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Sopot Marriott Resort & Spa, Poland is a category 5 hotel where we redeemed our winter MegaBonus free night earned from stays at Moxy London Stratford and AC Bella Sky Copenhagen during last December’s trip to Europe. The $300 room night at a beach resort in summer made a good value Marriott Rewards redemption based…
United Airlines and Star Alliance carriers have LAX to several cities in Poland on sale for under $600 round trip from mid-August to mid-October. Most flights to Poland are United to Germany for connecting flights on Lufthansa. Air Canada via Toronto to Warsaw is also an option. LOT Polish has Baltic capital cities on sale…
Most enjoyable distraction of past few days between working on taxes was tackling the problem of how to get from Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia to Rome this summer. My objective was finding the best balance between low cost flights and best upscale hotel rooms at good reward rates. I redeemed hotel points from eight different hotel loyalty programs…
Star Alliance and Oneworld both have several cities in Poland priced in mid-$500s for travel beginning in mid-August. LOT Polish flies nonstop LAX to Warsaw and ticket prices are slightly higher at $600 or so to fly LOT. American/Finnair/British Airways are lowest ticket prices, closely followed by United Airlines. LAX – Gdansk GDN $545 Aug…
WOW Air has tickets from San Francisco to Iceland as low as $250 round trip, if you can travel with only a free personal bag. Add $100 if you need to pay for one carry-on bag round trip; $140 for one checked bag or add $210 to the ticket price if you need a paid…
American Airlines has ticket prices in low $500s for LAX to Tallinn, Estonia; Riga, Latvia; Vilnius, Lithuania and several cities in Poland for travel departures into early June, then mid-August to early December. There are even ticket prices around $567 for travel in July. American Airlines tickets LAX – Tallinn, Estonia $514 June LAX –…
All alliances have lowered ticket prices from Los Angeles LAX to cities across Poland and the Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to mid-$500s for travel late March to early May. Western Europe has ticket prices in the $400s to many places like Paris, Madrid and Rome and LOT Polish even has $500 ticket…
Nonstop Prague to Nice on Sunday on Czech Airlines was $93, but I purchased a LOT Polish ticket instead for Prague to Nice flying Saturday afternoon with a 22.5 hour transit layover in Warsaw for $100.49 one way. Loyalty Traveler – Art Deco at Radisson Blu Alcron Prague (Free Friday stay). I had already flown to…
A map of Poland chain hotels reveals two common trends of hotel development and major chain loyalty programs seen in Europe. Two points I want to make with this article and two hotel maps: 1. Major chains are emphasizing growth in European markets where there are few hotel chain competitors. There are few major chain…
After four trips to Krakow, Poland in the past 14 months, this city is a place with loads of fond memories for Kelley and me. We are debating whether to go there again this winter. Gdansk, Poland is also an attractive destination that also appeals to me for a winter trip to the chilly Baltic seaport.…
