Image courtesy of http://www.seychelles.travel Introduction I had wanted to book Machu Pichu around Thanksgiving this year, but it turns out November isn’t a great time to go (start of rainy season.) I’ll plan that for April 2017 or so. So I wasn’t sure where to go for Thanksgiving. I considered going back to Bora Bora, but […]
TL;DR – Slept the entire time; barely remember the flight Introduction The only reason why we took this flight was to try out the First Apartments from Sydney to Abu Dhabi. Well, I had to get to Tokyo, and so why not take the First class flight there? This flight only cost me 45K AA […]
TL;DR – Just like all the A380 reviews minus the shower Introduction We took this flight while returning from our South Africa trip in summer of 2015. The entire leg CPT-DXB-SFO-SEA cost me 100K Alaska miles. This review is for the CPT-DXB leg. Also, I’m all about perspective. If this was my first and only First […]
TL;DR – The shower experience IS worth the hype! Introduction We flew the Emirates A380 from Dubai to San Francisco while returning from our South Africa trip in summer of 2015. The entire leg CPT-DXB-SFO-SEA cost me 100K Alaska miles. This review is for the DXB-SFO leg. The CPT-DXB leg is coming later. Also, I’m all […]
TL;DR – Wasn’t a fan of the ‘rushed’ service, but 3 vintages of Dom/Krug makes up for it Introduction We flew Singapore Airlines A380 Suites class from Tokyo to Los Angeles back in December 2015. We had run into the Star Wars cast on the plane, so that was definitely the highlight of the flight. […]