It took almost 3 hours for us to drive from Frankfurt to Baden-Baden. The drive should normally take no more than 1.5 hours, but construction along the A6 and heavy traffic delayed our arrival. It was almost mid-afternoon by the time we arrived at the hotel. While the highways around …
So after our short layover at the temporary DFW premium lounge, we headed over to a nearby gate from where our flight to Frankfurt was departing. Now I have reviewed American Airlines Business Class a few times (here, here, and here) before so I won’t go into the gory details …
I haven’t done a trip report in a long time because quite frankly I don’t know when I will be able to write down the next part to the sequence. Rather than shying away from another one of these, I thought I would give it a go once again. I …
Last night we were struck by tragedy yet again within a week. Two or more men attacked two mosques in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, killing at least 49 people and leaving many in critical condition. My sincerest condolences to the families of those affected by this tragedy and …
THE NEWS: So I’m sure a lot of you have read by now that an Ethiopian Airlines 737-8 Max crashed shortly after take off from Addis Ababa on its path to Nairobi this morning and unfortunately all 150 passengers perished on that flight. My sincerest condolences to the victims of …
So there are quite a few business class deals right now between Europe and North America. I just thought I would sum those deals up right here. Positioning for these flights is pretty simple nowadays. You can either fly economy there for under $400 or use miles/points for the one …
I flew AA Main Cabin Extra a couple of times recently on my trips to Europe and Australia and thought I would comment on the experience overall. The routes I flew this product on were DFW-LHR (777), ORD-VCE (787), and SYD-LAX (777). The hard product was identical across the board, but …
On a recent layover in New Delhi I didn’t have enough time to go into the city, but just too much time to spend at the airport. While I arrived in New Delhi at 2pm from Hyderabad, my flight to Amsterdam wasn’t set to depart until 2am the following day.
Day 2 of our camping adventure started off great with our morning photo walk at Tasman Lake (mentioned in the earlier post). After that all of our plans sort of fell apart. When we visited the Mt Cook Visitor’s Center to check in for the hike to Mueller Hut, we …
The next stop on our little camping trip to Middle Earth was Tasman Glacier and Lake inside the Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand. At 27 km, the Tasman Glacier is the longest Glacier in New Zealand. The glacier is receding at an unprecedented 400-800m every year now leading …
