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Get Charitable! A London-Do at a great hotel benefiting a great cause.

Let’s get together to help those less fortunate. Travel has made a great impact on my life, and I’ve been extremely blessed to see many parts of the world with those I love. Writing this blog every day it’s very

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Act Fast: Great AA Biz/First Avail US-London

American is NOTORIOUS for NOT RELEASING their premium cabin space in general, but especially on their routes over the Atlantic.  They’ve intimated that they are going to start releasing more space, but my feeling has remained somewhere between dubios and

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RARE! Wide Open AA First Class award space to/from London – Some Biz too

American Airlines is notorious for being uber stingy on releasing premium cabin award space across the pond. Unlike airlines like Cathay and Lufthansa you can’t even count on a rhyme or reason to how they release…it’s feast or famine. Right

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Qatar Airways A350-1000 will fly to London and East Coast USA

Qatar is the A350-1000 launch customer. The A350-1000 is geared to compete with the 777-300ER offering a higher capacity configuration and ultra long haul range. The very first A350-1000 was delivered to Qatar Airways in Toulouse, France today and it

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WOW! British Airways Business Class $1300 R/T London Gatwick to Oakland

1000 Pounds for roundtrip business – hi to the 5. H/T to Provance on Flyertalk for finding this great fare. I searched a variety of stay lengths, ranging from 1-7 days up to a couple months, and it seems to

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Christmas Sale! BA Biz London to West Coast for ~$2200

This is a very good deal out of London + A380! While there are consistently great fares out of Dublin, Stockholm, Copenhagen, etc on British Airways in Business Class – it’s rare to see fares in business class drop this

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Hotel Xenia London – Boutique luxury in the heart of Kensington

Perhaps the best deal in London is part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection, 10 minutes walk from Kensington palace. I didn’t know what to expect when I booked the hotel Xenia. I maintain Marriott gold status through my Amex Platinum and

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POP: British Airways First Class A380 Los Angeles to London

POP: Picture Only Posts Let’s be honest. Sometimes you don’t want to read a whole review. So we’ve created a new series called POP: Pictures Only Post. Posts in this series will feature the product, minimal description, and focus on