Michael

Tiny French Airport back to London: Ryanair

After Valerie and my short time in Carcassonne, which is a very cute city, it was time to return to London. In both Toulouse and Carcassonne, we stayed in pretty generic hotels, and so I don’t have much to report. This flight was approximately as eventful as the TGV ride to Carcassonne, which is toContinue reading “Tiny French Airport back to London: Ryanair”

Short TGV ride from Toulouse to Carcassonne

After our flight to Toulouse and a visit to the Airbus factory, it was time for Valerie and me to head to Carcassonne, which was the main draw of the trip from a city viewing perspective. Toulouse and Carcassonne are not very far apart but are very different cities. Toulouse is a proper city, withContinue reading “Short TGV ride from Toulouse to Carcassonne”

Citi Premier Card

After dipping into the Citi credit card eco-system with the Citi Double Cash, the natural follow-up card is the Citi Premier card, which not only is a great card in itself but also can help unlike the ‘full power’ of the Citi Double Cash. The Citi Premier card directly competes with the Chase Sapphire PreferredContinue reading “Citi Premier Card”

London to Toulouse two different ways

Following trip to Bucharest, my best friend Valerie arrived from the US. She and I planned a short trip to southern France as part of her visit. We went to Toulouse (for the Airbus factory) and Carcassonne (to see the walls). The best flights we found were on BA to Toulouse and Ryanair back fromContinue reading “London to Toulouse two different ways”

80 tier points for a ‘medium-haul’ intra-European Club Europe flight

After a delightful time at the Marmorosch Hotel in Bucharest, it was time for me to return to London. Since all British Airways flights are to/from London, I knew the plane I’d be on was coming from London and immediately turning around, so I had a reasonable expectation that the flight would be pretty muchContinue reading “80 tier points for a ‘medium-haul’ intra-European Club Europe flight”

Hotel Marmorosch, Autograph Collection, Bucharest, Romania

I mainly post about airplane flights and credit cards, but this time I thought I’d try something a bit different and talk about the Marmorosch, which is part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection and one of the top hotels in Bucharest, Romania. I don’t usually stay at upscale hotels when I travel alone, but in thisContinue reading “Hotel Marmorosch, Autograph Collection, Bucharest, Romania”

Eastern Europe Trip! London to Bucharest

To celebrate quitting my job, I decided to fly to Bucharest, which is a destination I’ve wanted to visit for many years but had never been able to find someone to take me. Trying to get there for this vacation also turned out to not be without its own problems. I have a BA voucherContinue reading “Eastern Europe Trip! London to Bucharest”

Citi Double Cash

Most of the cards I present on this blog are Chase and Amex cards. There are two other major credit card issuers whose credit cards earn transferrable points: Citi and Capital One. For this post, I’ll be going over one of the best cards out there for everyday spending: the Citi Double Cash. In manyContinue reading “Citi Double Cash”

Finnair A350 old style business to London

After my short pseudo-Finnair flight to Helsinki, I had an intentionally short layover at Helsinki’s Vantaa airport before connecting onto my Finnair A350 flight back to London. The London Heathrow to Helsinki route is my most commonly flown route in Europe, so I am intimately familiar with the various flight options on this route. FinnairContinue reading “Finnair A350 old style business to London”

Finnair wet lease by Danish Air Transport

I know from experience that very little is open on Sundays in Denmark, so I decided to spend my day enjoying some nice flights instead. I booked my return flight from Copenhagen on Finnair via Helsinki, which might have actually been even more ridiculous than my flight from Berlin to Warsaw to London, haha. FromContinue reading “Finnair wet lease by Danish Air Transport”