On a recent trip to New Zealand I had the “pleasure” of visiting the incredibly packed United Global First Lounge at San Francisco’s Intl Terminal. The flight to Auckland left at an incredibly late hour when there were no other lounges available in the vicinity.
While connecting at SFO, we stumbled upon the United Arrivals Lounge in Terminal 3 (after customs). The lounge is a rarity when it comes to lounges in the U.S let alone the United lounge network. It is perhaps the only Airline Arrivals Lounge in the U.S unless there is a …
Boarding began promptly at 4:30pm for our flight to San Francisco. We were actually one of the last ones to board the aircraft because the flight was almost empty and because I was busy reviewing the United Club. This flight was on a United 747 (which have since been retired).
There is nothing to write home about at the United Club Tokyo Narita. The space is exceptionally crowded and offers very little in terms of drinks or food. The very arrangement of the food and beverages was a put off for me, though I must admit that they had …
It was very interesting to hear the impact an improved Membership Rewards program has had on AMEX’s bottom line. The company reported earnings, which easily beat analyst expectations during its first quarter earnings release this evening and much of the growth is attributed to its focus on improving its rewards …
Our flight to San Francisco was on one of the now retired 747s with United Global First. When flying Global First, you have the choice between the ANA lounges in NRT and the United lounges. We didn’t have too much time before our flight so we just ended up going …
On our last day in Japan, we went to Fuji-yoshida, which is a town at the foot of Mt. Fuji. The image of Mt. Fuji with Chureito Pagoda in the foreground is one of the most iconic images of Japan. Go figure, I decided to go get the image for …
According to Lucky at One Mile at a Time, Marriott will only credit elite nights for one of the rooms you book per night as of August 1, 2018. This pretty much eliminates SPG’s policy of letting members earn elite qualifying nights and points for up to three rooms per night, if …
So we just heard from Marriott + SPG on how they are going to officially combine the programs under one banner. I don’t want to go too far in depth because Gary and Lucky have already done a great job at commenting on this (as usual), but I will just …
One of the most convenient features of the Conrad Tokyo is the attached Shiodome monorail station connecting the hotel with Odaiba island and the Ginza district (via Shimbashi station). Fares are ~3 USD each way and trains run every 8 minutes. Do note that these train rides are not included …
