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  • Oceana XLR Santa Monica

    I booked one night using a Hilton Free Night Credit. While I would have rather used the FNC at the nearby Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, I was satisfied with the value here. Rooms typically run $800-$1,200/night at this property, which doesn’t seem realistic. Room I was given a room on…

  • Andaz West Hollywood

  • Tommie Hollywood

  • Park Hyatt Kyoto

    Park Hyatt Kyoto

    11.18.23 – 11.20.23 Booking Booked my parents’ two nights via a friend’s Globalist (Gift of Hyatt) account back in April. Set alerts and booked the other room’s two nights in August ’23: 45,000 per night = 180,000 points total for two rooms/two nights, transferred Chase Ultimate Rewards to World of…

  • Park Hyatt Tokyo

    Park Hyatt Tokyo

    11.21.2023 – 11.22.2023 Booking For my family’s last night in Japan, I booked two King rooms for 30,000 Hyatt points per room, transferred from Chase Ultimate Rewards. Prior to checking in, we were notified in the Hyatt app that we were upgraded as (lowly) Explorist members. Impressions I had switched…

  • Japan Airlines 787-9 Business Class (ORD-HND)

    Japan Airlines 787-9 Business Class (ORD-HND)

    11.13.23 Booking Back in Dec ‘22 during a tragically boring work call, I was dreaming of Japan and happened to find 4x Japan Airlines Business (J) ORD-HND round trip for myself and my family. There were rumblings of an Alaska devaluation on the horizon and to hedge against it I…