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 […]
Introduction Another quarter, another SEARS PLATINUM VIP benefit. Man, this quarter sucks…big time. As you can see, there aren’t even any good PLATINUM benefits unless I want a tacky watch or a tacky bracelet. What did I get? The choices were so bad that I don’t think I’ll resell anything. Instead, I got this […]
Introduction Since last week’s post, 2 more readers were shut down by Barclays. It’s getting real up in here folks. This will be my last full post about Barclays shutdowns; I’ll just add future shutdowns as snippets in the Saturday roundup. The common denominator from the handful of data points I’ve seen so far has […]
Introduction Since I’ve written about my 2-3 day trips in international cities I’ve been so, I figured I’ll at least write what I would do in 2-3 days in my backyard, Seattle, Washington. This is the itinerary I usually take people on or send them when they visit Seattle. You can customize as you see […]