Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
The first week of April in Oslo meant snow-covered hills around Oslo Airport on the 50 km train ride to the city and limited appearance of green buds on trees once in Oslo city center. Still, the clear sky and daytime temperature rising to the low teens in European measure, mid-50s for Americans, on a…
Sometimes I find the simplest promotions offer great value. Best Western Rewards free night after 2 stays promotion from February 4 to April 14, 2019 was limited to only one free night for two stays. U.S. resident members of Best Western Rewards could earn the free night with a Best Western hotel stay anywhere worldwide.…
My Catholic father wishes I published more photos of churches from my travels. The fire of Notre Dame in Paris had an impact on me. My wife and I saw Notre Dame years ago on a night cruise of the Seine on her only trip to Paris. I had walked through the cathedral a couple…
There are fare deals from $324 to $488 round trip with all three alliances for flights from Baltic cities Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius to several cities across the USA including New York/Newark, Washington DC, Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Below I listed sample fares for some of the routes between Baltic cities and US…
In Prague Airport Terminal 2 a couple of weeks ago there was a robot in the terminal near the gate for our Norwegian Airlines flight and near the entrance to the elevator and stairs for the terminal lounges upstairs. I did not have time before our flight to visit the lounges this trip, but I…
Choice Hotels no longer has any properties in Portugal. This is a recent change as evidenced by the fact that some of the former Choice Hotels in Lisbon and Porto still have some web addresses using Comfort Inn, Quality Inn and Clarion in the site address and the former Choice Hotels brand signage is still…
Marriott Bonvoy is selling points at 25% discount for $9.38 per 1,000 points from the normal $12.50 per 1,000 points price when you buy 5,000 or more points. Members can buy or receive as a gift a combined maximum of 50,000 points in a calendar year. I received this offer today from Marriott Bonvoy to…
Barcelona is on sale from Los Angeles September to March 2020 with Star Alliance airlines, then Oneworld and SkyTeam add low fares beginning in October. United has my attention for their $343 round trip tickets for travel in September and October. These low fares are also available with United for Sep-Oct travel from San Francisco.…
Fiji Airways has a low fare of $596 round trip LAX to Sydney or Brisbane for departures on May 6 with other dates in May for $671, including flights to Melbourne. Expedia adds an additional discount and drops the price to $532 round trip for Los Angeles to Sydney departing May 6. May 6 is…
United is offering San Francisco to Denver for $48.30 each way from next week through first week of August. There are fewer dates departing SFO with Mondays being most available and many more dates for departing Denver. This is Basic Economy so only carry-on bag for free. Add $9 to $25 to self-select an economy…
