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Great deal: ~$55CAD discount on hotel, min spend ~$100, no night min
ByDCTA February 23, 2016February 23, 2016
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MakeMyTrip, a large Indian online travel agency, is currently offering, until February 25 (not sure what time zone they’re using), a discount of 2750 INR (~$55CAD) when using their app with the promotional code “APPFEST”. The minimum spend is 5000 INR (~$100CAD), but there is no minimum night requirement. Say you’re staying a week at a hotel, you can simply book 7 single-night stays, and have netted a ~$385CAD discount. After booking (and waiting a day to make sure the hotel receives the reservations), simply call the hotel to merge the reservations.

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Trip Reports

It’s always sunny in Mauritius
ByDCTA February 18, 2016
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Howdy from Mauritius! It’s been another great trip (so far), having flown Emirates First Class from Toronto to Dubai, spending some time there, and then flying to Mauritius. In Dubai, I did high tea at the Burj Khalifa, which was neat. I stayed at the Ritz-Carlton Financial Centre, which while well-located and comfortable, was worn-out and a little dirty.

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Going on a last minute trip to Okinawa!
ByDCTA January 27, 2016
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I’m tired with school, work, and all that stuff, so I’m taking a random trip for three days to Okinawa! I’ll be flying EVA Business there, and ANA First for the return. I’m super excited, but honestly, I don’t know very much about Okinawa. I don’t drive, so that’s a big hamper on my plans.

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Trip Reports

Turkish Business Class: Malta – Istanbul – Toronto
ByDCTA January 25, 2016January 25, 2016
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Turkish airlines is a premier Star Alliance carrier, with one of the best Business Class products available, with an excellent lounge, stunning food, and good ground services (free transfer hotel, city tour). Further, they release a good amount of award availability, and Aeroplan doesn’t charge fuel surcharges to redeem on them! For this trip, we were flying Malta – Istanbul – Toronto in Business Class.

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Trip Reports

Lufthansa First Class: Washington – Frankfurt & First Class Terminal
ByDCTA January 24, 2016
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Getting a surprise upgrade to Lufthansa First Class was the focus of the last post, and now I will review the product itself.

I will forgo reviewing the positioning United flight from Ottawa-Washington, other than to note it felt like a much nicer domestic first service than experienced in the past and United may be making some real improvements. Readers may recall that I had my tongue firmly affixed to my cheek when I previously reviewed United Global First Class.

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Credit Cards

The Strangest Credit Card Issue I’ve Ever Had
ByDCTA January 23, 2016
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I have a number of cards with American Express in the United States. I was recently approved for and given an SPG card. Once I received it, I used it for a week for a number of purchases, including a large purchase for laser eye surgery. However, I was noticing that the charges were never showing up on the account. I even called American Express and they couldn’t see the charges. Weird.

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