If I’m being completely honest, this has not been my best week.
In the past week I’ve lost a bag that was checked “plane-side,” meaning it’s supposed to be waiting on a cart upon arrival. This lead to a lot of excitement in trying to locate the bag, and even more excitement in the comments of the blog.
Bag in hand, I then flew to Frankfurt on Singapore Airlines in Suites Class, visited Toulouse for the A350 delivery ceremony, then made my way to the Middle East on Gulf Air to position for the Etihad A380 inaugural flight.
That sounds great on paper, but in practice I overslept due to exhaustion and nearly missed my flight from London, then didn’t catch that my ticket was reissued incorrectly and actually missed my flight from Bahrain.
So it has been a fun week.
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AMAZING DEAL: Redeem American Miles For Etihad A380 First Class
Award space on Etihad’s new A380 is wide open between London and Abu Dhabi. This means you can redeem just 40,000 AAdvantage miles one-way in first class. That allows connections within Europe or the Middle East as well, if you’d like.
And trust me, you want to fly on this plane!
Review: St. Regis Deer Valley, Park City
I had a phenomenal stay at this hotel. The resort was beautiful, and service was top-notch.
Despite being from (and packed for) Florida, I was able to enjoy some of the winter activities as well. I’m probably going to regret posting these videos, but they were too embarrassingly awful to not share! 😉
Arrest Warrant Being Sought For Nutty Korean Air Executive
This story is just the holiday gift that keeps on giving!
If you haven’t been following along, apparently being reprimanded, fired, and disgraced was just the beginning for former Korean Air executive Heather Cho. Now Korea is considering pressing charges as well!
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An Apology (And Decision On Moderating Comments)…
Epic One Man Band At Seattle Airport
I’d like to spend the rest of the year in bed, though am currently en route from London to Miami… so that I can fly Miami to London this evening. Yay?
Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas, and a great holiday season in general. Have a great weekend, and a Happy New Year!
That's crazy and you know it. Dumdudumdum [LMFAO in the background]
(Sorry, just my poor sense of humor. Crazy in a good way. :p)
Ah. I knew about all of them, but didn't connect the dots. Still, if you've already requalified to EXP, why didn't you do it in January? (Unless, of course, you do two in January as well to get the full 125 000 bonus.)
@ Bjørn -- ;)
Why LON-MIA-LON? Mileage run?
@ Bjørn -- Cheap business class fare, combined with upgrades to first class, combined with a promo for lots of bonus miles for transatlantic travel.