Posts by Darren
Qatar Airways Business Class Qsuite Review (Doha DOH to New York JFK)
Qatar Airways’ Qsuite was absolutely perfect and well deserving of its No. 1 ranking among business-class products (I’ll have to try ANA’s The Room someday for a comparison). The p...
Qatar Airways Al Mourjan Business Class Lounge Experience at Doha Airport
As Qatar Airways’ home-base lounge, the Al Mourjan Business Class Lounge is truly excellent, with a huge space, lots of seating, two dining areas, and very friendly staff. Qatar Ai...
China Southern First Class Review: Sydney SYD to Guangzhou CAN
This first class ticket cost only 10,000 more miles than business class, which made it a very solid value by comparison. You could also tell from the big difference in photo qualit...
China Southern Business Class Review: Guangzhou CAN to Sydney SYD
Overall, China Southern’s business class was solid but unremarkable. The space, comfort, privacy, and food were all fairly average, with no real surprises—but that was more or less...
Oman Air Business Class (DXB-MCT-DOH) + DXB/MCT First Class Lounge Experience
Both lounges were excellent, but both flights were only on the standard business-class seat. Since these were short hops, we were basically at our destination right after eating, s...
Etihad Airways Business Class Review (Beijing PEK to Abu Dhabi AUH)
This is the first post in my UAE and Qatar trip series, and I was really excited to finally try one of the Gulf carriers in a premium cabin for the first time. The hard product was...
UAE and Qatar Trip Planning (Award Flights, Hotels, and Things to Do)
While planning a winter-break trip from China back to the U.S., I wanted to stop somewhere for a couple of days and do some sightseeing. Since I didn’t want to deal with getting a...
Air China Business Class Frankfurt to Shanghai (FRA-PVG) + FRA Lounge Review
The Air China experience was surprisingly good. It was a stark contrast to MB’s previous Air China review, with a very spacious seat, strong privacy, and a few pleasant highlights...
Lufthansa Business Class New York–Frankfurt (JFK-FRA) + JFK Lufthansa Lounge Review
Maybe my expectations for Lufthansa were a bit too high. I felt that neither the lounge nor the flight lived up to Swiss, and the overall experience wasn’t good enough....
Jamaica Montego Bay Trip Planning: Flights, Hotels, and Activities
This trip will cost 50,000 Hyatt points, 92,000 Delta miles, a $250 airline credit, and about $700 in cash, and I expect to earn another 15,000 Hyatt points back. Since Thanksgivin...
Review: Hilton Fuxian Lake Yuxi + Hilton Xishuangbanna
I booked these stays for my parents again. This post mainly covers their stay experience at Hilton Fuxian Lake Yuxi, which was incredibly generous! I have to say, using Hilton poin...