The Citi Prestige Card is one of my favorite cards. It offers an array of benefits that I value and for that reason, I keep it in my wallet. Citi recently announced that the…
Lion Air Plane Collides With A Pole
Lion Air, in the wake of aircraft accident that killed 189 people, is dealing with another aircraft incident. According to the Straits Times, a Lion Air 737-900 (JT633) carrying 145 passengers was forced…
Fare Deal: Roundtrip between Singapore and Seattle
Last week I posted about Singapore Airlines nonstop flight between Seattle and Singapore that is due to launch on September 3, 2019. This flight will mark the fourth nonstop flight between…
Review: American Express Centurion Lounge – Miami
After a short ride in an Uber, we were back at Miami International Airport. We did not have to American Airlines’ check-in counter because we had the United Airlines’ agent print our boarding passes the night before. It took about…
Lion Air Crash Update: Boeing Issues Operations Manual Bulletin
Last week, I wrote about the Lion Air flight 610 that crashed into the Java Sea nearly 15 minutes after takeoff. None of the 189 passengers and crewmembers survived the accident. Search and Recovery crews were…
My First Interaction with United Airlines Customer Care Department
If you have been following along on my latest trip report, you know that my travels to Costa Rica were last than ideal. It started with a missed flight in Oklahoma City, another one in Houston, and a…
Review: Springhill Suites by Marriott – Miami Airport South
After traveling most of the day and not making it to our destination, I was excited to get to the hotel to unwind. The shuttle pickup was just outside of the terminal between…
Missed Flight on American Airlines from Miami
After stopping by Landry’s Seafood for a short time, we made our way to the gate for Miami. When we arrived boarding had already begun. This proved to be problematic because all of the overhead bin space in…
Singapore Airlines Will Begin Flying to Seattle in September 2019
Singapore Airlines has just announced a nonstop flight between Seattle and Singapore. This represents a significant shift for the airline as it usually competes with United Airlines at…
Hale Koa Hotel Welcome Email
As someone who travels a lot, I am no stranger to receiving welcome emails from hotels when I have a confirmed reservation. In recent weeks, I have received those emails from…
Update: Lion Air 737 Max Crash
Two days ago, I wrote about a Lion Air 737 Max 8 aircraft that crashed into the Java Sea less than 15 minutes after. In the days that followed, some human remains and pieces of the aircraft were…
Review: Landry’s Seafood – Houston Intercontinental Airport
After getting our boarding passes for our Miami flight, we decided to make a brief stopover at one of the Priority Pass restaurants located at Houston Intercontinental Airport. The choices of restaurants were…
Irregular Operations on United Airlines
The day started out bad but it soon got worse. Our connecting flight to Costa Rica was taxiing for departure as we were landing in Houston. This meant that we would have an extraordinary long layover in Houston…
Lion Air 737 Max Crash
A Lion Air 737 Max 8 crashed on takeoff from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. The aircraft, one of the newest in the fleet with just over 800 hours, was carrying almost 200 passengers…
Missed United Airlines Flight from OKC
As I mentioned in the introduction, this trip was different because I was not traveling alone. Another abnormal thing was that instead of staying at a hotel near the airport, I decided to…