In early December 2022, I had the opportunity to visit the newest Waldorf Astoria Hotel in the Hilton portfolio, the Waldorf Astoria Cancun. I was lucky enough to find standard award availability for 4 nights. The hotel opened only 30 days prior and was definitely shiny and new. A detailed review follows, but my quick take is that this is an absolutely beautiful hotel with … [Read more...] about Waldorf Astoria Cancun Review
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How to Book ANA First Class with Virgin Atlantic Miles [Step by Step]
Book ANA First Class with Virgin Miles In this post, HanChicago covers an amazing award redemption and the step-by-step process he used to book ANA first class with Virgin miles. He explains the Virgin Atlantic sweet spot for booking ANA awards (one of the best sweet spot award redemptions of all time) and goes over how to complete the redemption in detail. If you like posts … [Read more...] about How to Book ANA First Class with Virgin Atlantic Miles [Step by Step]
How I Upgraded a Business Award to Air France La Première
Air France Upgrade to First Class Back in October 2021, I was scrolling through YouTube, and well-known aviation vlogger Sam Chui’s video review of Air France La Première (LP) caught my eye. Here was some more digital footage of a first class product I was unlikely to ever fly! Bah! Or, as the French might say, N'importe quoi! A La Première flight usually costs … [Read more...] about How I Upgraded a Business Award to Air France La Première
Save on Flights and Earn Airline Miles When Booking OTAs
Earn Airline Miles With OTAs Travel booking websites like Expedia, Orbitz and Hotels.com are known as online travel agencies (or OTAs or 3rd party)- these types of sites allow you to book all types of travel including flights so it's important to know how to make sure you earn airline miles with OTAs. People like the simplicity of booking this way since OTAs show you flight … [Read more...] about Save on Flights and Earn Airline Miles When Booking OTAs
How to Save on Inflight Wifi [2021 Guide]
Save on Inflight Wifi A flight without Wifi is pretty much my worst nightmare as far as travel issues go and I used to run out of my free gogo inflight wifi passes right around April every year so I switched to T-Mobile and somehow I still end up paying for Wifi on half of my flights. Additionally, Credit cards with free Gogo passes have dwindled in the last few years and … [Read more...] about How to Save on Inflight Wifi [2021 Guide]