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Dry Las Vegas Air vs The Air-O-Swiss Portable Humidifier – Travel Gear Review

A few weeks ago I picked up the Air-O-Swiss portable humidifier through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal. I purchased the Air-O-Swiss humidifier to use when traveling. As a bonus, I earned 3x points per $1 spent at Sears through the portal. I’ve heard good things about the humidifier so was very interested to try it…

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Largest Room On The Strip – Luxury Suite At Palazzo Las Vegas

The Palazzo Las Vegas hotel & resort is among the tallest buildings in Nevada. But that fact doesn’t set it apart. What does set it apart is the fact that the all-suite hotel offers the largest standard accommodations on the Las Vegas strip at 720 square feet with their standard Luxury Suite. I’ve stayed at…

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Lounges Of Las Vegas – Review Of Centurion Lounge And Club At Las

Mrs. Weekly Flyer was lucky enough to take a tour the new Centurion lounge in Las Vegas today. It’s located in Concourse D near gate D 4. You’ll see a bright blue door that is unmarked until you walk in….Secretive! Centurion American Express Club The Centurion American Express Club only opened a few days ago…

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A Delta Flyer’s Observations In An American Airlines Admirals Club Lounge

I have to admit, I don’t fly American Airlines as much as I’d like to. Even when I fly on American Airlines, sometimes it’s using another programs points or miles. For example, I flew American Airlines on a recent flight after booking a cheap one-way award ticket for only 7,500 points. In the past, I…

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Sunny Seattle Days – Olympic National Park

The two and a half hour drive from Downtown Seattle to Olympic National Park was probably the most scenic drives we’ve ever taken. The drive starts out with a car ferry ride across Puget Sound to Bainbridge island. Once on Bainbridge, you’ll cross over a number of bridges to get to the Olympic peninsula where…

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Sunny Seattle Days – Trip Planning

With four sunny days in Seattle we knew we hit the weather jackpot with the timing of our trip. This was our first trip to Seattle and we were determined to make the most of it. Having consulted with a few friends who live in Seattle, we had our game plan lined up. We’d spent…

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Aloha from Maui

Some destinations never get old.  I try to get to Hawaii once every year using either cheap west coast fares, free one ways from AA awards, or avios short haul awards from LAX. There are so many beautiful, diverse islands in the Hawaiian archipelago so it doesn’t make sense to keep returning to the same…

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Ritz Carlton St Thomas Hotel Review

The Ritz Carlton is a luxury resort on the island of St Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The resort has 180 guestrooms of which 55 are club suites, 19 are suites and 3 are presidential suites. All rooms are non-smoking and come with a private terrace or balcony. Hotel reservations during peak times are…

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Aloft To Asia – Korean Air Business Class In Forward Cabin

I entered the Korean Air 777 and turned right to towards my seat 8 J in the smaller and more intimate Prestige Class cabin. I picked the smaller cabin for the 13+ hour flight back to the states because I wanted to try something other than the larger cabin I had during my outbound flight…

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Aloft To Asia – Seoul Korean Air Prestige Lounge And Transfer Desk

After a six hour flight in Singapore Air’s regional Business Class, I had several hours relax before the long Korean Air flight back to the states. But first, I would have to change terminals, receive my Korean Air boarding pass by going to the transfer desk and find a Korean Air Prestige class lounge to…

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Aloft To Asia – Singapore Business Class From Singapore To Seoul

I boarded flight 608 from Singapore to Seoul very much looking to stretching out in Singapore Air’s large, comfy Business Class seats. During my flight from Seoul to Singapore, I felt like two people could have sat in the seat, so I thought I’d get a full 5 or 6 hour rest before arriving in…

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Aloft To Asia – Singapore Air Business Class Lounge

I got a call from my driver that the car was waiting downstairs as I was finishing my last drink in Singapore. I closed my tab at the Fullerton Bay Lantern Rooftop Bar and Lounge, said my goodbyes and hopped into the S Class Mercedes for the 25 minute ride to the airport. My first…

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