Trip Reviews

I like a soft landing after landing in a new country. What's softer than the pillows at a Ritz?

After sleeping most of the time in the Iberia's Dali lounge, I forced myself to sleep for the 2:55 journey from Madrid to Tenerife South

I went in circles trying to find the Iberia Dali Lounge. When I finally found it, I was impressed with its size and what it offered given that it services domestic flights.

It is remarkable that in only 8 hours, I can go from a tiny island back to my inaugural residency, Madrid

Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Now comes forth a bitter Spirit customer number 1,287,878,964 I flew Spirit for the first time en route to Carnival in Jamaica. I didn't mind it (see...

I booked a flight from Munich to Newark using precisely 62,760 Lifemiles in business on Lufthansa. The last time I flew Lufthansa long-haul was my inaugural business class flight on points in 2012. Back then I was blown away by ice cream on a plane. Fast forward to 2021, those tricks do not impress me. And neither did this basic flight from Munich to Newark.

I have been to two Lufthansa lounges. Both were in business. Both were in Munich. Both were stale.

Air Malta is part of the Punxsutawney TPOL Trip Report. Unlike my prospective villa in Castiglione, Italy (see Did TPOL Buy a 1 Euro Italian Villa?), Malta was more connected to the outside world. To catch...

When I booked this trip, I booked a one-way ticket with no return. With stops in Denmark, Scotland, Northern Ireland, England, Wales, Italy, and Malta, I was ready to go home.

Budget-conscious, I took a flight from Bangkok to Surat Thani then a bus to the port in order to catch the ferry to Samui, and then a boat to Koh Phangan. It was a long, trying journey.