“Mr. Kim I’m going to need your seat on this Plane.  I’m booking you on the next flight three hours from now.”   Ok for normal people would hear this from a gate agent and start swearing.  I’m stuck at this damn airport for another three hours. SHIT!! Well I’m not a normal person.  This…

So Looking back at 2013, I had a pretty good year as it relates to travel.  There were a number of Firsts including my First Trip to Russia and My First Trip to South America.  I also got a chance to fly some new airlines.  These included my first ever trips on LAN Airlines, AeroMexico,…

So I am getting excited as I count down the hours till my flight to China.  I saw a very cheap airfare on American Airlines last year ($549.50) from Baltimore to Shanghai.  I try to avoid flying out of BWI, but in this case under $600 to Asia, is too good to pass-up. I know…

So looking through my photos I realize that those of us who live in the DC area are lucky in that Reagan National Airport is really great.  It is by far the airport with the best view of the city from the terminal. I recently took these shots from the Delta Skyclub, which is a…

So now that I’ve gotten done with a year worth of domestic Travel in two months, time to focus on the Fun Stuff.  Transoceanic International travel. Most years I would not book a whole lot of travel really early in the year, but so far 2014 has been unusual.  First, a lot of airlines including…

So far 2014 has been a pretty Heavy Year of domestic flying.   Even as a veteran mileage run flyer.  This year has been unusually busy. We can thank Delta for its fare mistake bonanza from December 2013.   I managed to snag 4 trips.  Unfortunately three of them were to Oakland. The last fare…