Flying for Fitness

As part of their Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, LifeMiles, which is Avianca's frequent flyer program, is offering both Star Alliance award sales and a purchased miles sale.  The award sale includes business class travel to popular destinations in Asia and Europe, including the following one-way: Chicago to Taipei in business class for 64,000 miles Houston to Taipei in business class for 64,000 miles Los Angeles to Hong Kong in business class for 64,000 miles Los Angeles to Seoul Incheon in business class for 60,000 miles Los Angeles to Shanghai in business class for 64,000 miles Los Angeles to Taipei in business class for 67,500 miles New York to Beijing in first class for 81,000 miles Newark to London in business class for 48,000 miles San Francisco to Hong Kong in business class for 64,000 miles San Francisco to Taipei in business class for 64,000 miles Washington to Beijing for 67,500 miles in business class or 81,000 miles in first class Redeem Li

ANA first class SFO-NRT review ANA economy class NRT-Sapporo review Toyoko Inn at Sapporo Station Hokkaido University review Hokkaido University gym review Ishigaki snorkeling tours Super typhoon Hibigis hits Japan ANA Intercontinental Ishigaki Resort review Typhoon flight cancellations Tokyo Intercontinental the Strings hotel review ANA NRT First Class Suite Lounge and Check-in review ANA NRT-SFO first class review After a somewhat disappointing experience at ANA's first class Suite Lounge (extreme first world problems?), I headed to the gate for boarding for the final segment of my NRT-SFO flight on ANA first class.  Since Japan was still reeling from the super typhoon , the two previous NRT-SFO flights were cancelled, so you can imagine how full my flight was as it was the first to fly back to SFO in the past 3 days. All the boarding group lanes were filled to pretty much maximum capacity.  After pre-boarding, which is for the elderly and passengers traveling with s

ANA first class SFO-NRT review ANA economy class NRT-Sapporo review Toyoko Inn at Sapporo Station Hokkaido University review Hokkaido University gym review Ishigaki snorkeling tours Super typhoon Hibigis hits Japan ANA Intercontinental Ishigaki Resort review Typhoon flight cancellations Tokyo Intercontinental the Strings hotel review ANA NRT First Class Suite Lounge and Check-in review ANA NRT-SFO first class review After a short stint in Tokyo a the Intercontinental the Strings , it was time to head home in first class, which I had booked for only 85k Citi ThankYou points roundtrip .  The Narita Express (NEX) runs between the Shingawa Station and Tokyo Narita International Airport, so I took the NEX and arrived into NRT in a little over an hour.  Due to the recent super typhoon , the airport was jam packed and the check-in lines were stretching literally across the entire international terminal.  Fortunately, ANA has a dedicated check-in room for first class and top-tier