I will fly from St. Louis to Bridgetown, Barbados via Miami on American Airlines on April 16. I will stay the night in the Hilton Resort Barbados. The Seabourn cruise begins on April 17. The flight to Miami is Economy Class and the flight to Barbados is Business.
I booked the Hilton using my Chase Sapphire points through the Chase system. The one night cost me 29,219 points. Going to the Hilton web site, the same room would have cost me 98,000 points. Hilton is not one of Chase's "travel partner", meaning that I cannot transfer points from my Chase account to my Hilton account. BUT, I can book Hilton rooms through the Chase travel system and my points go three times further!!!
Once I arrive in Lisbon on May 3, Maxine has booked a room for me at the Hotel Avenida Palace which, according to on-line, is "located in the center of Lisbon close to Bairro Alto and the Chiado, is a 5 star Hotel which combines luxury and charm and is regarded as part of the city’s historic heritage."
The Portugal river cruise begins on May 5, so I will stay at the hotel for two nights. Maxine is flying in early and is staying at the same hotel. Maxine has arranged with the hotel to have a driver meet me at 9:00 am, upon my disembarkation to drive me to the hotel. Per the hotel "This service will be made in a private car, with a professional driver. The driver will be waiting for your guest, holding a plate with your guest is name on it."
At the conclusion of the river cruise in Porto on May 14, I will take a quick (one hour) mid-morning flight from Porto back to Lisbon before catching a flight back to StL via Newark, arriving around 6:00pm. The flight to Newark is Business Class and the flight to St. Louis is Economy.
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