It’s that time of the week again where I pull up an old post! This week’s old post is a guest post from my friend, Valerie! She was one of the first people to check out this club at Chicago’s MDW airport when it was brand new. She was traveling on Southwest (the biggest airlineContinue reading “Wednesday reblog: The Club MDW!”
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Westin DC City Center (2026 Hotel Review)
One of my most common travel destinations is Washington, DC. Most every time I visit, I stay in a different hotel because there are so many nice hotels that all sometimes have good rates with either cash or points. This next hotel is the first in the DC series for the blog: The Westin DCContinue reading “Westin DC City Center (2026 Hotel Review)”
Wednesday reblog: United Transcontinental Business Class
Continuing with the Wednesday reblog series brings us to my most recent (though it was back in 2023) United Business Class premium transcontinental flight. It seemed like a good time to highlight this report because United has just announced that its premium transcontinental routes will now be classified as Polaris and allow access to PolarisContinue reading “Wednesday reblog: United Transcontinental Business Class”
Wednesday Reblog: Egyptair A321 Business Class
I’m trying out something new this week! I’m planning to do some ranking lists of airlines that I’ve flown since the blog started, so I’m reblogging some old flights to help bring them back to recent memory for those lists! Please enjoy this trip report of Egyptair’s narrow body business class from 2023. I wouldContinue reading “Wednesday Reblog: Egyptair A321 Business Class”
British Airways Economy Class Eastbound Transatlantic Daytime Flight (January 2026 EuroTrip)
Bottom-line up front British Airways’ day-time flights eastbound across the Atlantic offer a convenient way to travel to London without “losing a night” to travel in exchange for losing the day instead. If you struggle to sleep on a plane, this type of flight is worth considering. The exit row seats on this aircraft typeContinue reading “British Airways Economy Class Eastbound Transatlantic Daytime Flight (January 2026 EuroTrip)”
Chase Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card (2026 update!)
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 (2026 update!)”
Chase Sapphire Preferred (2026 version)
It’s been a while since I last highlighted the Sapphire Preferred card. For me, this card is the baseline off which most other travel cards are compared, which you’ll often see in the flight/hotel matrix at the end of articles. Historically, this is one of the cards credited with setting the standard for what aContinue reading “Chase Sapphire Preferred (2026 version)”
2025 retrospective: with data visualizations!
Now that I’ve wrapped up the 2025 flights, it’s time to do the retrospective! So now, it’s time to take a look back through the year. I use a webapp, BA97.com, to capture all my flights, some of which don’t actually make it onto the blog. In general, these are short flights in economy (suchContinue reading “2025 retrospective: with data visualizations!”
Hotel review: Kimpton Marlowe Boston
For my 2025/2026 transitionary post, I’m going to attempt to grade a hotel properly for once. This review is effectively an update from 2023 when I stayed at the Kimpton Marlowe in Cambridge, MA. In the last few years of traveling, I’ve started to realize that what I look for in a hotel isn’t theContinue reading “Hotel review: Kimpton Marlowe Boston”
2025 comes to a close with a final regional flight: RIC-BOS
It’s time for my final flight of 2025! It’s not a particularly interesting flight by itself, but I got some pictures of the Delta SkyClub in Boston, so I figured it would be worth including! This was also my last flight as a Delta Platinum Medallion member; in 2026, I only have Delta Silver Medallion,Continue reading “2025 comes to a close with a final regional flight: RIC-BOS”
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