Trip Reports

Milan Trip Report Part 2: What we did

In the first part I went over our trip there. Now onto what you really wanted, which is what we did when we got there! Of note, it rained almost continually for the four days we were there. First off, our room in the Best Western Mozart was in a good area, in the NW…

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Milan Trip Report Part 1; plus cheap tickets to Milan (at the end)!

This is part 1 of a 3 part series on my Milan trip report; this will be on travel, the 2nd will be on what we did there, and the 3rd on where we ate! Also, at the end, I have a link for time-limited cheap tickets to Milan! My wife and I just got…

Semi-Mileage Run Singapore: Victory!

Well, it was my longest mileage run by far, but totally worth it.  21,515 EQM to re-qualify me again for 1K and 6 GPUs and 2 more RPUs into my account.  Not to mention over 43,000 RDM to use in the future.  This is why my mileage balance is so high, I earn them faster than I can…

Semi-Mileage Run Singapore: Weirdness

I have to admit that i always find it fun to go to some foreign location and discover weird stuff that we Americans would consider funny.  Here are some great examples from Singapore. Here is the first from the restrooms in the Changi Airport.  I can only picture the poor attendant being marched off at gunpoint if you gave…

Semi-Mileage Run Singapore: Food!

Anyone who knows Singapore knows that it is famous for two things – shopping and food!  My wife happens to like both and is quite the foodie.  Fortunately, her friend Abby was able to take us to some of the places local eat at rather than just the tourist spots. The first food spot will…

Semi-Mileage Run Singapore: Sightseeing

The wife and I had never been to Singapore so the whole city was new to us.  We did have one advantage in that one of my wife’s childhood friends, Abby, has lived and worked there for the last eight years so we would have a native guide for at least one day while we…

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Semi-Mileage Run Singapore: The Hotel Game

I related to you the strategy for getting inexpensive plane tickets.  I’ll now go through the planning and execution phases for our hotel nights in Singapore. So the good news is that Singapore is one city so you can’t wander too far when booking a hotel.  Sometimes I have booked a hotel in a “city”…

Semi-Mileage Run Singapore: Getting There is NOT Half the Fun

Following up from yesterday, here is the first day of my wife and I’s adventure to earn 1K status again by traveling from BWI to SIN and back in a few days. Getting on the Super Shuttle at O’Dark Thirty (actually 0215) is not anyone’s idea of fun, but I had a 0625 UA flight awaiting…

Semi-Mileage Run Singapore: The Plan

When last we left our intrepid hero (me), I had just crossed a million lifetime miles with United.  This not only gives me lifetime Gold, but also my lovely spouse as well.  In fact, when we travel together she is equal in status to me – so currently she is a 1K!  While Lifetime Gold…