Friday newsletters always feature luxury travel contests, travel tips, travel series, or luxury travel news.
Today (January 2, 2015): win two American Airlines upgrades and fly Business or First Class for free.
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Today, we launch our Winter Blog Giveaway: two systemwide upgrades (from Economy to Business, or Business to First class) with American Airlines will be won by one lucky reader of this blog!
You can enter the Blog Giveaway on our sweepstake website, where you need to complete the following steps (each step increases your chances of winning):
- Mandatory: Sign up for our newsletter (3x/week). You can also subscribe to our newsletter by entering your email address in the box on the right side of this page.
- Mandatory: Share with us your favorite hotel in the comments section below.
- Optional: like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and/or follow us on Instagram for additional entries.
An American Airlines Systemwide Upgrade entitles you to an upgrade of one class (Economy to Business, or Business to First) on all flights of a one way itinerary that is operated by American Airlines or American Eagle (if upgrade space is available). So, your next trip may take place in the following cabin (be warned: flying will never be the same again when you are used to Economy):
American Airlines’ Business Class in their Boeings 777-300ER is awesome, as you can read here in my very first trip report. American Airlines is currently also updating the Business Class product on their older Boeing 777-200 and 767 planes. Being an American Airlines Excutive Platinum member entitles me to 8 systemwide upgrades per year, and since I will not be able to consume all of them by the end of 2015, I am giving away 2 upgrades in this winter blog giveaway.
This giveaway has tremendous value to you if you have a trip booked (or will book a trip) that meets the following conditions:
- Paid itinerary (not award).
- Flights must have American Airlines flight numbers.
- Flights must be operated by American Airlines or American Eagle (not partners).
- Upgrade space must be available on your flights.
- The entire one way itinerary must be flown before 28th February 2016.
Enter the competition before 31 January 2015 at 11.59 pm CET. One lucky winner will be randomly selected and receive the 2 upgrades.
Enjoy the weekend and stay tuned for Monday when we reveal a new top 10 travel list.
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My fave hotel is the Marriott Marquis in Times Square NY
My favorite hotel is in Montreux, Switzerland and is the Fairmont Montreux Palace.
My favorite hotel is the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island.
I’m partial to Hilton’s properties (mostly Hiltons, HGI’s and ES’s) since the brand has more coverage for places we visit then most other hotel chains. Better choices of different room styles and optional add-ons, plus their HHonors reward plan is the only one, to my knowledge, that lets you earn both hotel stay credits/points AND airline frequent-flyer miles together for each paid booking through their website rather then the either/or schemes (either hotel points OR airline miles, but not both) of other hotel chains frequent-guest plans.
Ooopps, forgot to post a favorite hotel in my earlier comment, sorry. Favorite hotel is the London Hilton Tower Bridge.
My favorite hotel is Westin in Key West
Four Seasons Hong Kong
My favorite Hotel was the Hotel Monaco in New Orleans prior to Hurricane Katrina. Now it is the Hotel Monaco in D.C.
My favorite hotel the Hotel Beacon in New York City.
Mövenpick Amsterdam
Ritz-Carlton Tokyo.
Hotel Bucintoro, Venice, Italy.
Widder Hotel, Zurich
Mara Sopa Lodge, Naivasha, Kenya
My favorite hotel is the Scottsdale Fairmont Princess in Scottsdale, AZ
My favorite hotel is the Park Hyatt Beijing
My most recent favorite is an Inn in Charleston SC…. The Meeting Street Inn… Charming old world Inn with great service and a great location!
Rendezvous Bay Beach Hotel in Anguilla
I have to say Hilton’s would have to be my fav hotel
Peninsula Hong Kong hands down.
My House Guest House in Bangkok is exceptional.
fairmont in Boston
My favorite hotel is The James in Chicago.
My very favourite hotel is Bloomfield Lodge in Queensland, Australia
My favorite hotel is the Holiday Music Motel in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. It has an on site radio station, live music at least once a week, and a retro rockabilly decor unique to each room.
My favorite hotel is Raffles in Singapore!
AMANKORA, BHUTAN
My favorite Hotel is Aqualux Hotel, Bardolino, Italy
Fairmont San Francisco
The Four Seasons Chicago
Reniassance Hotel Times Square
Hilton in Anchorage Alaska 😉 I follow in twitter/fb!
Taj hotel in Cape Town
I like the Omni hotel in Pittsburgh.
My favorite hotel is the Mirror Lake Resort in Lake Placid, NY
My favorite is Grand Hyatt Atlanta Downtown
My favorite so far is the Hardrock in Hollywood, FL.
My favorite is Omni bedford pa
i like marrott
Le Meridien Bora Bora
Hotel Re di Roma inRome
Royal Horseguards, London
The Drake Hotel
Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai
My all time favourite hotel is Raffles, Praslin in the Seychelles. Pure paradise!
In Vegas- MGM Signature
Hyatt Tamayo in Bernalillo, NM
Hotel Nerva in Rome is my absolute favorite. Great breakfast! Lovely staff!
I absolutely love The Legian in Bali (Seminyak). Impeccable service, luxury suites and great pool area by the sea!
Regularly I fly to Chi or NY
I love the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. This hotel is old class and sophistication. Jackets are required after sundown, and the dress code states that women aren’t allowed to wear slacks. It’s something I didn’t mind, as it contributes to an air of gentility…you feel as if you are stepping back in time to a bygone era. It’s not just the full breakfast, afternoon tea, the view from the porch and the five course dinner…the hotel is gorgeous and I appreciate the best wi-fi signal I’ve ever had in a hotel on an island where cars are not allowed.
Our favorite hotel is the St Regis in Kuaui, Hawaii. Gosh it makes my heart melt! We went there for our honeymoon almost 5 years ago and what a wonderful honeymoon it was! Since then we’ve lived in several different countries, had twin girls, and experienced many different things, but our time at the St. Regis remains one of the most wonderful weeks imaginable!
Keio Plaza Hotel in Japan
Upgrade to Amsterdam? I’m in!
Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace – Budapest
Zara Boutique Hotel – Budapest
One of my favorite hotels is the Rakucho Ryokan in Japan
My favorite hotel was the El Monte Sagrado, Autograph Collection in Taos, NM. Located in the quaint mountain town of Taos, you are surrounded by beautiful native american history and are just 10 minutes from some of the best skiing in the world.
Sofitel Macau is my favourite at the moment. I am enjoyed Atlantis The Palm in Dubai.
The Aria is Las Vegas is nice.. I dont really have a favorite tho
The Ritz Carlton Amelia Island FL
The Peninsula in HK
Le Meridien in Cancun, Mexico.
The Hilton in the Munich Airport was excellent. Great service, comfortable beds, clean, modern and quiet.
I haven’t stayed at many hotels, but my husband and I recently stayed at the Ashworth by the Sea in Hampton, NH. It was only for a night so we didn’t get to enjoy it for long, but we had an amazing view! Just wish the weather had been nicer.
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, las vegas nv
I loved the Gran Velas in Riviera Maya – sooo lush!
Hard rock hotel orlando!
Hotel Jagdhof
The Hotel Chedi Andermatt is my wintertime favorite.
Luxury and Nature combined.
The MGM Grand in Las Vegas
Riu Palace in Negril, Jamaica
Monteleone, New Orleans
The Waldorf-Astoria. It’s New York!
I like the Langham in Chicago
Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts
My favorite hotel was this boutique hotel in Bujumbura called Hotel Botanika. It had great charm and excellent food.
I love the Bloomsbury Hotel in London whenever I get back there!
I love Crown Metropol in Perth, Australia! The city is not on many people’s ‘Must See’ list, but I love the city and the hotel has recently gone through some very, very nice renovations. Whenever I’m in Perth, it’s a must stay!
Love Belgraves in London! Would love an upgrade on my next flight there!
St. Regis in Punta Mita, Mexico. Outstanding service and beautiful location.
Space, I’m in!
Longitude 131 in Uluru
Four Seasons Beverly Hills was amazing!
Wouldn’t this be nice! I’m flying to Bangkok at the end of this month and would L-O-V-E to have a systemwide upgrade!!!
I love the Grand Wailea in Maui. Just amazing!
The Hilton in Miami florida would be amazing
the Hilton in Miami Florida would be great
Hanoi Hilton
ended a bit early
My fav hotel is Embassy Suites. It’s super cool cause the hotel is really open inside and free buffet.
My favorite hotel is the San Marco Palace in Venice