Okay I haven’t seen this reported elsewhere but one of my friends just told me that they got a Madras Cocktail (Premium Vodka) complimentary at the United Club EWR and insists that the entire bar was complimentary as well. His exact words: “The receptionist on the front desk briefed us. She …
When Nigel Havers woke up on Friday morning, he thought the ‘remain’ vote (in the EU) would just ‘nick it’. Or so his mind games would have us believe. As the UK faces down the barrel of an abominable Boris Johnson Prime Ministership, we are left to search for the silver linings on some very dark and …
We went down to the front of the Park Hyatt Sydney to hail a cab at around 8:30 am. Usually it’s very easy to grab a cab or call for one to get to the airport and the bell boys are very good about waving them in. However this morning, …
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” R. Buckminster Fuller Currently, there is no accepted international standard for rating hotels except that in most countries they are rated from 1 to 5 stars. In most of …
Hi everyone, I’m back home after a week long excursion through the Canadian Rockies. I can’t wait to do the trip reports from my travels.
When I was first approached my brother Teja to write a post on this blog, I imagined I would write start with something poignant about how much I love travelling or how my sojourn into travel photography is about preserving the beauty I observe in this world unchanged and unsullied by the relentless waves of time. …
First of all, welcome to all boardingarea readers, it is such a pleasure to have you on board with us. Please post any comments and questions any time you would like. Sasidhar or I will be happy to answer as soon as possible and we always love feedback. To my …
Our Virgin Australia flight landed almost 40 mins early in Sydney and luckily the gate was empty which meant that we were off the plane by 9 am. Upon disembarking, it took less than 20 minutes for us to be seated in a cab, on our way to the Park Hyatt. …
Our Virgin Australia flight from Auckland to Sydney left at 8 am in the morning on January 2. Auckland airport was a 25 min drive (20.6 km) from the Hilton Auckland at 5 am in the morning. We had very little trouble finding the place to return our rental car …
[UPDATE: LOOKS LIKE THE DEAL IS GONE AS OF 11 AM CST] Hello Folks, There is an incredible business class sale going on between select U.S Cities and Europe. And it looks like British Airways is involved! Why do I say this? Because AARP has this great discount going on …
