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Hotel Review: The Westin Dublin

March 1, 2012

For our jaunt to Dublin last weekend, my family and I decided to stay at the Westin Dublin. We scored a pretty good room rate of 165 euros (US$220), which included breakfast, so we went ahead and pulled the trigger – especially since our 3 night stay would qualify for Starwood’s current triple points promotion. [...]

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Delta Economy Comfort Review: Is It Worth It?

February 29, 2012

This past weekend I went to Dublin (and had a fantastic time) and since I snagged a super-cheap $379 total roundtrip airfare, I knew I’d be stuck in coach since Delta has a super-annoying (read: expensive) international upgrade policy. For anyone unaware, you need to book full fare (Y, B, M class) economy fares, which [...]

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Long Weekend in Dublin: Tips Requested

February 24, 2012

In October I wrote about cheap flights to Dublin and since I’m Irish and all, I ended up booking a small group trip with some family and friends since we were able to get roundtrip tickets for $370 total on Delta. Since I am Diamond Medallion (at least for the next week or so), we [...]

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Trip Report: My Favorite Kauai Experiences (And Hyatt Point Winner)

February 22, 2012

My trip this past weekend was my first time in Kauai, and I have to say that after just four days, I fell in love with this gorgeous island. That’s mostly thanks to the great suggestions I got from TPG readers about what to see, do and eat while I was there. Here are a [...]

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When Irregular Operations Go Horribly Right: Flying British Airways New First Class on the Oneworld Megado

January 26, 2012

After a very busy first day on the Oneworld Megado in London and a night at the Hyatt Churchill, the Megadoers arose bright and early for the American Airlines flight back to Dallas. When I got in the cab to get to the Heathrow Express, I noticed there was a voicemail from American Airlines – [...]

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Trip Report: Terra Cotta Warriors and a Wild Goose Pagoda in Xian

January 18, 2012

This is an installment in my series on my January 2012 trip to China. Posts include: Help Me Plan My Trip To China, Flight Review: American Airlines 777 International Business Class to Beijing, Hotel Review: St. Regis Beijing, Beijing Overview: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Peking Deck, A Great Day at the Great Wall of China,  Flight Review: Air China 777 [...]

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Hotel Review: Andaz Shanghai

January 16, 2012

This is an installment in my series on my January 2012 trip to China. Posts include: Help Me Plan My Trip To China, Flight Review: American Airlines 777 International Business Class to Beijing, Hotel Review: St. Regis Beijing, Beijing Overview: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Peking Deck, A Great Day at the Great Wall of China,  Flight Review: Air China 777 [...]

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Flight Review: Air China 777 Domestic Business Class

January 14, 2012

This is an installment in my series on my January 2012 trip to China. Posts include: Help Me Plan My Trip To China, Flight Review: American Airlines 777 International Business Class to Beijing, Hotel Review: St. Regis Beijing, Beijing Overview: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Peking Deck, A Great Day at the Great Wall of China,  Flight Review: Air China 777 [...]

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A Great Day at the Great Wall of China – Mutianyu

January 12, 2012

This is an installment in my series on my January 2012 trip to China. Posts include: Help Me Plan My Trip To China, Flight Review: American Airlines 777 International Business Class to Beijing, Hotel Review: St. Regis Beijing, Beijing Overview: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Peking Deck, A Great Day at the Great Wall of China,  Flight Review: Air China 777 [...]

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Beijing Overview: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Peking Duck

January 11, 2012

This is an installment in my series on my January 2012 trip to China. Posts include: Help Me Plan My Trip To China, Flight Review: American Airlines 777 International Business Class to Beijing, Hotel Review: St. Regis Beijing, Beijing Overview: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Peking Deck, A Great Day at the Great Wall of China,  Flight Review: Air China 777 [...]

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Hotel Review: St. Regis Beijing

January 10, 2012

This is an installment in my series on my January 2012 trip to China. Posts include: Help Me Plan My Trip To China, Flight Review: American Airlines 777 International Business Class to Beijing, Hotel Review: St. Regis Beijing, Beijing Overview: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Peking Deck, A Great Day at the Great Wall of China,  Flight Review: Air China 777 [...]

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Flight Review: American Airlines 777 International Business Class to Beijing

January 9, 2012

This is an installment in my series on my January 2012 trip to China. Posts include: Help Me Plan My Trip To China, Flight Review: American Airlines 777 International Business Class to Beijing, Hotel Review: St. Regis Beijing, Beijing Overview: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Peking Deck, A Great Day at the Great Wall of China,  Flight Review: Air China 777 [...]

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Help Me Plan My Trip to China

January 2, 2012

This is an installment in my series on my January 2012 trip to China. Posts include: Help Me Plan My Trip To China, Flight Review: American Airlines 777 International Business Class to Beijing, Hotel Review: St. Regis Beijing, Beijing Overview: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Peking Deck, A Great Day at the Great Wall of China,  Flight Review: Air China 777 [...]

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Hotel Review: Hotel Pulitzer Amsterdam (Starwood)

December 31, 2011

This is an installment in my Istanbul: End of Year Mileage Run with Dad series. Posts include; Cheap Istanbul Flights: From $576 Total Roundtrip on Delta from JFK, Help Plan My Long Weekend in Istanbul,Flight Review: Alitalia JFK-Rome in Coach, Hotel Review: Westin Excelsior Rome, Hotel Review: Park Hyatt Istanbul Spa Room, Istanbul Eats and Excursions. The next stop on [...]

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Istanbul Eats and Excursions

December 29, 2011

This is an installment in my Istanbul: End of Year Mileage Run with Dad series. Posts include; Cheap Istanbul Flights: From $576 Total Roundtrip on Delta from JFK, Help Plan My Long Weekend in Istanbul, Flight Review: Alitalia JFK-Rome in Coach, Hotel Review: Westin Excelsior Rome, Hotel Review: Park Hyatt Istanbul Spa Room, Istanbul Eats [...]

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Hotel Review: Park Hyatt Istanbul Spa Room

December 28, 2011

This is an installment in my Istanbul: End of Year Mileage Run with Dad series. Posts include; Cheap Istanbul Flights: From $576 Total Roundtrip on Delta from JFK, Help Plan My Long Weekend in Istanbul, Flight Review: Alitalia JFK-Rome in Coach, Hotel Review: Westin Excelsior Rome, Hotel Review: Park Hyatt Istanbul Spa Room, Istanbul Eats and Excursions. For my long weekend [...]

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Hotel Review: Westin Excelsior Rome

December 27, 2011

This is an installment in my Istanbul: End of Year Mileage Run with Dad series. Posts include; Cheap Istanbul Flights: From $576 Total Roundtrip on Delta from JFK, Help Plan My Long Weekend in Istanbul, Flight Review: Alitalia JFK-Rome in Coach, Hotel Review: Westin Excelsior Rome, Hotel Review: Park Hyatt Istanbul Spa Room, Istanbul Eats and Excursions.  Since we were flying [...]

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Flight Review: Alitalia JFK-Rome in Coach

December 26, 2011

This is an installment in my Istanbul: End of Year Mileage Run with Dad series. Posts include; Cheap Istanbul Flights: From $576 Total Roundtrip on Delta from JFK, Help Plan My Long Weekend in Istanbul, Flight Review: Alitalia JFK-Rome in Coach, Hotel Review: Westin Excelsior Rome, Hotel Review: Park Hyatt Istanbul Spa Room, Istanbul Eats and Excursions. When I took my [...]

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Flight Review: United 757 ps Business Class LAX-JFK

December 23, 2011

After my Thanksgiving trip to Santa Barbara with my Grandma, I spent a couple days down in Los Angeles before flying back to the east coast. When looking at my options to get back to New York, it seemed like my best choice would be to get a one-way award ticket since fares were sky-high [...]

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Hotel Review: Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills

December 17, 2011

I spent Thanksgiving week with family in Santa Barbara which included a night at the Four Seasons Santa Barbara. However, one day that week I had to head back to Los Angeles for some meetings so I decided to stay for the night at the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. Yes, that’s an [...]

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Hotel Review: Hyatt Santa Barbara

December 10, 2011

The other hotel I stayed at during my Thanksgiving trip with grandma out to Santa Barbara was the newly opened Hyatt Santa Barbara. Now, this wasn’t a new-build hotel. Rather, this used to be the Hotel Mar Monte, an 80-year-old property that Hyatt bought and redid to the tune of $9 million before reopening the [...]

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Hotel Review: Four Seasons Santa Barbara Biltmore

December 8, 2011

As I reported a few weeks back, as a special Thanksgiving treat, I took my grandmother to see my aunt, uncle and cousins in Santa Barbara for the holiday and I decided to spend a couple of my nights there checking out the local hotels. Of course, being a Hyatt Diamond, I wanted to see [...]

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Help Plan My Long Weekend in Istanbul

December 7, 2011

This is an installment in my Istanbul: End of Year Mileage Run with Dad series. Posts include; Cheap Istanbul Flights: From $576 Total Roundtrip on Delta from JFK, Help Plan My Long Weekend in Istanbul, Flight Review: Alitalia JFK-Rome in Coach, Hotel Review: Westin Excelsior Rome, Hotel Review: Park Hyatt Istanbul Spa Room, Istanbul Eats and Excursions. My Dad emailed me [...]

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Flight Review: Air New Zealand New Business Premier LAX-AKL

November 26, 2011

(Written by TPG Managing Editor Eric Rosen) Last weekend, I flew from LAX to Auckland to attend the Air New Zealand Wine Awards in Auckland. It might seem odd that an airline’s wine awards are such a big deal, but not in the case of Air New Zealand. The airline is extraordinarily committed to its [...]

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