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Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam City Hall opened in April 2018 in a location about 15 minutes walk east of Centraal Station. I wrote in January 2018 that I thought it unlikely the reward rate would remain priced at 20,000 points for very long. I booked the hotel in October 2018 at 20K per night for…
KLM has a good sale on their nonstop flights to Amsterdam from Los Angeles and San Francisco with tickets priced as low as $444 round trip. Departure dates are February and March, then October and November for prices in mid-$400s. Delta and Air France offer one-stop tickets for about $5 to $20 more round trip. KLM…
‘Next time book KLM nonstop Amsterdam to SFO’ is Kelley’s request. Our trip shutdown clock was two days more than planned after completing 13 wonderful days of travel from San Jose to London to Windsor to Amsterdam, then back to London for our British Airways flight to Fort Lauderdale and onward flights home to California.…
Amsterdam is a place where locals like their fireworks and take advantage of New Year’s Eve, the one time during the year when setting off fireworks is legal. Our high rise room in West Amsterdam at the Ramada Apollo Amsterdam offered a 180-degree view of the city from an elevation of about 180 feet. The…
TAP Portugal starts nonstop flights June 2019 San Francisco to Lisbon on new A330neo aircraft with a 2-4-2 economy class section. There are currently really great value deals available for one way travel to and from SFO and many cities across Europe for summer season travel with TAP Portugal flights. This is the best economy…
United Airlines launches San Francisco SFO – Amsterdam 787-9 Dreamliner nonstop flights March 30, 2019. This is direct competition to KLM daily nonstop flights, some in 777-2 and others in old 747 aircraft. Fares are as low as $487 to $537 for United Airlines flight departures after March 30 through April 2019. KLM also has…
United and Delta have San Jose SJC to Amsterdam tickets from $456 to $495 round trip for travel from January through March 2019. United Airlines San Jose SJC – Houston IAH – Amsterdam AMS – Toronto YYZ – Denver DEN – SJC $458.93 round trip Sat March 16 – Sun March 24 I found this…
San Francisco to Amsterdam is $333 round trip with Icelandair for several dates January to March 2019. The itinerary is a good schedule with mid-day departures and arrival in Amsterdam and arrival back in SFO at 6:55pm for a non-rush hour journey back home. Most dates in these months are priced from $440s to $480s.…
Hyatt Points + Cash reward rates changed November 1, 2018 to make the copay 50% of the Best Available Rate (non-discounted flexible cancellation rate). In general, this change makes most hotel reward nights using Points + Cash rates higher priced for the cash payment. There was no change to the points required, which are 50%…
Amsterdam on a budget tips for managing one of Europe’s most expensive tourist destinations.
