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The best Kaiten sushi in Tokyo: A Kaiten Sushi Ginza Onodera review

One of the things everyone should eat in Japan is sushi. That’s obvious. But there are different types of sushi experiences in the land of the rising sun. There are three-Michelin-starred omakase restaurants where perfectionist chefs place piece after piece of crafted nigiri showcasing the highest quality cuts of fish and perfectly seasoned rice in […]

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From Seoul to Paris in Air France’s refurbished Boeing 700-300ER business class: A review

About a year ago, Air France began to roll out its refurbished Boeing 700-300ER which replaced an aging 2-3-2 layout with closed-door suites in a 1-2-1 format. After flying to East Asia with KLM’s 787-9 business class, I recently returned home in seat 10A on this refurbished Boeing from Seoul to Paris. It was a

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I stayed at the best five-star hotel ($1000) and the best hostel ($32) in Bangkok: A Review

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

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Super Hotel Premier Ginza: This Tokyo hotel will give you cash back when you stay

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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My mission to save $100,000 on my honeymoon with points and miles – Part Two: Flights

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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My mission to save $100,000 on my honeymoon with points and miles – Part One: Hotels

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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