It shouldn’t be news to anyone that United is totally revamping a number of their clubs. Some of them will be turned into elite Polaris Lounges, available only for those flying Polaris Business/ First, but all the United Clubs are sorely in need of renovation. At some airports, like Newark, this has been painful as…
Maybe I am naïve, but I expect that most people reading this blog or the others on BoardingArea.com are more savvy than the normal traveler. That can be either r through your knowledge level to date and understanding that the “game” of frequent flyer miles is constantly changing and you need to stay ahead of…
Disclaimer: The following editorial is my personal opinion and does not represent the official position of the U.S. Government or military. There has been a lot of blogger hate about the upcoming ban on anything larger than a phone for ten Middle East/ North African cities. Frankly, people that use their laptops all the time…
Finally getting around to a cool story from one of our readers, Bob. He found a great way to re-purpose one of the new Polaris amenities cases. Let me share his note to us. I recently flew United’s new Polaris Business Class product and took home my amenity kit. While most airlines collaborate with an…
I saw on DTS, that they are going to make changes to the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR) which is the bible by which all our travel and payments are based. It was recently highlighted in this newsletter from the Defense Travel Office. Nothing in the JTR changes significantly, according to them, but the volumes (one…
Catching up after being TDY for 3 of the last 4 weeks. This hotel review is part of the Sonoma Valley Wine Tasting I wrote about previously. This Napa Valley Doubletree is on the main highway connecting both Napa and Sonoma Valleys to the North Bay area of San Francisco. The location serves well for…
Continuing on from yesterday’s post. Sapphire Hill Winery in Healdsburg was a great value. It was $30 for a wine tasting for two, but there was a food pairing for each of the five wines and we got an extra three samples of wine and an extra sample of food so this really turned into…
The wife and I had a great time a couple of years ago wine tasting by flying into Sonoma, CA (STS) via Alaska Airlines. It was great getting out of the D.C. cold and into 72 degrees and sunny California weather. So we decided to try it again this year. Unfortunately, as most of you…
So are you one of those people that always read about great offers, but the caveat is that they are targeted and you didn’t get the Golden Ticket email? Me too. Until today. I just got an offer from AA for a no sweat-off-my-brow upgrade to Platinum status AND 20 500 mile upgrade certificates. No…
The International Market was an institution of Waikiki for many, many years. Originally developed by Donn Beach who created the Don the Beachcomber chain of restaurants, in the 1940s. With its iconic Banyan Tree around which the second story restaurant was built, it contained cheap hula shows and trinkets for the visitors to Waikiki and became…
