Turkey & Greece 2014: Park Hyatt Istanbul
We arrived very late from our delayed flight from Athens into Istanbul. Despite being lowly coach passengers (we paid for these tickets at about ~$120 each one way), our bags were among the first out...
View ArticleDubai and Mauritius 2014: Preview
We just got back from our last (I think?) intercontinental trip of 2014 where we visited the UAE and Mauritius. Mauritius I’ll have a full report coming in the next few days (week, max!), but I wanted...
View ArticleDubai & Mauritius 2014: St. Regis New York City
We flew to New York the day before our departure to Duabi for a few reasons, but mostly because with a morning departure out of New York, we didn’t want to mis-connect on a separate ticket. US Airways...
View ArticleDubai & Mauritius 2014: Emirates Lounge JFK
Our chauffeur was a nice lifetime New Yorker (when he heard I was from Virginia, he recounted a tale from decades ago of going into a grocery store in Richmond and only finding a single brand of...
View ArticleDubai & Mauritius 2014: JFK to Dubai Emirates First Class Suites
We boarded from the lounge and the entire time down the jet way to describe me as a kid in a candy store would be a vast understatement. I’ve flown some amazing products in the past few years, but...
View ArticleDubai & Mauritius 2014: Grosvenor House Dubai
This was our second trip to the UAE after visiting Abu Dhabi last year (St. Regis and Park Hyatt reviews), and we were much more looking forward to our Dubai trip since we found Abu Dhabi a little...
View ArticleDubai & Mauritius 2014: DXB to MRU Emirates A380 First Class
If I’m honest, a real factor that influenced our decision was the ability to fly in first class all the way there. It’s actually not doable that often when you’re talking about leisure...
View ArticleDubai & Mauritius 2014: St. Regis Mauritius
We were the first ones through immigration thanks to disembarking first. After collecting our bags, which took a little longer than I hoped, we met the St. Regis representative. I read in advance that...
View ArticleItaly 2015: Preview & Costs
During this trip report, I’ll be reviewing: Lufthansa First Class IAD-MUC Lufthansa First Class Lounge & MUC Airport Lufthansa Business Class MUC-NAP Hotel Excelsior Naples Santa Caterina Hotel...
View ArticleItaly 2015: Dulles to Munich Lufthansa First Class
This is probably my favorite flight to Europe from DC because it leaves so late (10:30pm). It’s very hard for me to sleep on the 5-7pm ~6 hour flights to Europe that basically land at 1am “body clock...
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