Introduction I had a wedding in Vancouver this past weekend, and while I usually stay in Richmond, I decided to stay at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Vancouver this time because the wedding was within walking distance of the hotel. I had booked the hotel about 2 months out and paid 12,000 Hyatt points for […]
Introduction I had written a Seattle guide last week, but I guess I hadn’t written a Vancouver guide yet. Vancouver is about a 2.5 one-way drive from Seattle. Add in about 30 minutes for the border (especially for the coming back part, which can be 1 hr if you are coming back Sunday night.) Esther […]
Hilton Diamond match My wife basically has no status with anyone. However, she does have IHG Platinum status. I wasn’t going to even attempt that match, but I read DEM Flyer’s post and gave it a shot. Sent in my IHG stuff (make sure you send in .jpg) on like a Saturday or so. On Monday, she […]
Introduction Reader Allen shared with me these pictures taken with a Canon T6i of his recent trip to Japan. It was much nicer than my Park Hyatt Tokyo pictures, and he even took photos of the pool and other common areas that you would think I would have done. I asked him if I could […]
Introduction I had bought a business class BA mistake fares back in October. I was waiting for First Class availability to show up so I could use Avios to upgrade to first class. I know a couple of people who did this back in December. And there’s a FT post in November saying it was okay and […]