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Tokyo/Yokohama 일주일 Hotel Reservation – 숙박권과 포인트
오랜만에 휴가를 이용해서 한국, 베트남, 일본을 다녀오게 되었습니다. 이제 여행시간이 임박해옴에 따라서 주말동안 몇가지 예약을 최종 확정했어야 했어요.
오늘은 도쿄/요코하마 총 6박 7일의 호텔 예약 내용을 나눠보려고 합니다. 원래 처음의 계획은 도쿄에서 "신칸센으로 Echigo Yuzawa에 가서 료칸에 며칠 있다가 올까"를 생각하고 일본일정을 만들었는데, 이번에는 도쿄와 요코하마에서 7일을 구석구석 다녀보는 일정으로 결정했습니다....
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Save Up to 50% on Amazon with Amex Rewards Dollars (Targeted)
We’ve written about this deal before but it appears to be back! It appears to be targeted but if so, it seems widely targeted. Save 30% on Amazon, up to $30 in savings (offers vary), when you you purchase eligible products and use at least 1 cent in Amex Reward...
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Hotel Properties With Multiple Brands: Advantages and Disadvantages
The number of hotel and resort properties that house multiple brands has been increasing over the years — especially as multinational lodging companies continue to introduce new brands — and this article discusses the advantages and disadvantages to this concept of lodging.
I am currently staying at...
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Chase reduces redemption rates on hundreds of The Edit properties
The Edit by Chase Travel℠ is a luxury hotel booking program available to JP Morgan Reserve and Chase Sapphire Reserve® cardholders. When booking hotels through The Edit, cardholders enjoy a suite of valuable benefits and, in most cases, will also qualify for elite credit, rewards, and perks when staying at chain hotel...
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Trump Claims Buying Spirit Airlines Is Necessary For National Defense
We know that President Trump is working on a plan for the government to bail out Spirit Airlines. The airline hasn’t turned a profit in seven years, and is continuing to hemorrhage money. The idea is to give the airline a $500 million loan, and for that to eventually give...
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White House Plan To Bail Out Spirit Airlines Is Illegal
The White House is trying to justify a $500 million Spirit Airlines rescue by claiming the carrier is somehow essential to national defense, even though Spirit is a failing ultra-low-cost airline with no obvious military necessity.
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Cruising for free | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep355 | 4-23-26
In today’s episode, we’ll talk about Amex Platinum shutting down paths for earning Delta airline fee credits, Google Hotels adding price drop alerts, and all the many paths that still exist for free cruises in 2026. Main Event: Cruising for free Watch the full episode below, or listen on your...
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Emirates Working On En-Suite Bathrooms In First Class: Why I’m Skeptical
Emirates President Tim Clark is a bright guy, who really understands branding and passenger experience. So along those lines, he made some comments this week about what we could see from the carrier’s first class in the future, though I’m not taking these claims at face value.
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Hilton Chase Offer: Save 10% on purchases of $100+
There is a new Chase Offer out that offers 10% back when staying at Hilton brands in the US, capped at $65 in total cash back. Neither my wife nor I have it on any of our cards, so it may be geographically targeted. (h/t DDG) The Deal Earn 10%...
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United CEO Says He’s In Talks To Buy Assets From Another Airline
United CEO Scott Kirby says the airline is in talks to buy assets from another carrier, a remark that immediately raises the question of whether he means pieces of Spirit or JetBlue. United has been openly hunting for ways to strengthen weak spots in Florida and New York without waiting...
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What are Virgin Atlantic points worth?
One of the great virtues of Virgin points is that they are easy to accumulate. Points transfer 1-to-1 from most major transferable programs, and transfer bonuses that make that ratio even better are common. That said, while Virgin has some incredible point pricing on many award flights, it’s also notorious for...
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ICE Put A Deportee On A Flight To Alaska Instead Of India, Then Blocked Him From Leaving The U.S. For 16 Days
ICE was escorting a man who had agreed to leave the U.S. onto a commercial flight from Seattle to New York so he could connect to India. The officers bypassed the boarding gate process, and walked him onto the Alaska Airlines flight at the next gate that was going to...
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Earn 500 Bonus SkyMiles by Shopping
Effective through Monday, May 4, 2026 at 11:59:59 in the evening Eastern Daylight Time, you can earn 500 bonus SkyMiles by shopping — in addition to the standard SkyMiles earned — during the Mother’s Day Bonus Offer campaign at the Delta Air Lines SkyMiles shopping portal by spending a minimum...
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Amex Raised Platinum’s Fee, Customers Didn’t Cancel — Higher Annual Charges Coming Across Cards
American Express just showed that raising the Platinum annual fee does not drive cardmembers away, with retention holding steady even after the refresh and higher pricing. Even more important, existing cardmembers are spending more, net card fees are growing faster than other revenue lines, and Amex is proving that consumers...
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World of Hyatt announces 2026 category changes. They’re not inspiring.
Not content to simply obliterate its award chart, World of Hyatt today announced its award category changes for 2026. The good news is that “only” 136 properties are affected. The bad news is that 112 of them are going up in price. The really bad news is that Hyatt’s new,...
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Thompson Chicago Hotel Review
얼마전에 시카고에 잠시 다녀올 일이 있었는데요.
이번엔 현금으로 숙박하는것이라서 몇가지 대상의 호텔을 놓고서 비교를 해보게 되었습니다.
시카고에 갈때마다 항상 언젠간 가봐야지 생각만 하던 호텔이 있었는데요. 그 호텔이 오늘 보실 Thompson Chicago Hotel입니다.
수년간 하얏 글로벌리스트를 해오지만 아직까지 Thompson Hotel은 가본적이 없었고요. 마침 시카고 다운타운에 있는 이 호텔 옆에서 저녁식사 예약이 있어서, 편하게 가볼생각으로...
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Hawaiian Airlines ICN-SEA (HA872) B787 Dreamliner First Class Review
SEA-ICN 구간에 무려 하와이안 항공이 보잉 787 드림라이너를 넣고서 다니기 시작했었는데요. 알라스카항공과 하와이안 항공사가 파트너라서 한동안 포인트 섞는다고 그 얘기도 한참 했기도 했었고요. 그 결과물로 알라스카항공 마일로 급기야 하와이안 항공 발권이라는 새로운 방법을 우리가 사용할 수 있게 되었습니다.
저도 부지런히 타보고 리뷰를 남긴다는 생각으로 발권 몇번(ㅋ)을 발권했다가, 더 좋을것 같은 비행편들이...
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JAL First Class SFO-HND Booked using AA Miles – 어느날 이 표가 보여서 오랜만에 JAL 일등석 발권했습니다.
오랜만에 미주-일본구간 JAL 일등석 발권을 했습니다.
얼마전 이런 저런 발권모음 포스팅에서 잠시 언급을 했었는데, 제가 8월에 한국에 잠시 가야할 일이 생겼거든요. 그러면서 이번에는 오랜만에 JAL일등석을 한번 타고 가야겠다고 생각했고, 그러면서 지난 포스팅에 그렇게 해 보겠다고 남겼었습니다.
의지를 가지고 찾아보고, 기다려보니 찾을수 있었는데요. 오늘은 그 내용을 간단히 보시겠습니다. 이미 Fly with Moxie에는 수많은...
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최근 발권한 어워드 일등석/비지니스 항공권 발권리뷰 모음 – ANA, 아시아나, 베트남항공, 하와이안항공, 아메리칸항공, 알라스카항공
최근에 일등석과 비지니스석 어워드 발권을 평상시보다 많이 했습니다.
원래 계획했던 여행에, 갑자기 가야하는 일정에, 계획에는 없지만 어딘가에 나를 필요로 하는곳에 가기 위해서 계속 일정들이 생겨나고 있는데요.
아주 특이하고 구하기 힘든 어워드 발권은 항공 카테고리에 별도의 발권정보를 포스팅으로 남기고 있었습니다.
자주 움직이게 되다보니까 지난 발권과 겹치는 내용의 발권들도 있어서 같은 내용을 하나의 새로운 포스팅으로...
