For the ‘Early May Bank Holiday’, I took a short trip to Porto for the Bachelor Party of a friend of mine. I booked flights from London to Porto on TAP Air Portugal. I had a few choices of carrier from London, including Ryanair (which my friends flew) from Stansted, British Airways from Heathrow, andContinue reading “TAP Air Portugal Porto to London”
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Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Card (2022 edition!)
I’ve previously written about Chase’s Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card and The Ritz-Carlton Card, which have a $0 and a $450 annual fee, respectively. Chase has a third Marriott credit card: the Bonvoy Boundless card. The Bonvoy Boundless card sits between these cards and has a $95 annual fee. This card can be directly applied for,Continue reading “Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Card (2022 edition!)”
Easter trip to Berlin (part 4: WAW-LHR)
After going the exact opposite direction of London from Berlin to Warsaw, I was ready to go to London. Once inside Warsaw airport, I made my way toward the non-Schengen border control. I stopped by the duty-free store and then had an extremely friendly and efficient border guard who gave me my first Poland stamp! Continue reading “Easter trip to Berlin (part 4: WAW-LHR)”
Easter trip to Berlin (part 3: BER-WAW)
I had a great long weekend seeing my friends in Berlin and getting to know some new friends of friends (who are now friends). Unfortunately, come Monday, it was time to leave them and return to work. They were staying a few more days to go to more events (and because they had much fartherContinue reading “Easter trip to Berlin (part 3: BER-WAW)”
Chase Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card (2022 version)
My first Chase card was the Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card. I got this card shortly after it was announced; I was excited at the prospect of a no annual fee travel card that also had no foreign transaction fees. This is the card that I product changed from in order to get my Ritz-Carlton Card.Continue reading “Chase Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card (2022 version)”
Easter trip to Berlin (part 2: ZRH-BER)
After my chance to try out the A220, I connected directly onto a Swiss flight to Berlin. I had booked myself a 45-minute layover, since I’d read that Zurich airport was very efficient. The incoming flight was delayed by about 10 min, but I wasn’t too worried because I figured I’d either make it orContinue reading “Easter trip to Berlin (part 2: ZRH-BER)”
SwissAir A220 Business Class (Easter trip to Berlin part 1: LCY-ZRH)
While I was in Boston, the two friends I was visiting told me that they were heading to Berlin around the Easter weekend. I have a general policy that if any of my friends show up to Europe, I’ll join them for the weekend. Normally it’s because I haven’t seen them for a while, butContinue reading “SwissAir A220 Business Class (Easter trip to Berlin part 1: LCY-ZRH)”
Spring trip to the East Coast (round 4: back to London from DC)
At the end of my two weeks in the US, it was time to head back to London. I booked myself on another A380 flight, but this time it was from DC to London. I’m not very good at sleeping on planes, and flights from the East Coast of the US are just not longContinue reading “Spring trip to the East Coast (round 4: back to London from DC)”
American Express Gold Card (USA) – 2022 outdated
The older brother to the Amex Green Card is the Amex Gold Card, which is the cousin of the UK-based Amex Gold. Like with most credit cards, the US Gold Card has a better earning structure than the UK Gold Card. The Amex Gold Card is one of the most iconic and also one ofContinue reading “American Express Gold Card (USA) – 2022 outdated”
Chase Freedom Unlimited
I’m generally of the opinion that cards with annual fees often have better opportunities to get outsized value from them. However, a lot of people are very averse to paying annual fees for a card, which is completely understandable. It wasn’t until my fourth credit card (the American Express Green Card) that I got aContinue reading “Chase Freedom Unlimited”
