Happy New Year! 2017 Review

Happy New Year!

2017 was another busy year with over 190,000 miles of flying and visiting 12 countries. Below is an overview of my 2017 travel…

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 Hotel Stays (24, 6 more than 2016):

Andaz Wall Street – New York, New York

Cebu City Marriott Hotel – Cebu, Philippines

Copenhagen Marriott Hotel – Copenhagen, Denmark

Crimson Resort and Spa Mactan – Cebu, Philippines

Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center – Nashville, Tennesee

Grand Hyatt Melbourne – Melbourne, Australia

Hotel Skeppsholmen – Stockholm, Sweden

Hyatt Place Chicago/Midway Airport – Chicago, Illinois

Hyatt Regency Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan

Keraton at The Plaza – Jakarta, Indonesia

Le Meridien – Jakarta, Indonesia

London Marriott Hotel Park Lane – London, United Kingdom

Manohara Resort – Borobudur, Indonesia

Park Hyatt New York – New York, New York

Park Hyatt Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan

Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel – Copenhagen, Denmark

Sheraton on the Park – Sydney, Australia

Takaragawa Osenkaku Ryokan – Gunma, Japan

The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho – Tokyo, Japan

The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort – Vommuli, Maldives

The St. Regis Osaka – Osaka, Japan

Vista Beach Retreat – Hulhumale, Maldives

W Bali – Seminyak, Indonesia

W Hong Kong – Kowloon, Hong Kong

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Countries Visited (12, 4 more than 2016):

Australia

Denmark

Hungary

Iceland

Indonesia

Japan

Hong Kong

Maldives

Philippines

Sweden

Thailand

United Kingdom

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Sports Cars Rented (0):

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Airlines Flown (23, 5 more than 2016):

Air Berlin

Alaska Airlines

American Airlines

ANA

British Airways

Cathay Pacific

Emirates

Etihad

Garuda Indonesia

Hawaiian Airlines

Icelandair

Japan Airlines

JetBlue

JetSmarter

Qantas

SAS

Singapore Airlines

Surf Air

Trans Maldivian Airways

Virgin America

Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Australia

XOJET

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New Credit Cards (5 and 270,000 points/miles in signup bonuses):

Bank of America Alaska Airlines Visa Card (30,000 Alaska miles signup bonus)

Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Business Mastercard (40,000 American Airlines miles signup bonus)

Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Red World Mastercard (40,000 American Airlines miles signup bonus)

CitiBusiness / AAdvantage Platinum Select World Mastercard (60,000 American Airlines miles signup bonus)

Chase IHG Rewards Club Select Credit Card Card (100,000 IHG points signup bonus)

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Elite Status Earned (2):

AA (American Airlines) Executive Platinum – 115,021 Elite Qualifying Miles

SPG (Starwood Preferred Guest) Platinum – 82 Nights

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I look forward to new adventures in 2018! Do you have any exciting trips already planned?