Kansai Revisited: The Journey
I wanted so much to give him another magical week. That’s how planning our second trip to Japan started. Chris fell in love with Kyoto back in 2014 and I […]
Category Archives: Redeeming Miles
An Unexpected Chance to Experience American Airlines’ 777-300ER Business Class
Sometimes schedule changes to your dream vacation actually work out in your favor, even if you don’t realize it at first.
Flight Review: American Airlines A321T First Class to New York
Over Labor Day weekend I had the chance to experience American Airlines’ flagship service from Los Angeles to New York and what an experience it was! Though some minor parts of […]
Low-cost AAdvantage Saver level business class awards to Greece aren’t easy, but they can be done
Flying around Japan in 2014 gave Chris and I a very strong reminder of how much we enjoyed traveling to a far-off, unfamiliar place. He had mentioned upon our return […]
The one thing I’ll Never Use Mileage Plus Miles For…
… Is a flight on United Airlines. Huh? That’s right. I’ll book a hotel room instead. Or a flight from Fukuoka to Tokyo on ANA. Or perhaps I’ll get a […]
Why I burned over half a million miles & points to go to Japan, part 2
So when we left off, I was faced with a conundrum: Try and save up (at minimum) a whopping 630,000 Hawaiian Miles in order to give The Elf the trip […]
Why I burned over half a million miles & points to go to Japan, Part 1
The title of this post alone probably has you thinking I’m either the craziest or stupidest traveler on the Internet. I’m hoping that neither is true, but I’m probably the […]
