Category: Mileage Run

Drinking Vacation in Dublin Thanksgiving 2014 Day 3

American Airlines, British Airways, Dublin, guinness, guinness storehouse, Mileage Run, O'Donoghue's, Running For Status, SPG, Starwood, Temple Bar, The Pigs Ear, Travel, westin dublin

Written by Simon – Running For Status @ First2Board

Drinking Vacation in Dublin Thanksgiving 2014 Day 3 The drinking hits its peak: Breakfast at the Westin Dublin Tour of the Westin Gym Guinness Factory Tour Beer at Legends Bar Dinner at the Pigs Ear More Drinks at O’Donoghue’s Beers at Oliver St. John Gogarty Last Call at Temple Bar Flight Home the next day We finally woke up early enough to get breakfast downstairs at the Westin Dublin. Just barely though. Breakfast ends at 10:30 and we got there right around 10. It wasn’t too busy since it was only a Saturday morning. They had a large assortment of hot food and pastries, along with a pancake machine, cereal, and fruit. There are a few places nearby that serves a traditional Irish breakfast so if you are not a Platinum Member with SPG, you can easily go elsewhere to get an..

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Drinking Vacation in Dublin Thanksgiving 2014 Day 2

American Airlines, Bad Ass Cafe, British Airways, coastal tour, Dublin, Jameson, Leo Burdock, malahide castle, Mileage Run, Old Jameson Distillery, Running For Status, the academy, Travel, Westin

Written by Simon – Running For Status @ First2Board

Drinking Vacation in Dublin Thanksgiving 2014 Day 2 Irish Castle Tour (Malahide) Jameson Irish Whiskey Factory with Flight Tasting Dinner Drinks at Bad Ass Cafe Fish and Chips at Leo Burdock Since we were still on East Coast time, we woke up around 11am and completely missed the free breakfast at the Westin. We had a few brochures from the hotel and found a castle tour that left in the afternoon we could still make. We walked over to the tourist office on Lower O’Connell Street and caught the afternoon Coastal Tour. We caught the bus right in front of the tourist office and we made our way north towards Manahide Castle. It was about an hour ride up there and I promptly fell asleep somewhere in the middle. Once we got to the Castle, we went on a tour of the..

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Drinking Vacation in Dublin Thanksgiving 2014 Day 2

American Airlines, Bad Ass Cafe, British Airways, coastal tour, Dublin, Jameson, Leo Burdock, malahide castle, Mileage Run, Old Jameson Distillery, Running For Status, the academy, Travel, Westin

Written by Simon – Running For Status @ Running For Status

Drinking Vacation in Dublin Thanksgiving 2014 Day 2 Irish Castle Tour (Malahide) Jameson Irish Whiskey Factory with Flight Tasting Dinner Drinks at Bad Ass Cafe Fish…

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Drinking Vacation in Dublin Thanksgiving 2014 Day 1

American Airlines, British Airways, Dublin, Flight Deals, galleries first lounge, Mileage Run, Running For Status, SPG, Starwood, Travel, Westin

Written by Simon – Running For Status @ First2Board

Drinking Vacation in Dublin Thanksgiving 2014  Day 1 BOS-JFK-LHR-DUB on AA (77W) Galleries First at London Heathrow Junior Suite at the Westin Dublin Thanksgiving Dinner at Gallaghers Boxty House Like all of my other adventures, I found a mileage run on The Flight Deal to Dublin and got my friend to come with me over the Thanksgiving break. It was BOS-JFK-LHR-DUB-PHL-BOS, all on AA so I got to use my SWU for both me and my friend both ways. This would be his first time in business class so he was excited to try out the new product. We were in domestic first from BOS-JFK and we were lucky we were in First since there was about an hour delay so we drank the entire way to JFK. They ran out of Baileys real quick and we moved onto rum and tequilla…

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Rock and Roll Las Vegas Marathon 2014 Review

5k, American Airlines, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Marathon, marathons, Mileage Run, RnR, Rock and Roll, Running For Status, Travel

Written by Simon – Running For Status @ First2Board

Rock and Roll Las Vegas Marathon 2014 Review I am definitely a bit late in posting a review about this race. As with most of my travel, it started when I found a deal on The Flight Deal from Boston to Las Vegas. I quickly looked up the dates for the RnR Las Vegas Marathon and quickly found dates that would work for the marathon. Since it was a Sunday Night flight, my friend and I booked a flight leaving Saturday and the redeye Monday night to get back to work on Tuesday. My friend couldn’t find the exact same routing from BOS-LAX but we were on the same flight LAX-LAS. I got the upgrade so we didn’t actually fly together. I got an Avis rental car and drove to the expo for the packet pickup. There was a parking..

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Mileage Run #4: Sheraton Portland Airport Review and 50th Night Gift!

Braco, Club Lounge, Mileage Run, Sheraton Portland Airport, Starwood, Travel

Written by evildoughboi @ Running for Status

I checked in after I landed at PDX around 3pm. My friends were already there and they were just settling in as well. The hotel was nice. I couldn’t get an upgrade as there were three conferences going on the Sunday we checked out.   Room   The room was on the club floor. The room…

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Mileage Run #4: Flyby of Mount Hood and Gardens of Portlandia – Tons of Pictures!

American Airlines, International Rose Test Garden, Japanese Garden, Lan Su Chinese Garden, Mileage Run, Travel

Written by evildoughboi @ Running for Status

Flyby of Mount Hood On our descent down to PDX, the pilot took us close to Mount Hood. I also got a picture of the other mountains in the distance behind Mount Hood. We went to a few gardens in Portland: Lan Su Chinese Garden, Rose Garden, Japanese Garden Lan Su Chinese Garden Our first…

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Mileage Run #4: Summary: DFW Centurion Lounge, Portlandia, Boeing Tour

American Airlines, Arboretum, Boeing, Burnside Brewery, Centurion Lounge, Dan Su Chinese Garden, DFW, Din Ta Fung, Everett, Future of Flight, Japanese Garden, Le Pigeon, Mileage Run, Rose Garden, Travel, Voodoo Donuts

Written by evildoughboi @ Running for Status

When I first booked it, it was a simple BOS-DFW-PDX-LAX-BOS flight. I would be leaving Saturday morning and taking the Monday night redeye back to Boston. I was planning on meeting a friend down in Portland and then driving back to Seattle Sunday night and then do something in Seattle Monday morning before my 5:45pm…

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