Introduction We stayed here in early July 2018. I had booked our 5 nights on points – 20,000 points per night, 80K total due to 5th night free on points. We decided to go with this one instead of the W because this is more centrally located. We walked to every meal and every tourist […]
Introduction San Sebastian has the most Michelin stars per capita or whatnot. We decided to go with the Michelin 3 star restaurant Akelare because a) we couldn’t get reservations at Arzak and b) my friend had gone recently and enjoyed it. AMEX concierge had no problems booking us a lunch reservation. We took the bus […]
Introduction We stayed here in early July 2018. I had booked this on points – 25,000 points per night, but the cash rates were running close to 1000 EUR, so it was a no-brainer to use points. Beware, this is the ONLY US based points hotel in San Sebastian, so it’s either this hotel or […]
Introduction Dstage is a Michelin 2 star restaurant in Madrid. We went on a reco from a reader in July of 2018. I had an AMEX Plat concierge book it for me. It was a bad sign that AMEX was able to score a good dining reservation on the first try, then get the date […]
Introduction We stayed here in early July 2018. I had booked this on points – 58,000 points for 5 nights. Rates were ridiculously high due to it being the summer. I also booked this 6+ months ahead; if you book too late, award rooms may no longer be available. Getting to hotel We took […]