The future is looking very bright; it has been quite the past twelve months with every aspect of our life changing – I don’t think anyone would have ever expected or predicted the events that unfolded in March of last year. Almost a year later, various aspects regarding travel are looking radiant – demand has risen and countries are starting to welcome tourists again –… Read More
It certainly has been a few interesting days with the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer call centre. I posted about how Singapore Airlines illegally cancelled my ticket because they claimed they cannot book Airbus aircraft on Alaska Airlines flights (essentially old Virgin America aircraft). How they determined this ridiculous rule is beyond me, but the fact that they actively found out that my ticket was issued and later… Read More
Singapore Airlines may have an incredible First and Business Class product with fantastic ground staff and flight attendants. However, when it comes to their call centre for general reservations and their mileage programme, KrisFlyer, the same can’t be said. Seriously, I’m not joking – even United agents are more competent than KrisFlyer agents. The problem with SQ phone agents is that they consistently: quote the wrong amount… Read More
SWISS currently operates a flight from Zurich to Muscat via Dubai. The flight lands in Dubai and continues to Muscat about an hour later and the awesome aspect of this flight is that SWISS has rights to transport passengers from Dubai to Muscat or Muscat to Dubai only – passengers do not need to fly to/from Zurich. SWISS’ daily flight to Dubai/Muscat is operated with… Read More
11k METRES ABOVE – Hello from the sky. I honestly do not even know where to begin.. Oh, United… I’m presently somewhere over the Atlantic on my way from San Francisco to Frankfurt on a United Airlines Boeing 747-400 in United Polaris First Class (Global First). I was really looking forward to the flight, I’ve read United did get better in the premium cabins since… Read More
Avianca’s LifeMiles frequent flyer programme has mostly great redemption rates and doesn’t charge fuel surcharges for any Star Alliance airline, making it one of the few Star Alliance frequent flyer programmes that do not charge fuel surcharges. While LifeMiles are great since the redemption rates are generally good, their website has known to be awful. And it has gotten even worse than it was. The LifeMiles website… Read More
As mentioned millions of times before, Lufthansa First Class is my favourite way to fly. There’s just no other airline that offers such a consistent experience in First Class – both on the ground and in the air. Lufthansa First Class is usually expensive as it costs a number of miles and also most often you’ll pay fuel surcharges (if not, you’ll pay a lot… Read More
The Trip of AA Lifetime (Asia, Australia, Middle East) – Introduction I was scheduled to be in Hong Kong three days and two nights and I decided to split my nights between two IHG hotels – the first one being the InterContinental Hong Kong. The nightly rate on my day was upwards of $400 USD and therefore I decided to redeem my Chase IHG Credit Card Anniversary… Read More
Delta’s global expansion in Seattle has been huge – we’ve seen the airline add many domestic and international flights out of the city within the past few years. Seattle is Delta’s Global Hub. With over 130 departures daily, Delta currently operates flights out of concourses A, B, and S at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the media preview event at… Read More
The Trip of AA Lifetime (Asia, Australia, Middle East) – Introduction Cathay Pacific 288 Frankfurt (FRA) – Hong Kong (HKG) Boeing 777-300 16 July 2016 Cathay Pacific First Class B777 is one of the world’s best First Class products, and I was just so excited to finally be able to try it on a long route. Cathay Pacific also features First Class on some of… Read More
