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Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Air France Business Class (777) Part 3 – Le Meridien Etoile Part 4 – Our Approach to Paris with Kids Part 5 – Dining Part 6 – Air France Business Class (A380) Part 7 – Conclusion My wife and I are fortunate to have visited Paris a number of times previously.  That presents a dilemma [...]

Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Air France Business Class (777) Part 3 – Le Meridien Etoile Part 4 – Our Approach to Paris with Kids Part 5 – Dining Part 6 – Air France Business Class (A380) Part 7 – Conclusion Traveling as a family of four (including kids aged 8 and 5), the rules of the road for this [...]

Wow.  This is my new top choice for sushi in Manhattan. The restaurant is an unadorned set of two rooms on the Upper East Side (east of First) blessed with the best fish and Japanese-style service I’ve experienced this side of the Pacific.  While you can order from a menu at tables, Omakase is the [...]

New York to London is one of the most heavily traveled international business routes in the world.  There are over 20 services daily on this route – BA alone operates eight each day.  Their oneworld partner, American, runs several more each day. For many business travelers from New York, it has gotten to the point [...]

I’ve had the American Express Delta Reserve Card for about a year now.  Note I’ve used the word “had” and not “carried.”  I got the card, but for some reason, I never was carrying it. I spent about $30,000 on the card year-to-date, but principally through large desktop purchases (ie: paying for my homeowners and [...]

I needed to fly out to Seattle earlier this week for a quick personal meeting.  I decided I’d try and do this trip on the cheap – economy tickets hoping for upgrades (which all cleared), using mass transit from the airport (saved $80+ round trip versus cabs) and staying at a more modest property than [...]

Earlier in the summer, I was considering a business trip to Dubai (DXB).  Though it turns out I didn’t need to make it out to the Gulf, in the process of making my booking with Amex’s Platinum Travel Service (PTS), I did learn about a relatively new additional undocumented travel benefit that comes with the [...]

I rarely, if ever, get excited about credit card offers.  This one, however, is worth it.  Until May 6, 2011, the Chase-issued USD British Airways credit card is offering a 100,000 mile sign up bonus.  You get 50,000 miles upon making your first charge, and another 50,000 conditioned on spending a few thousand dollars over [...]