At the start of the year, I flew down to Santiago, Chile, to visit a family member who is living and working there. I got lucky and my upgrade cleared both ways, leading to pleasant but uneventful (and no need for reviews) trips in Polaris on a 767. However, I […]
The CLUB at LAS Terminal 1 is a contract lounge within Las Vegas McCarran international airport, accessible via Priority Pass, paying $39, or several other options. I found myself hanging there for a half hour before my flight home from Vegas. Having tried the United Club in the past and […]
Coming in from Heathrow, we had a couple-hour layover in Brussels prior to flying home. We were destined for The Suite by Brussels Airlines, the inferior cousin of The Loft, which is in the Schengen part of the airport. I feel like I (and many other travelers!) have been in […]
Returning from our quick trip to the United Kingdom, it was time to head home. Due to both flight price and upgrade availability, we ended up connecting from London Heathrow (LHR) to Brussels (BRU) en route to Washington Dulles (IAD). Our flight was… quite early, departing at 6:50 AM. However, […]
I visit Albuquerque a few times a year for both business and family reasons. One of my consistent frustrations has been the (previously) lack of good Hilton properties. I’ve stayed at the Convention Center Doubletree a few times, and it’s fine, but it’s definitely a convention center property. The Embassy […]
Mrs. PTI and I traveled to London over Thanksgiving to meet up with family who was living abroad in the United Kingdom. Our itinerary included going to Bath, England (site of my previous review of the Royal Crescent and British Airways) for a day before spending the rest of the […]
Going with a bit of a blast from the past to this past fall, I wanted to take a moment to review a great hotel in the Hilton collection, The Sound. Typically I’m confined to airport hotel boringness on work trips, but for this one I was able to secure […]
A few months ago I needed to travel to New York last minute for some personal business. In scanning hotel fares, I saw that the Conrad Midtown had “standard” awards available. I put standard in quotes because it was an eye-popping 95,000 points. I knew this property’s place on the […]
Mrs. PTI and I had the pleasure of attending the Hilton Concert Series Fitz and the Tantrums concert at the Conrad Washington, D.C. Although we’re locals, we thought it might be fun to stay the night, so I grabbed a rewards night redemption and we made it happen. We had […]
Early in 2019, I was flush with Hilton Honors points and saw the lineup for the 2019 Hilton Honors Concert Series. There were some pretty good bands – and coming to the Conrad in Washington, D.C., my hometown, was Fitz and the Tantrums, a band I like. While not a […]