by Patti | Jun 28, 2015 | Hilton
Hilton HHonors posted some minor category adjustments which will become effective July 8, 2015. The category changes are minor since they affect only 20 properties – 2 are decreasing and 18 are increasing. Another reason why these category changes are not a big...
by Patti | Jun 21, 2015 | Deals
Staples is offering a rebate on Visa gift card purchases this week. If you buy $300 or more of Visa gift cards at Staples stores this week you will receive a $20 Visa prepaid gift card after easy rebate. $20 is more than the fees you would incur for purchasing $300 of...
by Matilda | Jun 18, 2015 | Travel News, United
United seems to be in the midst of a lost luggage epidemic. A few passengers with missing luggage is bad enough but it seems a larger number than usual have been affected recently. Earlier this week, my brother-in-law flew United from EWR-TXL for a business trip. He...
by Patti | Jun 10, 2015 | Industry News
If you have a Chase Freedom card, you are probably already familiar with the quarterly 5% categories. Don’t Forget to Register If you have not yet activated the 5% for this quarter, just a reminder that the registration period for this quarter ends Sunday, June...
by The Travel Sisters | Jun 7, 2015 | Weekly Summaries
Here is a quick summary of posts you may have missed on The Travel Sisters this week: Do you like free stuff? We do. Check out our list of airports offering free city tours during long layovers. We began our trip reports from our annual sister trip to Brunei,...
by The Travel Sisters | Jun 7, 2015 | Updates/Musings
We’ve both enjoyed our time as featured bloggers on the main BoardingArea page. Thank you to everyone who took the time to read and comment! After today, you can find The Travel Sisters back at our usual spot on prior2boarding, an affiliate site of...
by The Travel Sisters | Jun 7, 2015 | Lounge Reviews, Trip Reports
Our American Airlines first class flight out of Narita International Airport was scheduled to leave in the evening. Evening was still several hours away so we decided to tour three oneworld first class lounges for entertainment. Cathay Pacific First and Business Class...
by The Travel Sisters | Jun 7, 2015 | Hotel Reviews, Trip Reports
We chose to stay at Jinpyokaku Ryokan as it was just a few minutes walk to the Jigokudani Monkey Park trailhead. Although our main motivation in visiting the area was to view the famous Japanese snow monkeys, this Japanese style ryokan turned out to be one of the...
by The Travel Sisters | Jun 5, 2015 | Trip Reports
People say they monkey around. If monkey around means frolic in an onsen hot spring, then yes, yes they do. We wanted to witness this adorableness in person and traveled to Jigokudani Yaen Kōen (aka Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park) in Japan to do so. The snow monkeys are...
by The Travel Sisters | Jun 5, 2015 | Flight Reviews, Trip Reports
ANA, All Nippon Airways Flight: NH960 Shanghai Pudong (PVG) – Tokyo Narita (NRT) Aircraft: 767-300 Business Class This flight was our Plan B. We hoped to fly directly from Singapore to Tokyo in Singapore Suites but had to settle for a shorter flight in...
