After my short flight from Manchester, I headed for passport control. Unfortunately, my flight arrived at about the same time as flights from the United States, so the “other” passport line was extremely long and slow. I explained to the agent that I had come in from Manchester and was on my way to the United States,Continue reading “Spring Break to Europe Part 2B: Aer Lingus to SFO!”
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United MileagePlus Quest Card (2025 update!)
This post is to update my review of the United MileagePlus Quest card. This card exists are part of the series of comparisons of the major US airlines’ credit cards. This card is United Airlines’ upper-middle card, offering enhanced perks without the annual fee of a Club card. This card competes with the Delta PlatinumContinue reading “United MileagePlus Quest Card (2025 update!)”
Spring break to Europe! Part 2: Aer Lingus across the Irish Sea
It’s very uncommon that my second post from a trip is the beginning of the return trip to the United States. But that’s the situation we find ourselves in with this next report. I spent about a week in Europe, but there wasn’t a lot to report on for this blog. To get from London to Paris,Continue reading “Spring break to Europe! Part 2: Aer Lingus across the Irish Sea”
Spring break to Europe! Part 1: BA
For our next flight adventure, we’re heading to London on British Airways. As readers will know, this has been a very common method for me to get to Europe since I moved to San Francisco in 2022. In the case of this trip, my destinations were London, Paris, and Manchester, so this flight, once again,Continue reading “Spring break to Europe! Part 1: BA”
Chase Sapphire Reserve: 2025 updates!
It’s officially time to revisit the Chase Sapphire Reserve. June 2025 brought with it a huge update to this card, and a massive increase in the annual fee from $550 to $795. There’s a strong and continuing trend of credit card issuers to increase annual fees while offering more credits to offset those fees. NoContinue reading “Chase Sapphire Reserve: 2025 updates!”
Backtracking through New York. This time on American!
On the way back from DC, I was once again heading through NYC. This time, however, I was flying American Airlines, which can only mean one thing on this blog. Yep, it’s another Flagship First Transcontinental review! This review is split into two parts because I’ll use this first part as my review of theContinue reading “Backtracking through New York. This time on American!”
DeltaOne Transcontinental: SFO-JFK
Just a couple weeks after my short trip to LA, I had my next (actually planned) trip! I had found the tickets for this journey several months in advance. My favorite time to travel is late January/February because the flights are usually cheaper, less full, and more upgrades are available. For those keeping track, asContinue reading “DeltaOne Transcontinental: SFO-JFK”
American AAdvantage Business Card
It’s been a while since I did a credit card post, but there’s one final American Airlines credit card to mention. The AAdvantage Business Card is AA’s small business credit card and is very similar to the AA Platinum Select Card. This card offers entry-level perks without a high annual fee for a small businessContinue reading “American AAdvantage Business Card”
2025 begins with a transcon flight!
It’s time for 2025 to begin! My 2025 travel begins remarkably similarly to my 2024 travel. Specifically, I’m beginning by flying American Airlines’ Flagship First, but this time, I’m flying BOS-LAX-SFO instead of JFK-SFO like in 2024. I had originally booked a flight in standard domestic first class from BOS-PHL-SFO because I needed the tierContinue reading “2025 begins with a transcon flight!”
2024 comes to a close: SFO-IAD in “Premium” Economy
We’re gonna squeeze in one final flight for the blog before we call 2024 complete! Only 4 months into the year… though I’m actually almost a month ahead of last year. This final flight is, unfortunately, going to be a rather unexciting flight. It’s one final transcontinental flight from San Francisco to Washington DC. IContinue reading “2024 comes to a close: SFO-IAD in “Premium” Economy”
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