2:06 pm Los Angeles, CA (LAX) to Chicago (ORD) United Flight 843 First Class Seats:3A, 3B Duration: 4h 6m Airbus A320 1745 miles traveled We were originally scheduled for the 4pm non-stop back to Dulles, United decided to no longer operate it on Saturdays. So we were changed to a connecting flight back through Denver, the last non-redeye non-stop of the day just missed the minimum connection time for international-domestic at LAX. No big deal, the Denver connection shortened the layover in LA and we were scheduled to get back within minutes of our original schedule. Another schedule change and we wound up on the 2pm Chicago flight, again arriving within minutes of the prior schedule. The Airbus was full, plenty of folks on standby looking to get on the flight. We boarded and the…
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Asiana First Class, Seoul – Los Angeles
4:30 pm Seoul, South Korea (ICN) to Los Angeles, CA (LAX) Asiana Flight 202 First Class Seats 4E, 4F Duration: 11h Boeing 747 5,999 miles traveled The last time I flew Asiana first class, in July 2007, we were escorted onto the plane skipping the planeside security check. This time we were subjected to it, but it was certainly polite. On boarding a flight attendant offered to assist with our bags, and to put them in the closet, but I prefer them in the overhead for easier access during flight. The cabin was full 4/10 including the two of us, and we had had no difficulty securing the two seats together in the cabin. Others have had much greater difficulty, Asiana seems to block much of their assignable seat inventory for some reason (perhaps because…
Back to Incheon and the Asiana First Class Lounge
We asked about late checkout from the W when we checked in – by which I mean 1pm (!) – and was told they would ‘have to see’ because they were quite full. I didn’t push, and didn’t ask again, I just took late checkout and certainly they knew I was doing so as we had reserved a hotel car for 1pm. I suppose it’s possible that the hotel had become a designated conference property listed in advance with SPG for the dates in question, and I didn’t specifically rule out that possibility, but it was sufficiently unlikely that I wasn’t worried about it. We had the same driver for our return to the airport as for our pickup. He never spoke to us on the drive to the hotel, and didn’t speak to us…
Asiana Business Class, Hong Kong to Seoul
1:10 pm Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HKG) to Seoul, South Korea (ICN) Asiana Flight 722 Business Class Boeing 767 1,269 miles traveled The Thai Airways agent brought the three of us across the terminal, dropping her off at immigration and us at the transit desk where another staff member was waiting for us – he already made sure that Asiana had printed our boarding passes, they just needed to enter our luggage information into their system and assured us that our bags would make it onto the aircraft. He then escorted us through transit security. We wanted to make a stop in some of the shops, so we excused him from further service. Then we made our way down towards the gates and lounge. Asiana issues a lounge invite for the Dragonair lounge near gate…
Connecting Flight, Tokyo – Hong Kong in ANA’s Club Asia
We arrived at Narita right on time around 3:25pm. After a quick transit security screening we headed up towards the ANA lounges. We weren’t given a lounge pass at check-in, and were continuing in two-cabin business class on ANA subsidiary Air Japan’s 6:40pm Hong Kong flight. I decided to walk towards the First Class lounge, even though ANA treats their lounges as departure rather than arrivals lounges and thus technically I would only be entitled to use the business class lounge. I approached the woman standing outside the lounge to greet passengers, ostensibly looking for directions, and showed her my first class boarding pass stub from my arriving flight. That was the only thing I showed her, she saw first class on it, and indicated I was in the right place! She escorted my to…
Air Asia $0 Fare Sale (No Fuel Surcharges)
It’s clearly Flyertalk morning, because hat tip to Flyertalk Air Asia is offering a true $0+tax (no fuel surcharges) fare sale. Book by November 16 (which comes earlier over there than it does here in the U.S.) for travel between June 22 and October 24 — so lots of advance planning required — and you can fly just for the taxes. By way of example, here’s an availability chart for flights out of Kuala Lumpur and here’s a chart for flights in and out of Bangkok. Specific flights, with total price, booked by the person starting the Flyertalk thread were: Clark-Kuala Lumpur one-way: $7.08 all-in (airport tax payable at airport) Kuala Lumpur-Tawau (Borneo)-KL RT : $19.22 all-in (airport tax incl.) Kuala Lumpur-Bangkok one-way: $15.31 all-in (airport tax incl.) Bangkok-Jakarta-Bangkok RT: $33.89 all in (BKK airport…
8,000 Cathay Pacific Asiamiles Bonus for US-Hong Kong Roundtrip in October and November
Cathay Pacific is offering a bonus of 8,000 Asiamiles (for most coach booking classes; 10,000 miles for business or first) for flying roundtrip San Francisco, Los Angeles, or New York to and from Hong Kong. Registration required by November 15 for travel between October 1 and November 30, and the bonus can be earned as many times as you can fly roundtrip during the promotion period.
Alaska Airlines to Discontinue Air France Awards to Asia
Flyertalker (and Alaska employee) missydarlin shared the news that Alaska will not book Air France awards to Asia after August 31st. (Air France awards to Europe remain possible, as well as awards to Tahiti since those are booked via Los Angeles.) Combined with this week’s news that Alaska will no longer book British Airways awards to Australia, clearly the changes are being driven by Alaska Airlines rather than their partners, and it’s a cost issue. As with the British Airways news, the change won’t affect a whole lot of people, most Alaska members are on the U.S. West Coast and traveling to Asia or Australia via Europe is truly ‘the long way’ and of interest to only a few folks who really enjoy flying for flying’s sake. But for me they are sad losses.
North America to South Asia via the Atlantic: a Tale of First Class Seats, Suites, Spas, and Terminals
This post contains a bit of background to the trip report that I’m working on, sitting here in the Lufthansa First Class Terminal in Frankfurt. It contains 4 long-haul Lufthansa First Class segments, a Singapore business class short-haul segment, Thai Airways in business and First Class, a lovely suite at the Intercontinental Bali Resort, the Westin Beijing, and much, much more.. plus lots of photos of lounges, food, and activities along the way and a bit about award booking techniques. When thinking about whether this was worth a trip report, it first struck me “I’m not flying Singapore Airlines first class, there’s no Airbus A380 involved, what could be more pedestrian than what I’m about to write up?” But I also thought, perhaps I can offer some specific suggestions of the hows and whys I chose to do certain…
Triple points at Sheratons in Asia, Australia, and South Pacific
Starwood is offering triple points for stays at Sheraton hotels in Asia, Australia, and the South Pacific from December 1 through February 28, 2007. Registration required.Note that this is a Sheraton-specific promo and not Starwood-wide, so stays at other Starwood Preferred Guest brands like Westin and Luxury Collection don’t offer the bonus points.
