First up:
Colorado 2012Flights: LGA-DEN
UA YDEN-EGE
UA YEGE-DEN
UA YDEN-EWR
UA YHotel:Park Hyatt Beaver Creek
Cost:25k UA
4 Hyatt credit card certs
I want to comment about the United Club in DEN:
It's a simple standard UA lounge, but what made me not forget about it till today is the staff. No kidding.
There's one middle-aged, terribly-shaped, scary-looking women working there who made our two lounge stays an unforgettable experience.
We arrived in DEN UA East Club hungry after a 4 hour no meal flight. My wife prepared a few sandwiches to eat, but before even getting the second bite that lady noticed us eating, she came over to us with an unapologetic tone informing us that we can not eat our own food in the lounge.
It didn't help explaining her we're from NY and we still have a few hours till our next flight and we can only eat kosher.
I'm not saying what I did was appropriate, but when she left we started eating again. And guess what, she came back again warning us not to eat.
I noticed her peeking from the sides like a spy making sure we don't eat... for two hours (!) we played cat & mouse...
After two hours she managed to see us eating. She called in a lounge manager for backup.
The manager didn't seem to really care, she just told us with a smile that per the lounge rules we should only eat the in-house food and left.
But that other lady just didn't stop coming back warning and harassing us again and again until we left for boarding!
On the return flight we decided to use the west club instead so we can avoid her. Anyone who's been to DEN knows what a long walk this is. But lo and behold, after a few minutes she showed up! (apparently she 'serves' both lounges).
She immediately noticed her trouble makers. We made eye contact, and boy was that scary.
After trying a few bites I decided it's just not worth the hassle and left my sandwich for our flight home.
The most ridiculous lounge experience I ever had.
Descending into EGE:
EGE Airport after landing:
Park Hyatt Beaver Creek




Chair-lift in back of hotel:
Hot air balloon:There were two balloons flying some are pictures I took of the other balloon and some are from a (company) photographer who was down there and gave (sold) us the pictures when we landed.












Driving on the highway:

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