Introduction During our last trip to Osaka, we decided to fit 4 people into the Crowne Plaza. We had done the St. Regis last time, but we went ‘cheap’ this time. I know most people stay at the Intercontinental, but this location isn’t bad and provides pretty good value. We actually paid cash – about […]
I just got back from a 2.5 week long trip to Japan. This was the first time I’ve been in the country for that long and the first time we’ve traveled with other people. We had done most of the sightseeing already like Maricar, but we did a few of them again. Here’s how we […]
Introduction This was one of my last ‘aspirational’ awards for the longest time. I had flown on Asiana, ANA, Cathay, and Singapore First already. This was the last “best” F products out there. I had booked 2 seats from NRT-LAX almost 6 months before my trip using Alaska miles (70K per person.) My flight over […]
Yes, I just spent 1.2 million AMEX MR points to redeem a week long stay for Necker Island. You remember my FU points post? Yes, 1.2M is an insane amount of points. And yes, I could have flown ANA F a dozen times or so with that many points, but you know what, it […]
Introduction We had stayed at the Park Hyatt and Andaz already in Japan. However, because we were traveling with non-miles and points friends, I had to go on the cheap. Points wise, for 12K Hyatt points, this was the ‘cheapest nicest points’ hotel room. I was a Discoverist and emailed the GM ahead of time […]