Man lands on Moon, gets confused about airlines…
Sep08

Man lands on Moon, gets confused about airlines…

Via The Points Guy yesterday, Buzz Aldrin headed to Nepal for the first time! He’s heading to speak to a group of students at the Everest Science Center in celebration of National Science Day.  He instagrammed a picture of himself heading to Nepal in, you guessed it, Emirates First Class.  Because once you’ve been cramped in that small Apollo 11 capsule, then you absolutely have to have a little more room!   Heading...

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Business Class sale from Canada to Europe, but is it GOOD?
Sep07

Business Class sale from Canada to Europe, but is it GOOD?

We get a ton of requests through our Travel Booking Service about how to book cheap business class travel tickets, because after all, the name of our blog IS No Mas Coach! But, just because you found a good price, does it really mean it’s a good deal? Let’s take a look at two fare sales currently from Canada to Europe. Vancouver to London, $1598 Air Transat is currently offering seats in their Club Class, RT for only...

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Flight 10 of 10, SFO-SEA, Underwhelming Delta #NMCLaborDay
Sep07

Flight 10 of 10, SFO-SEA, Underwhelming Delta #NMCLaborDay

The time has finally arrived, our last flight in the #NMCLaborDay mileage run to end all mileage runs.  We’re beyond tired and sore but it was all worth it! We headed back once again to the Admiral’s club in San Fran for a quick coffee and muffin before heading over to Terminal 1 to catch our Delta flight. We almost headed out of security but I asked the TSA officer how to get to Delta’s gates and he turned me back...

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NO JOKE: Free trip Around the World with Radisson Blu!
Sep06

NO JOKE: Free trip Around the World with Radisson Blu!

Whoa, this really caught my eye when I saw the notification come through on my app. Club Carlson brand Radisson Blu is offering a free trip around the world in partnership with SAS Scandinavian Airlines. The rules are really simple.  There’s a game to play and all the answers are hiding in the Paper City that you see above.  Correctly identify the 5 cities and then you’re entered for a chance to win 2 round trip tickets...

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Flight 9 of 10.  UPGRADED!  AA Trans Con, #NMCLaborDay
Sep06

Flight 9 of 10. UPGRADED! AA Trans Con, #NMCLaborDay

As part of our SEA-SFO-LAX… ok you know the trip by now, we booked our way back from LAX-JFK in business class on board the new A321T, but when we exited the airplane, we noticed how freaking awesome the first class cabin looked.  We decided that it would be pretty awesome to get ourselves into those seats! A quick call to to the Platinum line and 15,000 miles later, before you knew it, we were sitting up front!  What a...

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Ever walked in on someone else’s hotel room? Twice?
Sep05

Ever walked in on someone else’s hotel room? Twice?

Way back when, IHG ran the Priceless Surprises promotion where thousands if not tens of thousands of people spent weekends filling out postcards in order for the chance to win points, hotel stays, or dream getaways. We got lucky on our 8th game piece as we won a free night in the USA from IHG.  It had to be used by the end of the year, and we didn’t have a lot of US travel coming up.  The only time we could find to use it was at...

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What the !@%# is wrong with us Americans anyway?
Sep05

What the !@%# is wrong with us Americans anyway?

I caught myself reading this article from the Washington Post a week or so ago titled “Are you a Work Martyr?” and it caught my eye. I’ve never thought of myself as one, but apparently most Americans do. This Labor Day, with most people taking a well deserved day off, I have one question.  Simply put, what the !@#% is wrong with us Americans? Two weeks on average. That’s the average most full time employees (including us) get for...

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FLASH SALE:  Miami to Norway/Sweden for $221+
Sep05

FLASH SALE: Miami to Norway/Sweden for $221+

Looks like SAS is running a little sale! There are currently flights from Miami to Oslo and Copenhagen for around $220-250 round trip.  The outbound is nonstop and some of the returns are one stops with an American Airlines connection. DON’T wait long, because these sale fares could go away at any time.  As you can see you can use a lot of OTA’s like ExploreTrip, Travel2Be, or Travelgenio to score the deals. Good luck!...

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Flight 8 of 10, ORD to JFK, Almost Home! #NMCLaborDay
Sep05

Flight 8 of 10, ORD to JFK, Almost Home! #NMCLaborDay

Eighth flight, AA 737-800, service makes the difference! After an underwhelming visit to the Flagship lounge in Chicago (every club in the system seems to be undergoing renovation right now) we headed down 5 gates to get on our flight from Chicago to JFK.  Boarding was already underway, and so we headed to the Priority line and were waived through without incident. Once onboard we were greeted by Zelina, our awesome flight attendant...

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Flight 7 of 10, Oh God can it get worse? #NMCLaborDay
Sep04

Flight 7 of 10, Oh God can it get worse? #NMCLaborDay

Seventh Flight, AA 767-300, Older than Betty White After a fantastic and relaxing experience in the Centurion lounge in Miami, we headed out to the SkyTrain to get over to gate D50 for our departing flight to Chicago. The flight was operated by a 767-300 that had more mechanical problems than my great aunt after her 3rd hip replacement and it was probably just as old as her too. Seriously, why does American even have these planes...

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