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A friend I met at a MileValue dinner has launched a funny web series about using miles to fly Business or First Class and then traveling on a shoestring once you arrive.
It speaks to me because I do the same thing; I remember my Emirates First Class chauffeur picking me up at my hostel in Auckland and flying Singapore First Class to Barcelona before my 5 euro bus to the city to couchsurf.
Here’s the 90 second trailer.
Here’s the first episode, flying EVA Business Class to Tokyo and then following the weird characters around; 0:52 to 1:20 kills me.
I haven’t seen the other two episodes: Etihad A380 First Class Apartment and Dubai…
…or Turkish Business and Copenhagen.
Check it out, and let me know what you think in the comments.
This is brilliant. For those of who you don’t know, George is a comedy writer (wrote for Mike & Molly, among other shows) and he’s hilarious. Full disclosure: He’s the one who got me into the hobby (and he pointed me to this website). Awesome dude — can’t wait to watch!
Wow. The guy is great. He’s totally relatable, which is a big plus.
Absolutely love this! The guy is great.
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Glad to hear it. You can subscribe here.
OK for a few episodes but just boring repetition after that. Meh.
A man after my own heart! Too bad he’s 30 years too young for me! I just traveled first-class from Hawaii to India, spent 3 months on very low budget travel, then a first-class back to Hawaii. The best bed of my entire trip was on Korean Air.
Great idea for a blog… contact me if you want to hear some daring exploits from a 60-plus traveler who has been traveling this way for almost 50 years.