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It’s hard for me to turn down breakfast on the road. So when I get an interesting breakfast option while traveling, I usually just give it a try. First there was the excellent Delta First Class Omelette and then they enhanced breakfast options in the Sky Clubs like the Atlanta T SkyClub. And for road trips, my personal…
I think most of is #Avgeeks out there remember when they got their first set of wings as a child, some may even still have them. And if you were lucky, you remember getting to go up to the cockpit to see how the plane is flown. Those are good memories. It seems the TSA…
With such an iconic hotel, it’s almost saddening to write this post. The Waldorf Astoria’s current building history dates back to 1931 when the Art Deco building was designed by Schultze and Weaver and built at its current address of 301 Park Avenue. The original hotel opened on the site of the current Empire State…
A few weeks ago I stumbled on a bunch of Vanilla Reloads at a gas station then just like Delta and United enhancements in 2014 I started seeing Vanilla Reloads everywhere, eventually finding them at these four stores and then more. They were humming along until today when I visited a friendly neighborhood gas station…
Something that I’ve always done is take time to relax between connections. Whether it is checking out some truly great airport restaurants, lounging in a Club, having a drink to relax, or just grabbing a cookie, I try to find something that makes being at the airport enjoyable. A fellow BoardingArea blogger, Rene at DeltaPoints,…
The Macdonald Rusacks Hotel overlooks the 18th and 1st holes at the Old Course at St Andrews. This couldn’t be a better place to wake up in the morning when you have a 7 am tee off as we did when we played the Old Course at St Andrews during our ultimate guys trip to…
It was in the fall 2011 that Mrs. Weekly Flyer and I headed down on a whim for a 4 night stay in Buenos Aires. Our plan was to fly American Airlines First Class out of Miami (pre turn down service days) and stay 4 nights at the Park Hyatt Buenos Aires. The trip was…
This past year I was fortunate enough to take a once in a lifetime guys trip to play golf where the game began with my brother and father. We played some of the best courses in the world including St Andrews Old Course. Those rounds were easily the most challenging rounds in all of the rounds…
One of the things I always like about the Tampa airport other than the short security lanes, is the view during take off and landing. Baby weekly Flyer had the window seat, Mrs. Weekly flyer was stuck in the middle and I had the aisle in seat C after switching my D seat with the…
Oh yeah, this is a guy’s trip, so it wouldn’t be complete without a road trip. That’s right, we drove from South Port England, where “nothing ever happens in South Portâ€, to St Andrews to play some golf. I’d say it was the drive of a lifetime. A few hours for the guys to connect…
Could this be the new champion of the Hyatt Diamond Breakfast world and possibly beat out the lemon poppy seed pancakes or the home made donuts from the Hyatt 48 & Lex? We’ve had some great Hyatt Diamond breakfasts in our day, like the one at the Park Hyatt in Buenos Aires, or the one at the Park…
Late last year we were upgraded to a Casita Suite at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay. The room was amazing and had just gone through a complete renovation. It was complete with all the bells and whistles, including a wine fridge. But the rest of the hotel hadn’t gone through a renovation yet, the restaurant…
After our last stay in the Casita Suite, we decided to revisit the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay on our way to the beach. It was only for 1 night, was super convenient to town, and the hotel is completely renovated. So it was a no brainer to choose this hotel. The evening happy hour was…
The day started with an earlier wake up than usual. Normally I have the timing down to leave the house about 1 hour and 20 minutes prior to departure. With TSA Pre and a drop off it doesn’t make much sense to get to the airport much earlier. But today was a little different. We…
There are a few reasons to tip the people who service hotel rooms. Obviously the main reason is that they work to clean the room and the extra tip can go a long way. But a tip with the room cleaning crew can get some mileage. For example, on a recent stay at a Hampton…
Here’s a picture trip report from a flight onboard a Pan Am Boeing 707 from June of 1969. Granted, I wasn’t born yet in 1969, but my mouth dropped when I saw these pictures from Grandma Weekly Flyer’s first international trip to Scotland and London. Grandma Weekly Flyer had just graduated high school and signed…
The W Dallas Victory is a category 5 hotel requiring 12,000 to 16,000 for a free night depending on peak season. I booked the hotel for a short stay in Dallas since it is close to the American Airlines center and other convenient businesses in the area. I’ve been staying at W hotels for years,…
After what seemed like the quickest week of my life playing golf at some of the worlds best courses, it was time to head home. I separated from my brother and father in Edinburgh. They took a British Airways flight to London Gatwick and I caught a British Airways flight to London Heathrow. I had…
Here are some words about our guy’s Scotland golf trip summed up in a few paragraphs. Something we’ve been waiting multiple generations to accomplish. This was a special trip, one that we thought may never happen, and one that slipped past generations before us. My grandfather asked his son (my father), who was at the…
The Grand Bohemian Hotel Orlando is a Marriott Autograph Collection hotel. As a result, Marriott members can redeem Marriott points for a stay at this hotel which is located in the heart of downtown Orlando. During a recent golfing trip to Orlando, I was able to redeem for 2 nights at this property for only…