Hotel elite status has significant monetary value if you frequent hotels regularly and want better room choices and complimentary benefits received as an elite loyalty member. Be a smart shopper and the cost of loyalty does not necessarily mean paying more for loyalty program hotels. There are several types of travelers, so there is no…
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Hotel Kämp Helsinki, Starwood Luxury Collection
Hotel Kämp opened in 1887 as one of the premier hotels in Finland. I stayed at Hotel Kämp, a Starwood Hotels Luxury Collection historic property on my one night in Helsinki last week. The published rate for this SPG category 5 hotel was 245 EUR or $316 USD. I booked the stay on a Cash…
Europe in 5 cities for 50,000 AAdvantage miles + $168
Zurich, Berlin, Oslo, Helsinki, London in 12 days out of San Francisco Airport. I was surprised at how much of Europe I could visit on one trip using 50,000 American Airlines AAdvantage miles for three one-way economy class award tickets and no other transportation except to and from airports on city trains, trams and busses.…
Cool Helsinki warms my heart
Helsinki is the northernmost and easternmost city I have visited in Europe. The city in winter is frozen in ice, yet there was a cool factor in the city capital of Finland and its people that warmed my heart in the 24 hour short stay. Grand buildings on the Esplanade. Finnair operates a bus from…
ITB Berlin and AA Europe award ticket layovers
In March I will be attending the world’s largest travel trade show at ITB Berlin. An estimated 17,000 attendees. Huge. The past several days I have been studying options for flying to Berlin and back in March 2013 using American Airlines AAdvantage miles. It would be to my advantage if I had 30,000 United miles…