by Andy | Jun 12, 2014 | Asia, Hong Kong, Travel, Trip Reports
Hong Kong is an energetic melting pot of the western world and the Far East. There’s no city quite like it. I don’t think it’d be out of bounds to call it a gateway to modern Asia in fact. A British colony until 1999, it is now...
by Andy | Jun 11, 2014 | Asia, Cathay Pacific, First, Hong Kong, Travel, Trip Reports
Back in 2012 I decided to get into the points and miles game. I had many e-mentors in my journey, among them Gary Leff, Ben, and Chris Guillebeau (I talk more about my travel inspiration in this post). I had taken a few small trips here and there, and,...
by Andy | Jun 10, 2014 | Airline Loyalty Programs, Travel, United Airlines
United has announced that they’ll be switching to a fare-based earning model (like Delta) next March. There’s certainly more information to come, but based on the great research done by other bloggers about the Delta move, I can’t help but...
by Andy | Jun 3, 2014 | Travel
I’ve always found American Airlines to have a pretty solid Twitter team. They’re generally cheerful and responsive, oftentimes helping you quicker than an agent can in the case of heavy call volume (i.e. a storm at ORD, DFW, or LGA). Every once...
by Andy | May 21, 2014 | Travel, Trip Reports
Well this all escalated quickly. I won’t bore you with the details yet (you’ll have to wait until the trip report for that) but I’m heading out Sunday for what was originally going to be a couple of days in Europe. At the last minute I decided to...
