We typically stay at Marriott family hotels since I am a perennial Platinum, but this time I had a better deal. Several things came together to point us to getting a great deal at Hilton. First of all, we had gone to one of those Hilton timeshare presentations in Vegas and walked away with a…
I am probably Boarding Area’s number one fan of Anchorage, AK. Mainly because I lived and worked there from 2002-2009 and we kept our house there even after moving out. Anchorage has a lot going for it. It is large enough at 370,000+ population to have pretty much anything that you need, but not so…
I consider Alaska to be a phenomenal airline. No it doesn’t have A380’s with showers or lie-flat First Class seats with Dom flowing freely, but it has a pretty good domestic product that certainly fits my needs. The best part, of course, is the staff who are almost universally friendly and work to make your…
The wife and I target long weekends to get cheap airfares to accumulate elite qualifying miles in order to keep our status. Due to my being a Million Miler on United, we (spouse matches your Million Miler status) are perennially Gold there and there is not any point in trying for miles there unless I think that…
Preface: Although this program says Active Duty, it really is for active military including those from the Reserve Component. Go to any Park Service gate and show your ID. They will give you two passes, so you can give one to one of your dependents. I got mine at ‘Ohe’O (Seven Sacred Pools) in the…
Good morning everyone, sorry about the paucity of posts over the past 3 weeks. A lot was going on, most importantly, my co-blogger, and founder of this blog, Glenn, got promoted to Brigadier General – Bravo Zulu Sir! We finally got to meet at BACon (BoardingArea Convention) in Vegas, and we had a great time….
So I don’t write very many hotel reviews, but we got a lucky break when staying in Las Vegas for Boarding Area’s convention, BAcon. The wife and I came a day early so had our own reservation at the Mandalay Bay. Randy coincidentally had booked the Manadaly Bay for all the convention goers for Friday…
This report on HNL will be a little shorter than the last one since we know HNL real well having just moved from there a year ago. This meant less touristy things and more spending time with old friends and seeing what had changed about Honolulu. I had made reservations at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, which is…
Waking up early in San Diego was no problem due to the jet lag. Unfortunately, it was the weekend so no Concierge Level breakfast and we had to forage for ourselves. The Marriott Marquis San Diego is right next door to the San Diego Convention Center, most famous as the location every July of Comicon. If…
Possibly my favorite thing in the world is good food, and Milan certainly has that! One of the great things about the stay.com app is the curated recommendations that you can save to your personal guide. One of the lists was the best pizzerias, and fortunately, there was a place called Sciuscia that was about…
