Just when I was getting accustomed to visiting the Chase Sapphire Lounge at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), the Kyra Lounge HKG has its debut. Having opened only on 2 July of this year, I only discovered it while scrolling through the Priority Pass app. Accompanying the Chase Sapphire Lounge, and the Plaza Premium trio […]
Aviation
Flight Review: HiSky New York JFK – Bucharest OTP
Disclaimer: In exchange for a one-way HiSky New York to Bucharest ticket, I am writing this review. In January, I wrote about a flight from the United States to Eastern Europe. More accurately, it was the resumption of a nonstop route last flown by a U.S. carrier nearly 15 years ago. Recently, I was able […]
Inaugural Flight Review: Avelo Airlines New Haven to St. Louis
Disclaimer: In exchange for a one-way ticket, I am writing this review. As a former albeit brief resident of the St. Louis area, whenever the chance arises, I visit a couple of friends still living there. But STL is certainly not among the cheapest airports to fly to in the states. That’s why I was […]
Lounge Review: Turkish Airlines Lounge Bangkok (BKK)
If you’ve got Priority Pass, and you’re in the international departures area of Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), you’ve got heaps of choices for so-so lounges. Yet only after a recent flight from there, I noticed that the Turkish Airlines Lounge BKK, formally known as the Turkish Airlines Star Alliance Gold Lounge, was also available to […]
Flight Review: Southern Airways Express from Chicago ORD to Quincy UIN
Roughly once a year, I visit the St. Louis, Missouri area. Lacking any real airport competition, I haven’t found prices to be particularly competitive. On the plus side, that also means I get to be creative with checking off new airlines and airports. Enter, Southern Airways Express. Southern Airways Express is one of the larger […]
New York LaGuardia Chase Sapphire Lounge by the Club (LGA)
Just a few years ago, I never would have uttered the phrase “I deliberately chose to fly out of LaGuardia (LGA).” Yet, owing in part to the newish Chase Sapphire Lounge by the Club LGA, you could say that I flipped that quote on its head. Having only opened on 16 January of this year, […]
Air Canada Testing Out a Seasonal Osaka Flight to Toronto
Because Kyoto and Nara lack an airport, the next best thing is a seasonal Osaka flight. But Osaka has its fans, too. That’s right, in late spring, Air Canada will be starting seasonal flights from Toronto YYZ to Osaka KIX. On second thought, make that restarting, since Air Canada last flew this route from 1997-2000. The […]
Airline Status Match Reality
ASMR for me has nothing to do with the sound of someone crunching a mid-flight Air France crouton. No, it’s all about the airline status match reality I’m currently facing. Prepare your small violins for this one. In my last post, I mentioned about how Emirates was quite open to the idea of a status […]
