Monthly Archives: May 2012

Trip Report: Holidays At Home And Touring Around Paris (Part 5: Le Meridian Etoile)

After our morning visit to the Eiffel Tower, we transferred hotels to the Le Meridian Etoile. This was due to the fact that I didn’t have enough points in one single program to cover the three nights we would spend … Continue reading

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Trip Report: Holidays At Home And Touring Around Paris (Part 4: Walking Around The City of Lights)

After freshening up at the hotel we made our way to the closest Metro station to buy some tickets and head down towards the Place de la Concord. We ran into our only hiccup for the trio and that was … Continue reading

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Trip Report: Holidays At Home And New Years In Paris (Part 3: Hilton Hotel Arch de Triumph)

We arrived in downtown Paris early and went straight to the hotel to check-in and/or drop our bags off for later so we could go tour around. We walked up to the Hilton HHonors check-in and were helped right away. … Continue reading

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Trip Report: Holidays At Home And New Years In Paris (Part 2: US Envoy PHL-CDG)

Part 2: US Envoy Class PHL-CDG After doing a Philadelphia Airport Lounge Crawl with my cousin (who was flying out that night on Delta) we boarded our Airbus 330-200 airplane bound for Paris Charles de Gaul Airport. My wife and … Continue reading

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Trip Report: Holidays At Home And New Years In Paris (Part 1: PHL Lounge Crawl)

Part One: PHL Lounge Crawl Since my cousin, my wife, and I were flying out at around the same time, we decide to do an airline lounge bar crawl before our respective flights that evening. Since we had the international … Continue reading

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Trip Report: Holidays At Home And New Years In Paris (Introduction)

Trip Report: Holidays At Home And New Years In Paris Introduction This last trip of 2011 (and first for 2012) started out with a stop in my hometown outside of Philadelphia to see my parents and family for the holidays … Continue reading

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Star Mega DO 3: By The Numbers

Star Mega Do 3: By The Numbers I thought I would make a quick post regarding some metrics of my travels on the Star Mega DO 3 back in September of 2011.  These include my positioning flights (one of which … Continue reading

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The Trendy New High School Dance Move

The other week I attended a high school prom as a chaperone/date of a teacher at the school.  After observing the kids throughout the evening, I want to bring to your attention the newsiest dance trend sweeping this school (and … Continue reading

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Sunday Afternoon Spent on the Fenway Park Tour

We finally made a date for my in-laws to come up from Rhode Island to visit, see our new apartment, and explore some of Boston.  After they arrived and we showed them around our pad we ventured out into our … Continue reading

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Why The jetBlue AmEx Card Is Not The Best For Earning True Blue Points

The other day someone asked me what I thought about the jetBlue American Express Card as they live in Boston, jetBlue is one of the largest airlines flying out of Boston Logan Airport (and growing), and they want to earn … Continue reading

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