Pass (Tohoku Area)
Although I’ve traveled throughout much of Japan, I embarrassingly didn’t once set foot in the Tohoku region until a few days ago. That’s where the rail pass, the JR East Pass (Tohoku Area), was of tremendous benefit. Firstly, let’s define the Tohoku region (in Japanese, 東北 touhoku, meaning northeastern): The...
Live from a Lounge
Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 Business Class Review: New Delhi to Singapore Changi
I recently flew between Delhi and Singapore on board Singapore Airlines' workhorse, the Boeing 777-300ER. Here is a detailed review of the Business Class product and service to be expected on this flight.
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Michael W Travels
Visiting Some Eminem “8 Mile” Film Locations in Detroit!
Over Spring Break, we visited Detroit primarily to sample Detroit-Style pizza at various shops. While the main part of our visit was pizza, we still needed to find things to do with our time besides eat! This led me to look into film locations from the Eminem film “8 Mile”....
Economy Class & Beyond
TRIP REPORT: Back to Innovation, Back to Hamburg – When Charging Cables go missing (or a trip to Saturn)
When Charging Cables go missing (or a trip to Saturn) To Aircraft Interiors Expo with British Airways Losing a cable is never fun. Realising you have more than a few options to replace it is a good thing. Especially if it gets you into the heart of a city. In...
2PAXfly
FLIGHT REVIEW: Qantas QF477 Sydney to Melbourne in Economy – call that a meal?
I wouldn’t normally report on a pedestrian trip like a Melbourne to Sydney domestic flight. However, as one of the busiest routes in Australia, and in fact in the world, I thought it might be interesting to document the service on this well-patronised route. Introduction Qantas essentially runs flights every...
TravelUpdate
Topiary Characters at EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival (2023)
I visited EPCOT earlier this year. I’ve visited once before, but it was at least a decade ago. Aside from the EPCOT “globe”, I remembered the annual garden festival, otherwise known as the International Flower & Garden Festival. I liked character topiary in general so I snapped quite a few...
2PAXfly
INTRODUCTION: Sydney to Melbourne in Economy, an exhibition, a play and a Le Méridian stay, April, 2023
Melbourne is one of my favourite cities in Australia. In a previous life running a design company, I used to travel between Sydney and Melbourne fairly often to service clients. I would often schedule meetings towards the end of the week, so I and my husband could spend the weekend...
Sam Chui
Trip Report: Emirates A380 Premium Economy Los Angeles to Dubai
I flew on Emirates A380 from Los Angeles to Dubai and checked out the new Premium Economy product on this 16 hours flight. Emirates has just added Premium Economy on to/from U.S. A380 flights including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston and New York. There were just 13 passengers taking advantage of...
Economy Class & Beyond
TRIP REPORT: Back to Innovation, Back to Hamburg – Into Germany, IBIS Budget Saint Pauli
Into Germany, IBIS Budget Saint Pauli To Aircraft Interiors Expo with British Airways In this trip report: Back to the industry Sunday adventures to Heathrow featuring FlixBus British Airways Galleries – Club South Lounge BA974 London Heathrow to Hamburg Airport Into Germany, IBIS Budget, Saint Pauli When cables go walkies...
Economy Class & Beyond
TRIP REPORT: Back to Innovation, Back to Hamburg – BA974 London Heathrow to Hamburg Airport (CLUB EUROPE)
BA974 London Heathrow Terminal 5 to Hamburg Airport (CLUB EUROPE) Back to Innovation, Back to Hamburg It’s time to go in the air. What catering wonder will be loaded? What wonders will we see? And did British Airways pitch their seats too tight on an Airbus A320? In this trip...
