Sorry about that. I got interrupted before posting the intro.
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Index to this trip report
- Intro
- Low cost airline
- Auckland to Cairns on Pacific Blue in economy, inaugural flight
- Transit in Cairns
- Cairns to Auckland on Pacific Blue in economy
- Auckland to Sydney on Air New Zealand in business
- Auckland to Sydney business menu
- Transit in Sydney
- Sydney to Bangkok on Thai Airways in first
- Sydney to Bangkok first menu
- Transit in Bangkok
- Bangkok to Istanbul on Turkish Airlines in first, solo
- Bangkok to Istanbul first menu
- Transit in Istanbul
- Istanbul to Bucharest on Turkish Airlines in business
- Istanbul to Bucharest business menu
- Transit in Bucharest
- Bucharest to Frankfurt on Lufthansa in business
- Frankfurt first class lounge menu
- Transit in Frankfurt
- Frankfurt to Bangkok on Lufthansa in first
- Frankfurt to Bangkok first menu
- Transit in Bangkok
- Bangkok first class lounge menu
- Bangkok to Sydney on Thai in first, solo
- Bangkok to Sydney first menu
- Transit in Sydney
- Sydney to Auckland on Air NZ in business
- Sydney to Auckland business menu
Latest summary
As at post #80
- map
- 27,968 flown miles
- 10 flights
of which- F 4 flights 19,592 flown miles
- C 4 flights 3,878 flown miles
- Y 2 flights 4,498 flown miles
- 6 a/c types
- 737-300
- 737-800
- 747-400
- 767-300
- 777-300ER
- A340-600
- 5 airlines
- Air New Zealand
- Pacific Blue
- Lufthansa
- Thai Airways
- Turkish Airlines
- 6 countries
- Australia
- Germany
- New Zealand
- Romania
- Thailand
- Turkey
- 7 airports
- AKL Auckland, NZ
- BKK Bangkok, Thailand
- CNS Cairns, Australia
- FRA Frankfurt, Germany
- IST Istanbul, Turkey
- OTP Bucharest, Romania
- SYD Sydney, Australia
- personal firsts and other trivia
- 14th inaugural flight
- only passenger in longhaul first class, twice
- BKK is very close to the midpoint on the great circle route between SYD and IST
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INTRO
Late March and into April is a time of year when I typically travel a lot, albeit in short bursts due to scheduling issues. I love travelling when the seasons change. Less crowds. Lower fares. Less weather extremes to deal with. Really, a most pleasant time to travel.
I've known for some time that my schedule this year would be different, very different. Due to some new constraints I could not take my usual trips but since I start going nuts if I'm on the ground in one place for too long I knew I had to have some good travel.
The result will be the oddest fortnight of travel I've had, with some really big contrasts. From low cost airline flights to fantastic first class suites. From booked well in advance to (almost) last minute travel. Some luxurious airport lounges to airports with no lounge and a very dodgy public shower. Some comfortable long connections and other mad dashes to make the onward flight.
But, this is all to come. First up - what was I thinking with such insanity?
I have refilled my glass, so the creative juices are flowing once more. Sit back and relax while I do the next instalment.