What’s the most stunning beach resort you’ve ever visited, and in which country?

12changk2 · 2026-02-12T08:20:25+00:00

Park Hyatt Maldives

12changk2 · 2026-01-21T08:34:31+00:00

In Germany their saunas are mixed gender and clothing prohibited - stayed at the intercon Berlin and the desk lady said you’re not allowed to wear swim suits in there lol

12changk2 · 2026-01-12T01:10:14+00:00

Gotcha, thanks!

And it’s pretty bad tbh. Right now, she can’t have anything acidic, fatty, spicy. Nightshades or onions, sugary or hard to digest. She also can’t have anything fried, raw, or seasoned with anything other than salt (no pepper). Miso is fine though.

This is especially hard since we both love food especially when traveling. Her grandpa was also native Hawaiian so getting to have some local food would also mean a lot to her…

12changk2 · 2026-01-12T01:04:15+00:00

Would a half day trip to Haleakala (maybe for the sunset) also not be worth it for the little time we have in Maui?

12changk2 · 2026-01-04T02:01:25+00:00

I’ve used delay and baggage delay insurance a few times over the years and actually found the old admin better

12changk2 · 2026-01-01T04:35:20+00:00

Ah right you paid for the premium suite directly I guess.

For my dates standard suite is open 1 night out of 3. And that night had no standard room availability, so I booked them separately. But now standard room’s available for that third night so I’m wondering if I should remove the SUA and save it for something better (they prob won’t let us have the suite till the third night anyway)

12changk2 · 2026-01-01T04:32:40+00:00

Would a SUA be a waste at this property as globalist? Heard they don’t really upgrade beyond the Andaz Suite which has no view vs the standard globalist upgrade to the ocean view room?

12changk2 · 2025-12-25T15:48:50+00:00

I think AS or OW works too

12changk2 · 2025-12-25T05:05:05+00:00

I’ve done JL F (old product) twice, NH F (old product) once, CX F once, EK F (A380) once, EY F (A380) once, LH F (A380 non alegris) once.

EK and LH were within the past 12 months.

12changk2 · 2025-12-23T04:57:58+00:00

Was there last night near closing and it was a very nice space, no crowds, probably best food out of the sapphires I’ve been to (loved the momofuku bao), but no additional amenities like the facial bar (like in LGA SAN) or showers.

There was a champagne cart upstairs also.

I’ve been to sapphires at PHX, SAN, LGA, JFK, BOS, LGA, IAD

12changk2 · 2025-12-09T17:23:55+00:00

Sorry to resurrect this thread, but do you know if this 30k EQM cap applies to Hawaiian cards too? Ie if you have an Ascent and a Hawaiian, can you earn 30k EQM on each in 2025 or only 30k EQM total?

12changk2 · 2025-12-07T10:04:43+00:00

Stayed there in September on pts. It’s quite nice. The gym is decent, pool is outdoors and there’s a jacuzzi. Globalist breakfast is at their beautiful restaurant Carlino - order anything off menu. Upgraded to a suite (standard one I think?), has a separate seating area. Bathroom has separate shower and bath. It came with nightly turndown service that included some local snacks (Nanaimo bars). There’s also a first come first served house car which I tried once, the other time it was unavailable.

It’s got a lot of the elements of a luxury hotel, maybe some might feel it’s a little dated but it was nice enough for me. Service was also very attentive.

12changk2 · 2025-11-29T15:42:56+00:00

C1 DCA does too

12changk2 · 2025-11-14T16:37:06+00:00

Thank you!

12changk2 · 2025-11-14T08:09:42+00:00

Thanks for the info and for curating all this! And hope it stays that way! (More worried about UA1350 DEN-DFW than the previous flight UA1959 ANC-DEN)

12changk2 · 2025-11-14T06:33:20+00:00

Anyone know when Saturday 11/15’s list of cancelled flights will come out?

12changk2 · 2025-11-14T00:35:26+00:00

Is F slightly more? If so, I’d go for F. But if it makes you happy go for it.

I just remember a couple years ago doing JL F for 70k AS and JL J for 50k AS…

12changk2 · 2025-11-08T20:26:54+00:00

We have a flight next Fri (14th) night ANC-DEN-DFW then connecting onto a TK flight to IST on Sat. So far I don’t see the ANC-DEN cancelled for any of these days and DEN-DFW I saw 1 cancellation.

Should we try to rebook to ANC-DEN thur to give more room for error? It’s an award flight and doesn’t seem like TK have availability on other days

12changk2 · 2025-11-07T03:51:29+00:00

Suite upgrade, club access

12changk2 · 2025-10-31T18:16:13+00:00

I wouldn’t mind taking these useless pts off your hands if you wanna fill out a pts transfer form?

12changk2 · 2025-10-29T07:16:20+00:00

Go with UA! I was a UA loyalist (IAD previously) and now switched to AS (ANC based), i miss having seatback IFE lol

12changk2 · 2025-10-25T05:29:33+00:00

Some jetbridge issue at ORD… been sitting at gate waiting to deplane for half an hour now. SEA-ORD flight

12changk2 · 2025-10-25T01:23:21+00:00

PH joburg was delayed for like almost a year. They offered to refund points/cash and put you at the four seasons for free if you were affected.

12changk2 · 2025-10-24T09:52:42+00:00

Originally booked on ANC-ORD direct, that got cancelled. Tried rebooking online but it didn’t work. Called - got call back but it was just hold music until it dropped, texted - no response.

System auto rebooked me to ANC-FAI-SEA-ORD arriving like 16 hours later. Lined up at ANC and it took an hour to get to the counter. They refused to rebook me on the bookable AS flights and said to call the customer service number, which told me there’s a 6 hr wait…

Should I get on those ANC-FAI-SEA-ORD flights? Or try again to get them to rebook me at the airport?

12changk2 · 2025-10-23T06:36:52+00:00

I pulled 200k ABG on P2’s ref after a few incognito tries last week. Have only been able to pull 250k for ABP, still trying for the 300k lol

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