Andrew, the contest winner for the Helsinki trip, graciously offered to share his thoughts about the trip, which you'll find below. I was thrilled to have won Lucky’s contest for a trip to Helsinki on American’s seasonal route from ORD-HEL. Lucky asked me to write a guest post about the experience, so here it goes.…
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Omg, Andrew needs to be a regular guest contributor! I'm still laughing at the Shanghai Tang PJs comment.
I agree - awesome trip report!. Nice burn on Lucky and his sleeping requirements. Looking forward to Andrew's next guest article.
Great review, a pleasure to read and looking foward to next Lucky contest! By the way, I love her tips and tricks, especially her Lufthansa F experiences.
"The flight was over even more quickly than Kim Kardashian’s marriage." ROTFL
You guys could be the Siskel & Ebert of the skies 🙂
Thanks for the great post!
Sounds like a great trip! BTW, regarding immigration at O'Hare, on my trip back from Frankfurt a couple of weeks ago not only did I notice the new 1-Stop Immigration Option but I also was able to experience the new electronic passport kiosks. We arrived during a "slow" period on Saturday night so I'm not sure whether this option is still in the "test" phase. However, as soon as we arrived at Passport control we were guided to a separate area where electronic kiosks scanned our passports and issued us a receipt. We then cleared passport control in all of 5 minutes! It was very much of a "Global Entry" like experience. @Lucky - any more info on this? Is this just a pilot program at ORD?
@ LincolnPark -- Yep, ORD is a test market for the new kiosks, basically giving more passengers a Global Entry like experience. Should be expanding to more airports soon. Pretty nifty, isn't it?
Based on Andrew's winning contest entry, I knew he wouldn't let us down in his recap of the trip. Nice job! You can be Lucky's guest replacement when he goes on vacation. Oh wait--he's always on vacation. 😉
Yikes! It looks like Ben made you share a king bed with him... just a little odd sharing a bed with a stranger!
So I take it as they had individual rooms. "Ours were ready." But looks like Andrew could learn a lesson in collecting starpoints. $5 says lucky stole his starpoints and that is why the name was never changed
Great report Andrew;
It is nice to hear the opinion of somebody who does not always fly first class and considers a lounge chair adequate accommodations. Your take on upgrading a trip including the "special treatment" during check-in is refreshing.
I hope you get to write more articles but I also hope Lucky does not stop writing about his experiences/our aspirational trips
@ 181920 -- Hah, trying to screw him out of Starpoints? Was trying to get Platinum benefits for both rooms!
@Mauricio and @Jon;
You guys need to grow up or look for more childish blogs where your comments are actually welcomed.
Ben -
Either hire this guy immediately, or don't let him write another post!
He's good.
Lark
My only issue with this entire trip report is that Andrew and Lucky agree that Identity Thief is an instant classic. Some funny moments, but a horrible movie! I now know that Lucky should stick to his day-job of covering travel, not movies. 🙂