As the Hilton-family hotel on Xiamen Island requiring the fewest points for an award stay (excluding Hampton), the DoubleTree Xiamen offers excellent value, especially for readers...

Grand Hyatt New York is still a solid hotel overall. The property has been nicely renovated, and with so many rooms, availability is plentiful. The location is especially strong, s...

Overall, this hotel aims for a beyond-five-star, ultra-luxury standard, but in relative terms I’d only give it a passing grade....

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...

Among Star Alliance transpacific business class options, I consider Air Canada business class one of the better choices. Compared with ANA business class, ANA easily wins on onboar...

On cross-country flights between the U.S. West Coast and East Coast, major airlines all offer fully lie-flat first-class products. This is especially convenient for passengers on t...

Taipei is Cathay’s most important route after Hong Kong, so their airport lounge operations are very well handled. If you come in hungry, you can definitely leave feeling full. The...

This is my fresh look at the new SkyTeam Lounge in Vancouver (Skyteam Lounge@YVR)! On flight S3, I departed from North America, connected in Vancouver (YVR), and flew onward to Par...

Overall, the Star Alliance Los Angeles Lounge is a good size, with a spacious interior, and its food selection is already quite strong compared with other airport lounges in the U....

This booking was for my parents. I didn’t take many photos, so for some areas I used images from the hotel’s official website. Please excuse that. Hotel points still offer pretty g...

Overall, Air China’s 748 made a solid impression on me—not exactly dazzling, but certainly a quality option. With more transpacific business choices on the rise, Air China’s bigges...