Introduction: After spending a few hours in the Asiana first class lounge, it was time to board. Well, it was actually time to go through the terminal and buy a bunch of Korean face masks, and then head to the gate for boarding. I’ll be honest, I had really high expectations for this flight. My
Introduction: My business class flight on Asiana Airlines arrived in Seoul a little bit early, and I had about 3 hours before boarding my first class flight to Los Angeles on the Asiana Airbus A380! The airport felt really busy when I arrived, and the line for transit security was deep. I was a bit
Introduction: After three long weeks in Chongqing I was ready to come home, and excited to fly Asiana for the first time! Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the experience to teach abroad, especially with a couple weekends away from campus at the Marriott Hotel Chongqing and the JW Marriott Chongqing Hotel, but I was
Objective: Learn various techniques to help meet minimum spend requirements often associated with new credit card sign-up bonuses, what to avoid when leveraging welcome bonuses, and the basics of manufactured spending. Learning Outcomes: Learn what a minimum spend requirement is, and how it relates to new card accounts and welcome bonuses Know some important considerations
Introduction: After a great stay at The Marriott Hotel Chongqing the week before, and another week of restless sleeps on my university dorm bed, I had Tyler book me a room for two nights at the JW Marriott Hotel Chongqing! The JW is a category 2 hotel, requiring 10,000 Marriott Reward points per night (or
Objective: Learn how to book reward travel from the west coast of North America to Hawaii using the most cost effective rewards programs. Learning Outcomes: Learn why reward travel to ‘sun’ destinations is often poor value. Learn which programs to use for travel to Hawaii from the west coast, and why choosing the right program
Objective: Provide two useful ways to search for oneworld reward flight availability, and highlight idiosyncrasies associated with certain partner airlines. Learning Outcomes: Know which airline search tools are best for finding oneworld partner airline award space Know which airlines/cabin classes will be hard to find with points Understand the limitations of the American Airlines search
Objective: Provide two useful ways to search for Star Alliance award flight availability, and highlight the idiosyncrasies associated with certain partner airlines. Learning Outcomes: Know which airline search tools work best for searching Star Alliance partner airline award space Know which airlines/cabin class will be difficult or impossible to book using points Understand the term
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Objective: Gain a basic understanding of airline alliances and partnerships, and how to apply that knowledge to route planning and reward travel Learning Outcomes: Learn the basics of airline alliances and partnerships, and why they are important to the travel industry Learn the ‘big 3’ alliances, and participating airlines Understand how to use alliances to
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