DealFinder is a new downloadable desktop tool offered by American Airlines which allows you to receive automatic, personalized fare alerts and other information via your computer desktop. Once you download the tool and set your travel preferences, DealFinder will alert you about deals to your favorite destinations. By creating searches for your upcoming trips, DealFinder will also show you the current lowest prices and alert you when the price is…
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Last Stop in Athens, Greece
September 10, 2007 by 2 Comments
…rs charging inflated prices for basic drinks. My friend Mike had a friend from business school who lived in Athens who showed us a good time out. With the imminent threat of a very early flight, we didn’t stay out too late and made our way to Athens’ lovely new airport and were off. Back in New York now, fighting jetlag, I haven’t had much time to really reflect on my trip but I do know it was a lot of fun with a lot of unique experiences set over…
UPS Lost My Passport
December 13, 2007 by 43 Comments
…have everything I need by the time I need it. Finally, here’s the kicker…A new passport costs $157, It’s Easy charges me another $180, the lost money order was like $116 in cash, plus new photos, birth certificate and the pain in the butt factor of having to deal with it. So basically it’s gonna end up costing me over $500 to get my new passport and visa as a result of UPS simply losing my first class overnight package. “Luckily” for me they cover…
New York Times Article
November 15, 2008 by 18 Comments
…e man who’s record I am attempting to break. The article was posted on the New York Times website this morning, click here. My quotes are on page 6 of the story. Additionally, the actual hard copy will be available in the Sunday Times in the travel magazine insert tomorrow if you do not have a subscription. I am very excited to be included in this story in my favorite hometown paper and am looking forward to my upcoming extensive travels to South…
A Quick Update
September 27, 2009 by 9 Comments
…ly. I highly recommend Keste (271 Bleecker Street near Morton Street) as a new pizza place that is a must in the West Village. It is straight out of Napoli and possibly the best pizza in New York City which is saying something-especially from me! Anyway, I head back to Arizona tomorrow to try to finalize plans for Africa and beforehand. I have a mess right now with Delta Airlines as I am trying to use miles for my “shell” flights into N’Djamena, C…
Langkawi, Penang and Singapore
November 25, 2010 by 8 Comments
…had some good street noodles, a Tiger and headed to bed. I am now back in New York after a great day and night in Los Angeles for a meeting and a great time with friends at the Belmont on La Cienega. It is my buddy Josh’s favorite place and a place I have been many times in LA. I am heading to Connecticut for Thanksgiving today and then Florida and Washington soon thereafter to visit friends and family. Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and…
Bolivia’s Southern Altiplano
January 17, 2011 by 14 Comments
…as the only American and a New Yorker, I was forced to lead a rendition of New York, New York by Frank Sinatra. As the only one who actually knew the words I was the only one singing until the chorus when everyone erupted into New York, New York…it was really awesome. Another favorite that was sung was La Bamba. It’s hard to remember and write about all the awesome things that happened that night but laughter, wine and song filled the air in the m…
Bond, (Not) James Bond
December 21, 2011 by 5 Comments
…er made. With the popularity of action packed blunt object movies like the new Jason Bourne series, Bond producers decided to make Bond more like Bourne and hired a controversial new Bond, Daniel Craig. He is a blonde British man who has questionable acting skills. He is appealing to women because he has a nice physique but to men, especially men who love the character of James Bond, he is by far the worst James Bond and is in the worst Bond movie…
ILTM Asia Shanghai
June 6, 2013 by 2 Comments
…ity has grown so much over the past few decades that they have had to open new luxury hotels in new areas to accompany their already existing hotels within other parts of Shanghai. Shangri-La is about to open another new gorgeous property in Jing’an. The Puli Hotel is phenomenal and I was fortunate to have had lunch and conducted a site inspection with their wonderful PR director. Four Seasons has a second amazing hotel in Pudong where actual scen…
Why Airline Elite Status is Less Valuable Now Than Ever Before
February 10, 2014 by 27 Comments
…ays. The most common way is through credit cards. My opinion is that these new rules are going to kill valuable credit card sales as well because 40,000 sign-up miles aren’t nearly as valuable as they once were with new mileage minimums on reward tickets. People have been abusing mileage giveaways for years. Some people have hacked their way around the world with all kinds of different scams; both smart and devious. I have never been a hacker and…
