I just ended a whirlwind round the world trip with my father and brother, which was awesome. Our last long haul flight was in Asiana A380 First Class, a flight I was very much looking forward to. Unfortunately, I encountered some of those pesky first world problems. In Flight Entertainment (IFE)Of the three of us…
Introduction Starting Out and American Airlines’ Flagship Lounge – Chicago Review: Japan Airlines First Class 777-300ER Chicago-Narita Review: Japan Airlines First Class Lounge – Haneda Review: Japan Airlines Business Class 777-200 Haneda to Bangkok Review: Thai Airways Orchid Spa and Royal Orchid Lounge Review: Thai Airways 787-8 Business Class – Bangkok to Denpasar-Bali Review: Grand Hyatt…
Introduction Starting Out and American Airlines’ Flagship Lounge – Chicago Review: Japan Airlines First Class 777-300ER Chicago-Narita Review: Japan Airlines First Class Lounge – Haneda Review: Japan Airlines Business Class 777-200 Haneda to Bangkok Review: Thai Airways Orchid Spa and Royal Orchid Lounge Review: Thai Airways 787-8 Business Class – Bangkok to Denpasar-Bali Review: Grand Hyatt…
I just returned from a pretty awesome trip to Australia with my wife. I’ll be putting together a trip report, but if you don’t want to wait, you can see some highlights by searching #OzAnniversary on Twitter. To make the trip even more epic (since it was our anniversary after all), we decided to take the…
Source: EmiratesEmirates is now flying 2 A380’s in United for Wildlife liveries. United for Wildlife focuses on stopping illegal wildlife trade. In the airlines press statement, they state that the goal of flying these liveries is: The beautiful livery, featuring some of the planet’s wildlife threatened by poaching and the illegal wildlife trade, aims to…
Courtesy of Business Traveller, Singapore Airlines has unveiled a very cool and colorful looking livery (on not one, but two A380s!), meant to celebrate Singapore’s “Golden Jubilee” (which, if like me, you didn’t know off hand, celebrates the country’s 50th anniversary).It’s not a surprise when you think of how tied Singapore Airlines is to its home…
From the outset, I want to be clear: I was quite giddy about this flight. I got even more excited when I boarded. And the flight was great compared to most every other flight I’ve taken – but. There is always a but. As my wife or my friend Saianel would say: I can be a…
This is a continuation of my round the world trip in August/September 2014. You can read the other sections of this trip report as follows: Flying the Emirates A380 in First, The Grand Hyatt Dubai, The Grand Hyatt Singapore, Flying the Emirates A380 in First for a second time, The JW Khao Lak, Flying SilkAir…
This is a continuation of my round the world trip in August/September 2014. The other components in this non-traditional trip include Flying Emirates A380 in First, Saturday Special: Grand Hyatt, Dubai, Saturday Special: Grand Hyatt Singapore. Before the flightAround midnight we decided it was time to leave the Grand Hyatt Dubai, to head to the…