In mid-October Ford and I decided we were going to London for Thanksgiving. Ford loves London and has lots of friends there, while I actually haven't explored London as in-depth as I'd like to (well, other than transiting Heathrow more times than I care to recall). Generally Thanksgiving is a fairly slow period for transatlantic…
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Are you going to roll out the report to Hong Kong, KL, Bali, Doha and Abu Dhabi? I'd love to see a review of the NY inaugural and, more importantly, the new The Pier First Class lounge at HKG.
I gave up on SPG since I've only been upgraded once as a Plat. That's because I emailed the hotel prior to arrival to let them know we were celebrating our anniversary
Hopefully you can fit some time in this trip report to explain what beets are. Always anger-inducing when someone expects me to know what they are. Like, how the hell is it common knowledge to know what a beet is?!?! Am I supposed to know what carrots and potatoes are, too?!?!?!?! Simply unacceptable! Jeez!
Hahaha, only joking! I'll be looking forward to the comment section on a few of these posts.
I I got a deal like that from JFK-LHR on aa 777-300er in business class, 8k base miles, 12k for one bonus and 12.5k on another bonus
Well, hope this goes well. I would expect your trip reports to finish around next week Wednesday, then your long trip to Bali and Abu Dhabi should come out after that before Christmas.... It's gonna be a busy month for you Lucky!
The joys of traveling together with a partner! Glad that you guys slept on it, which resulted in a happy ending for earning more miles.
@Jacob Well, you would get a better deal if you link up SPG points to Emirates and fly JFK- Milan on EK and Milan- LHR on Alitalia for example, trying to get BA out of the way as much as possible.
Yes- we also took advantage of that transatlantic sale! Our family of four will be going to The Netherlands in August before school starts for our kids. We are taking going ORD-LHR-AMS and back. I used avios to upgrade us into F on the return...but staying in J on the outbound since it's just overnight and we'll be sleeping anyway. Have fun in London!
How did you earn SPG points if you were booking through Citi's third party partner for the fourth night free? I thought you had to book through SPG?
@Danny You can always hook up points for any stay using any credit card, as long as it is booked through the Starwood homepage.
I booked our family (Myself, wife, 3 year old and 1 year old) on flights in March LAX-LHR-ORY. I wish we were able to get in on the bonus 25K AA miles deal but we fly after the Jan 31 deadline. Hoping they have another promotion during our flight time. Can't wait for our trip!
Great post! Nice to see the breakdown and analysis which I sometimes find to be missing or in less detail in some of your other posts.
@betterbub LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL Nice job Ben only you could have grabbed a deal like that which is why I read your blog so bring on the the HATERS! Hope you and Ford had a great time
Any time you go to London again, in the Canary Wharf or London City Airport district, **do** try the Ramada London Docklands.
Lovely room; lovely breakfast.
I bought it for my mother/father/myself using my M@M miles earned over years of Star Alliance affiliation.
Stayed at the Holiday Inn Vauxhall too, thanks Dad! - not so nice a breakfast, but pretty good room.
@ Danny -- Those stays are still eligible for accruing Starpoints, as they're the same as booking through a corporate travel agent, for example.
@ Alvin -- Yes, that's coming up once this report is done (which should be by Wednesday).
Hi Lucky!
Sweet travels!
Figured would give a shout out while reading!
Btw, you are featured on bbc!
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34704775
Cheers!
So I'm curious... What does Ford do for a living? You guys seem to be traveling everywhere, and all the time. What's his secret? My wife's a teacher, but we can only travel within about a 1-2 month window during the summer due to my job. And a lot of the places we like to visit are HOT in the summer. If only we could get to HKG during the cooler months.
Ben, your travel post and pictures are pretty motivational and inspiring! Keep up the good work!