Over the summer, I made plans to come to Japan and began looking for flights. Now that European airlines are unable to overfly Russia on the way, the lengths have become interminably long. 14 hours from Paris, for example, and 15 hours back. As a result, economy was out of the question. So, I began […]
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When it’s not possible to sit in a premium class on a long transatlantic or transpacific flight, a pleasant flight experience is still possible. One of the best ways to achieve this is to make sure you pick the best seats in economy for your journey. Of course, first, you have to know what the
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Bangkok. The city of Angels. Host to some of the best food in the world and enough to keep you busy even if you spent a lifetime there. With a huge number of lodging options in the city, there can be quite the range in price, from double-digit to quadruple-digit prices for hotels. Earlier this
Nothing gets me excited like a long trip. The flexibility of not having a set end date, or having an end date so far off that it feels like it doesn’t exist, is a freeness unlike any other. Take it from us. We recently returned from a seven-month honeymoon in which we visited almost a
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Most travel loyalty programs these days make you jump through hoops to register and only reward you if you are a very, very frequent traveler shelling out big bucks. However, there is a charming hotel brand in Japan which will give you cold hard cash when you stay there. The Super Hotel chain, including my
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If you’re anything like me, you’ve also been enchanted for years by photos of Bali’s verdant, terraced rice fields. As I set off on my seven-month honeymoon, I knew it was a destination that we would visit. But when we got there, we were dismayed by a reality that was completely divorced from what was
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Yesterday, we did a rundown of the money we saved on hotels during our seven-month honeymoon by using credit card and hotel points. Today, we’ll finish up the tally by focusing on flights and determine whether we saved $100,000 using points and miles during our trip. Japan Airlines, Business Class, 8 hours, Boeing 787-9, 25,000
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After my wife and I got married in January, we embarked on a seven-month honeymoon that took us to eleven countries. We stayed in 51 hotels (not counting three Airbnbs) and took 27 flights, five of which were in business class and one of which was in first class. Luckily, as with many weddings, there
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A Japan Rail Pass (commonly known as a JR Pass) is a popular all-you-can-ride ticket for travel on Japan Rail national trains including the country’s famous Shinkansen (bullet trains). However, these passes are expensive and even set to increase in price in April. If you are going on a trip to the Land of the
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The Maldives are renowned for a number of things: overwater bungalows on private islands, stunningly clear water and vibrant marine life, and extremely high prices. After spending a fortune to get there (or not, read on for more…) you may want to save some money while you are staying there. Here is one of the
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