Across the Globe in 5 Continents Again
Oct 21, 2006, 9:54 am
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Osaka Kansai to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (KIX-BKK) Raffles (Business) Class on SQ 777
The lounge has a reasonable selection of food - dumplings, noodles, soup, sandwiches, biscuits and fruit. The drinks selection is small - sodas, water, apple and orange juice, 1 red wine, 1 white wine, beer, couple of spirits (eg JW Black), tea and coffee.
There are 3 computers plus a smoking room. Newspapers, magazine and a tv. However no shower. So I check if any of the other lounges have a shower - nope. The only shower is in the main terminal and a pay one. Ahh, I've left it a bit late to check this out and won't have enough time to take the train back, clear security, have a shower and take the train back all before boarding closes.
So instead I head to the gate, where I find boarding has started early despite the low load. I board and freshen up as best I can in the bathroom onboard while boarding continues.
I get a spare seat beside me so do my usual trick of using the screens of both seats to see and hear 2 things at once. Unlike the flight up, this time I get the non-avod version of IFE. Yes the SQ 2-class 777-200 (not to be confused with spacebed equipped 2-class 777-200ER) has some aircraft with avod and some without.
As usual for SQ flights in business ex-Japan I have the Hanagoyomi. This month's offering is particularly yummy and I think would be tasty even to those not used to Japanese food.
After the meal I doze the rest of the flight. On approach into Bangkok we dodge the thunderstorms but without much detour or delay.
We have a long taxi to our gate and then a 15 minute wait while they try to get the airbridge hooked up. In the end only door 1L is hooked up despite the airbridge being dual.
The lounge has a reasonable selection of food - dumplings, noodles, soup, sandwiches, biscuits and fruit. The drinks selection is small - sodas, water, apple and orange juice, 1 red wine, 1 white wine, beer, couple of spirits (eg JW Black), tea and coffee.
There are 3 computers plus a smoking room. Newspapers, magazine and a tv. However no shower. So I check if any of the other lounges have a shower - nope. The only shower is in the main terminal and a pay one. Ahh, I've left it a bit late to check this out and won't have enough time to take the train back, clear security, have a shower and take the train back all before boarding closes.
So instead I head to the gate, where I find boarding has started early despite the low load. I board and freshen up as best I can in the bathroom onboard while boarding continues.
I get a spare seat beside me so do my usual trick of using the screens of both seats to see and hear 2 things at once. Unlike the flight up, this time I get the non-avod version of IFE. Yes the SQ 2-class 777-200 (not to be confused with spacebed equipped 2-class 777-200ER) has some aircraft with avod and some without.
As usual for SQ flights in business ex-Japan I have the Hanagoyomi. This month's offering is particularly yummy and I think would be tasty even to those not used to Japanese food.
After the meal I doze the rest of the flight. On approach into Bangkok we dodge the thunderstorms but without much detour or delay.
We have a long taxi to our gate and then a 15 minute wait while they try to get the airbridge hooked up. In the end only door 1L is hooked up despite the airbridge being dual.
Last edited by Kiwi Flyer; Oct 21, 2006 at 10:00 am
Oct 21, 2006, 9:57 am
#137
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BKK-SIN Raffles Menu
DINNER MENU
A Savoury Note
Thai style smoked chicken and potato salad
The Main Event
Pan fried chicken breast with tagliatelle in mushroom cream sauce
Grilled halibut served with creamy thyme sauce, buttered vegetables and new potato
Stir fried beef fillet with ginger and spring onion, selected vegetables and steamed rice
A Sweet Note
Fresh fruit selection
A Connoisseur`s Choice
Gourmet coffee
Selection of tea
BEVERAGES MENU
Special cocktail
Golden Spice
Cocktails
Singapore Sling
Silver Kris Sling
Gin Fizz
Cloud Nine
Screwdriver
Bloody Mary
Daiquiri
Red or White Wine Cooler
Aperitifs
Campari
Dry Vermouth
Non-alcoholic cocktails
Citrus Royale
Tropical Sparkle
Orange Cooler
Fruit Spritzer
Sunrise Surprise
Spirits
Cognac XO Otard
Chivas Regal Scotch Whisky
Johnnie Walker Black Label
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
Gordon's Dry Gin
Smirnoff Red Label Vodka
Bacardi Carta Blanca
Premium Ginjo Sake Tamanohikari
Liqueurs
Cointreau
Tia Maria
Baileys Original Irish Cream
Beer
International Selection
Stout
Guinness Stout
Champagne
Piper Heidsieck 1999
White Wines
Rheingau Riesling Kabinett 2004 Weinhas Ress
Montagny 1er Cru 2004
Red Wines
Chateau Cissac 1998 Cru Bourgeois Haut Medoc
Serrata Belguardo 2003 Igt Maremma Toscana
Port
Dow 2001 Late Bottled Vintage Port
Tea selection
Pure Ceylon Tea
Earl Grey
Darjeeling
Camomile
Decaffeinated Tea
Japanese Green Tea
Oolong
Gourmet Coffees
Brazil Santos Bourbon
Colombian Supremo
Kenyan AA Kilimanjaro
Specialty Coffees
Brewed Coffee
Cafe Royal
Espresso
Cappuccino
Decaffeinated Coffee
Mocha
Other Beverages
Chocolate
Milo
Mineral Water
Carbonated mineral water
Non-carbonated mineral water
Fruit Juices
Apple
Orange
Pineapple
Tomato
Soft Drinks
A range of regular or low-calorie drinks is available
Cold Japanese Oolong Tea
Iced Drinks
Iced Tea
Iced Coffee
Iced Mocha
Iced Chocolate
Iced Milo
DINNER MENU
A Savoury Note
Thai style smoked chicken and potato salad
The Main Event
Pan fried chicken breast with tagliatelle in mushroom cream sauce
Grilled halibut served with creamy thyme sauce, buttered vegetables and new potato
Stir fried beef fillet with ginger and spring onion, selected vegetables and steamed rice
A Sweet Note
Fresh fruit selection
A Connoisseur`s Choice
Gourmet coffee
Selection of tea
BEVERAGES MENU
Special cocktail
Golden Spice
Cocktails
Singapore Sling
Silver Kris Sling
Gin Fizz
Cloud Nine
Screwdriver
Bloody Mary
Daiquiri
Red or White Wine Cooler
Aperitifs
Campari
Dry Vermouth
Non-alcoholic cocktails
Citrus Royale
Tropical Sparkle
Orange Cooler
Fruit Spritzer
Sunrise Surprise
Spirits
Cognac XO Otard
Chivas Regal Scotch Whisky
Johnnie Walker Black Label
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
Gordon's Dry Gin
Smirnoff Red Label Vodka
Bacardi Carta Blanca
Premium Ginjo Sake Tamanohikari
Liqueurs
Cointreau
Tia Maria
Baileys Original Irish Cream
Beer
International Selection
Stout
Guinness Stout
Champagne
Piper Heidsieck 1999
White Wines
Rheingau Riesling Kabinett 2004 Weinhas Ress
Montagny 1er Cru 2004
Red Wines
Chateau Cissac 1998 Cru Bourgeois Haut Medoc
Serrata Belguardo 2003 Igt Maremma Toscana
Port
Dow 2001 Late Bottled Vintage Port
Tea selection
Pure Ceylon Tea
Earl Grey
Darjeeling
Camomile
Decaffeinated Tea
Japanese Green Tea
Oolong
Gourmet Coffees
Brazil Santos Bourbon
Colombian Supremo
Kenyan AA Kilimanjaro
Specialty Coffees
Brewed Coffee
Cafe Royal
Espresso
Cappuccino
Decaffeinated Coffee
Mocha
Other Beverages
Chocolate
Milo
Mineral Water
Carbonated mineral water
Non-carbonated mineral water
Fruit Juices
Apple
Orange
Pineapple
Tomato
Soft Drinks
A range of regular or low-calorie drinks is available
Cold Japanese Oolong Tea
Iced Drinks
Iced Tea
Iced Coffee
Iced Mocha
Iced Chocolate
Iced Milo
Oct 22, 2006, 4:08 am
#138
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Bangkok Suvarnabhumi to Singapore (BKK-SIN) Raffles (Business) Class on SQ 777
When I made the booking months ago the date of the move from Don Muang to Suvarnabhumi was in doubt. Given the anticipated teething troubles, I only hoped that I wasn't flying one of the first few days to the new airport. As it happened the new airport opened late September - even a coup a week earlier did not stop the changeover. So I was glad that I would be travelling a few weeks after the change. Soon enough to get an early experience, but late enough that hopefully a lot of the bugs would be sorted out.
As I mentioned previously, the airbridge docking was not particularly quick. Once deplaned it was an easy short walk to transfers, although we were lucky in getting one of the closest gates - others would be quite a hike. The signage was confusing with transfer desks both to the left (a long way left) and right of the gate, but each accessing different concourses - and no signage to show which airlines/flights were applicable to each transfer desk. This is a step backwards from Don Muang.
The transfer itself is painless. If you have your onward boarding pass (as I did) then just head up the escalator and proceed to the gate, or the lounge, as applicable.
The terminal is much more airy than the old airport, and is reminiscent of Munich airport.
The D concourse TG lounge is before any further security check, left for business and right for first class. It is a big lounge, but long and skinny in shape. At the far end is an exit up one level (to the shops) - I'm not sure how to get from there to the D concourse (didn't look obvious from within the lounge) so I exited the same way I came in. There are areas for children, smoking, computers, lounging, tvs. There is a selection of newspapers and magazines, some food and drink. No showers - another retrograde step in my view.
I have enough time to check some email before heading to the nearby gate (maybe 5 metres away) 30 minutes prior to departure which I figure is plenty of time. Bzzzt wrong answer. Just outside the lounge entrance is a security check which is processing extremely slowly the dozen or so people in front of me. It takes about 15 minutes for me to clear security, by which time I am envisaging the gate closing and being the last SQ flight to Singapore for the day, being stuck overnight here. Fortunately I get through just before the gate closes, but almost the last passenger to board.
We push back a little late, and then have a very slow but short taxi to the runway. Maybe I am befuddled from lack of sleep, but it seemed to me that the takeoff and landing runways intersected at right angles thus slowing the rate of takeoffs or landings possible.
I try to catch up on some more sleep in the flight which is thus uneventful. We land in the early tropical darkness of Singapore, and I again head to the lounge.
First port of call is the check in desk where I check in for the next 2 flights, but am only able to collect 1 boarding pass. Yes, some SQ destinations seem to have a rule about not issuing boarding passes remotely - I experienced the same thing recently at Fukuoka.
Then I meet up with pps04 and have a nice chat while drinking some more Doms.
When I made the booking months ago the date of the move from Don Muang to Suvarnabhumi was in doubt. Given the anticipated teething troubles, I only hoped that I wasn't flying one of the first few days to the new airport. As it happened the new airport opened late September - even a coup a week earlier did not stop the changeover. So I was glad that I would be travelling a few weeks after the change. Soon enough to get an early experience, but late enough that hopefully a lot of the bugs would be sorted out.
As I mentioned previously, the airbridge docking was not particularly quick. Once deplaned it was an easy short walk to transfers, although we were lucky in getting one of the closest gates - others would be quite a hike. The signage was confusing with transfer desks both to the left (a long way left) and right of the gate, but each accessing different concourses - and no signage to show which airlines/flights were applicable to each transfer desk. This is a step backwards from Don Muang.
The transfer itself is painless. If you have your onward boarding pass (as I did) then just head up the escalator and proceed to the gate, or the lounge, as applicable.
The terminal is much more airy than the old airport, and is reminiscent of Munich airport.
The D concourse TG lounge is before any further security check, left for business and right for first class. It is a big lounge, but long and skinny in shape. At the far end is an exit up one level (to the shops) - I'm not sure how to get from there to the D concourse (didn't look obvious from within the lounge) so I exited the same way I came in. There are areas for children, smoking, computers, lounging, tvs. There is a selection of newspapers and magazines, some food and drink. No showers - another retrograde step in my view.
I have enough time to check some email before heading to the nearby gate (maybe 5 metres away) 30 minutes prior to departure which I figure is plenty of time. Bzzzt wrong answer. Just outside the lounge entrance is a security check which is processing extremely slowly the dozen or so people in front of me. It takes about 15 minutes for me to clear security, by which time I am envisaging the gate closing and being the last SQ flight to Singapore for the day, being stuck overnight here. Fortunately I get through just before the gate closes, but almost the last passenger to board.
We push back a little late, and then have a very slow but short taxi to the runway. Maybe I am befuddled from lack of sleep, but it seemed to me that the takeoff and landing runways intersected at right angles thus slowing the rate of takeoffs or landings possible.
I try to catch up on some more sleep in the flight which is thus uneventful. We land in the early tropical darkness of Singapore, and I again head to the lounge.
First port of call is the check in desk where I check in for the next 2 flights, but am only able to collect 1 boarding pass. Yes, some SQ destinations seem to have a rule about not issuing boarding passes remotely - I experienced the same thing recently at Fukuoka.
Then I meet up with pps04 and have a nice chat while drinking some more Doms.
Oct 22, 2006, 4:35 am
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Singapore to Nagoya (SIN-NGO) Raffles (Business) Class on SQ 777
After pps04 left I grabbed a shower, and also grabbed a couple of boiled sweets - yes they are back tonight. Eventually it is time to head to the gate - this time at the end of E pier, gate E8.
Boarding has started by the time I clear gate security and so straight onboard. I had noticed previously that this flight was full in both economy and business, but not in first. So I had some slight hopes of an op-up, but it was not to be. SQ yield management once again won out - totally full except in first which was almost empty.
I must admit I am puzzled by the fact Nagoya has a daily 3 class flight, whilst Osaka has 17 weekly 2 class flights.
This is another redeye so I again try to sleep as much as possible. Flight is very much the same as the previous night, except that in the past 24 hours it seems extensive cloud cover has arrived over southern Japan, so not as much view. The other difference was that breakfast was only started 1 hour 40 minutes prior to arrival - a much more reasonable time.
Just before arrival a video showing the new product on the 777-300ER is shown. These are posted on the SQ forum.
On arrival at Nagoya I am met on the airbridge with an agent who gives me my onward boarding pass thus saving the hassle of going through immigration twice (albeit there doesnt seem to be queues at this hour).
The apron has as many aircraft parked at remote stands as there are parked at gates - seems to be a very busy time of day for this small airport.
After pps04 left I grabbed a shower, and also grabbed a couple of boiled sweets - yes they are back tonight. Eventually it is time to head to the gate - this time at the end of E pier, gate E8.
Boarding has started by the time I clear gate security and so straight onboard. I had noticed previously that this flight was full in both economy and business, but not in first. So I had some slight hopes of an op-up, but it was not to be. SQ yield management once again won out - totally full except in first which was almost empty.
I must admit I am puzzled by the fact Nagoya has a daily 3 class flight, whilst Osaka has 17 weekly 2 class flights.
This is another redeye so I again try to sleep as much as possible. Flight is very much the same as the previous night, except that in the past 24 hours it seems extensive cloud cover has arrived over southern Japan, so not as much view. The other difference was that breakfast was only started 1 hour 40 minutes prior to arrival - a much more reasonable time.
Just before arrival a video showing the new product on the 777-300ER is shown. These are posted on the SQ forum.
On arrival at Nagoya I am met on the airbridge with an agent who gives me my onward boarding pass thus saving the hassle of going through immigration twice (albeit there doesnt seem to be queues at this hour).
The apron has as many aircraft parked at remote stands as there are parked at gates - seems to be a very busy time of day for this small airport.
Last edited by Kiwi Flyer; Oct 22, 2006 at 4:45 am
Oct 22, 2006, 4:37 am
#140
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SIN-NGO Raffles Menu
MENU
To allow you a longer period of undisturbed rest, please let us know your preference for the following meal service options:
- To be served your meal soon after take-off
OR
- To be served your meal about 2 hours before arrival
To Start With
A choice of apple, tomato, freshly squeezed orange juice or soya bean milk
The Main Event
Chicken basil mayonnaise in croissant served with potato chips
Dim sum
Steamed rice sheet cake with char siew, pork siew mai and prawn har kow
American Breakfast
Fruit yoghurt
Spinach omelette with chicken sausage, roasted roma tomato, hash brown potatoes
Bread selection with preserves
Continental Breakfast
Assorted bread with preserves
Your meal will be served with a selection of sliced fresh fruits
A Connoisseur's Choice
Gourmet coffee
Selection of tea
HANAGOYOMI MENU
"Finding the change of the four seasons in a flower and translating it into cuisine."
An array of nine appetisers and entrees together with miso soup, served in Japanese style.
Sakizuke
Spinach with chyrsanthemum flower and matsutake mushroom salad, hijiki seaweed salad
Aemono
Jelly fish and mountain vegetables in sesame dressing, salmon roe
Yakimono
Grilled miso soya flavoured salmon trout, pickled turnip
Takiawase
[i]Scallop with beancurd skin dumpling, spinach sauce[i]
Kuchitori
Omelette, cod roes, prawn, kelp
Owan
Miso soup
Gohan
Mushroom flavoured steamed rice
Steamed rice with white bait
Kounomono
Assorted pickles
Mizumono
Assorted fresh fruit
Ocha
Green tea
BEVERAGES MENU
Special cocktail
Golden Spice
Cocktails
Singapore Sling
Silver Kris Sling
Gin Fizz
Cloud Nine
Screwdriver
Bloody Mary
Daiquiri
Red or White Wine Cooler
Aperitifs
Campari
Dry Vermouth
Non-alcoholic cocktails
Citrus Royale
Tropical Sparkle
Orange Cooler
Fruit Spritzer
Sunrise Surprise
Spirits
Cognac XO Otard
Chivas Regal Scotch Whisky
Johnnie Walker Black Label
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
Gordon's Dry Gin
Smirnoff Red Label Vodka
Bacardi Carta Blanca
Premium Ginjo Sake Tamanohikari
Liqueurs
Cointreau
Tia Maria
Baileys Original Irish Cream
Beer
International Selection
Stout
Guinness Stout
Champagne
Piper Heidsieck 1999
White Wines
Rheingau Riesling Kabinett 2004 Weinhas Ress
Montagny 1er Cru 2004
Red Wines
Chateau Cissac 1998 Cru Bourgeois Haut Medoc
Serrata Belguardo 2003 Igt Maremma Toscana
Port
Dow 2001 Late Bottled Vintage Port
Tea selection
Pure Ceylon Tea
Earl Grey
Darjeeling
Camomile
Decaffeinated Tea
Japanese Green Tea
Oolong
Gourmet Coffees
Brazil Santos Bourbon
Colombian Supremo
Kenyan AA Kilimanjaro
Specialty Coffees
Brewed Coffee
Cafe Royal
Espresso
Cappuccino
Decaffeinated Coffee
Mocha
Other Beverages
Chocolate
Milo
Mineral Water
Carbonated mineral water
Non-carbonated mineral water
Fruit Juices
Apple
Orange
Pineapple
Tomato
Soft Drinks
A range of regular or low-calorie drinks is available
Cold Japanese Oolong Tea
Iced Drinks
Iced Tea
Iced Coffee
Iced Mocha
Iced Chocolate
Iced Milo
MENU
To allow you a longer period of undisturbed rest, please let us know your preference for the following meal service options:
- To be served your meal soon after take-off
OR
- To be served your meal about 2 hours before arrival
To Start With
A choice of apple, tomato, freshly squeezed orange juice or soya bean milk
The Main Event
Chicken basil mayonnaise in croissant served with potato chips
Dim sum
Steamed rice sheet cake with char siew, pork siew mai and prawn har kow
American Breakfast
Fruit yoghurt
Spinach omelette with chicken sausage, roasted roma tomato, hash brown potatoes
Bread selection with preserves
Continental Breakfast
Assorted bread with preserves
Your meal will be served with a selection of sliced fresh fruits
A Connoisseur's Choice
Gourmet coffee
Selection of tea
HANAGOYOMI MENU
"Finding the change of the four seasons in a flower and translating it into cuisine."
An array of nine appetisers and entrees together with miso soup, served in Japanese style.
Sakizuke
Spinach with chyrsanthemum flower and matsutake mushroom salad, hijiki seaweed salad
Aemono
Jelly fish and mountain vegetables in sesame dressing, salmon roe
Yakimono
Grilled miso soya flavoured salmon trout, pickled turnip
Takiawase
[i]Scallop with beancurd skin dumpling, spinach sauce[i]
Kuchitori
Omelette, cod roes, prawn, kelp
Owan
Miso soup
Gohan
Mushroom flavoured steamed rice
Steamed rice with white bait
Kounomono
Assorted pickles
Mizumono
Assorted fresh fruit
Ocha
Green tea
BEVERAGES MENU
Special cocktail
Golden Spice
Cocktails
Singapore Sling
Silver Kris Sling
Gin Fizz
Cloud Nine
Screwdriver
Bloody Mary
Daiquiri
Red or White Wine Cooler
Aperitifs
Campari
Dry Vermouth
Non-alcoholic cocktails
Citrus Royale
Tropical Sparkle
Orange Cooler
Fruit Spritzer
Sunrise Surprise
Spirits
Cognac XO Otard
Chivas Regal Scotch Whisky
Johnnie Walker Black Label
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
Gordon's Dry Gin
Smirnoff Red Label Vodka
Bacardi Carta Blanca
Premium Ginjo Sake Tamanohikari
Liqueurs
Cointreau
Tia Maria
Baileys Original Irish Cream
Beer
International Selection
Stout
Guinness Stout
Champagne
Piper Heidsieck 1999
White Wines
Rheingau Riesling Kabinett 2004 Weinhas Ress
Montagny 1er Cru 2004
Red Wines
Chateau Cissac 1998 Cru Bourgeois Haut Medoc
Serrata Belguardo 2003 Igt Maremma Toscana
Port
Dow 2001 Late Bottled Vintage Port
Tea selection
Pure Ceylon Tea
Earl Grey
Darjeeling
Camomile
Decaffeinated Tea
Japanese Green Tea
Oolong
Gourmet Coffees
Brazil Santos Bourbon
Colombian Supremo
Kenyan AA Kilimanjaro
Specialty Coffees
Brewed Coffee
Cafe Royal
Espresso
Cappuccino
Decaffeinated Coffee
Mocha
Other Beverages
Chocolate
Milo
Mineral Water
Carbonated mineral water
Non-carbonated mineral water
Fruit Juices
Apple
Orange
Pineapple
Tomato
Soft Drinks
A range of regular or low-calorie drinks is available
Cold Japanese Oolong Tea
Iced Drinks
Iced Tea
Iced Coffee
Iced Mocha
Iced Chocolate
Iced Milo
Oct 22, 2006, 4:43 am
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NGO-SIN Raffles Menu
LUNCH MENU
To Nibble On
Satay
With onion, cucumber and spicy peanut sauce
A Savoury Note
Anti pasto
Italian style assorted appetiser of marinated prawns, proscuito ham, grilled zucchini and mozzarella with tomato
The Main Event
Pan roasted wild king salmon, potato, bacon and watercress, shaved apple and fennel salad
Stir fried beef fillet with ginger and spring onion served with braised beancurd and vegetables, steamed rice
Spaghetti pasta with assorted mushroom bolognese, shaved parmesan cheese
A Sweet Note
Brown sugar vanilla ice cream with muscat grapes and yuzu
The Cheese Board
Gourmet cheese with garnishes
Fruit
A selection of fresh fruit
A Connoisseur`s Choice
Gourmet coffee
Selection of tea
and pralines
HANAGOYOMI MENU
"Finding the change of the four seasons in a flower and translating it into cuisine."
An array of nine appetisers and entrees together with miso soup, served in Japanese style.
Ha-Sun
Chicken with chestnut, eel with burdock, cod roe, shiitake mushrooms, gingko nut
Kuchitori
Lemon flavoured sweet potato, duck, herring roe with kelp
Yakimono
Grilled miso flavoured duck, leek
Aemono
Shimheji mushroom with chrysanthemum leaves and flower salad
Sunomono
Seafood in ponzu jelly
Takiawase
Simmered rolled yoba beancurd, wheat gluten, maitake mushroom, carrot
Gohan
Sea bream sushi
Steamed rice with assorted mushrooms and beancurd
Seaweed flavoured rice
Tome-Wan
Red miso soup
Men
Cold buckwheat noodles
Mizugashi
Brown sugar ice cream with muscat grapes and yuzu
Ocha
Green tea
BEVERAGES MENU
Special cocktail
Golden Spice
Cocktails
Singapore Sling
Silver Kris Sling
Gin Fizz
Cloud Nine
Screwdriver
Bloody Mary
Daiquiri
Red or White Wine Cooler
Aperitifs
Campari
Dry Vermouth
Non-alcoholic cocktails
Citrus Royale
Tropical Sparkle
Orange Cooler
Fruit Spritzer
Sunrise Surprise
Spirits
Cognac XO Otard
Chivas Regal Scotch Whisky
Johnnie Walker Black Label
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
Gordon's Dry Gin
Smirnoff Red Label Vodka
Bacardi Carta Blanca
Premium Ginjo Sake Tamanohikari
Liqueurs
Cointreau
Tia Maria
Baileys Original Irish Cream
Beer
International Selection
Stout
Guinness Stout
Champagne
Piper Heidsieck 1999
White Wines
Rheingau Riesling Kabinett 2004 Weinhas Ress
Montagny 1er Cru 2004
Red Wines
Chateau Cissac 1998 Cru Bourgeois Haut Medoc
Serrata Belguardo 2003 Igt Maremma Toscana
Port
Dow 2001 Late Bottled Vintage Port
Tea selection
Pure Ceylon Tea
Earl Grey
Darjeeling
Camomile
Decaffeinated Tea
Japanese Green Tea
Oolong
Gourmet Coffees
Brazil Santos Bourbon
Colombian Supremo
Kenyan AA Kilimanjaro
Specialty Coffees
Brewed Coffee
Cafe Royal
Espresso
Cappuccino
Decaffeinated Coffee
Mocha
Other Beverages
Chocolate
Milo
Mineral Water
Carbonated mineral water
Non-carbonated mineral water
Fruit Juices
Apple
Orange
Pineapple
Tomato
Soft Drinks
A range of regular or low-calorie drinks is available
Cold Japanese Oolong Tea
Iced Drinks
Iced Tea
Iced Coffee
Iced Mocha
Iced Chocolate
Iced Milo
LUNCH MENU
To Nibble On
Satay
With onion, cucumber and spicy peanut sauce
A Savoury Note
Anti pasto
Italian style assorted appetiser of marinated prawns, proscuito ham, grilled zucchini and mozzarella with tomato
The Main Event
Pan roasted wild king salmon, potato, bacon and watercress, shaved apple and fennel salad
Stir fried beef fillet with ginger and spring onion served with braised beancurd and vegetables, steamed rice
Spaghetti pasta with assorted mushroom bolognese, shaved parmesan cheese
A Sweet Note
Brown sugar vanilla ice cream with muscat grapes and yuzu
The Cheese Board
Gourmet cheese with garnishes
Fruit
A selection of fresh fruit
A Connoisseur`s Choice
Gourmet coffee
Selection of tea
and pralines
HANAGOYOMI MENU
"Finding the change of the four seasons in a flower and translating it into cuisine."
An array of nine appetisers and entrees together with miso soup, served in Japanese style.
Ha-Sun
Chicken with chestnut, eel with burdock, cod roe, shiitake mushrooms, gingko nut
Kuchitori
Lemon flavoured sweet potato, duck, herring roe with kelp
Yakimono
Grilled miso flavoured duck, leek
Aemono
Shimheji mushroom with chrysanthemum leaves and flower salad
Sunomono
Seafood in ponzu jelly
Takiawase
Simmered rolled yoba beancurd, wheat gluten, maitake mushroom, carrot
Gohan
Sea bream sushi
Steamed rice with assorted mushrooms and beancurd
Seaweed flavoured rice
Tome-Wan
Red miso soup
Men
Cold buckwheat noodles
Mizugashi
Brown sugar ice cream with muscat grapes and yuzu
Ocha
Green tea
BEVERAGES MENU
Special cocktail
Golden Spice
Cocktails
Singapore Sling
Silver Kris Sling
Gin Fizz
Cloud Nine
Screwdriver
Bloody Mary
Daiquiri
Red or White Wine Cooler
Aperitifs
Campari
Dry Vermouth
Non-alcoholic cocktails
Citrus Royale
Tropical Sparkle
Orange Cooler
Fruit Spritzer
Sunrise Surprise
Spirits
Cognac XO Otard
Chivas Regal Scotch Whisky
Johnnie Walker Black Label
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
Gordon's Dry Gin
Smirnoff Red Label Vodka
Bacardi Carta Blanca
Premium Ginjo Sake Tamanohikari
Liqueurs
Cointreau
Tia Maria
Baileys Original Irish Cream
Beer
International Selection
Stout
Guinness Stout
Champagne
Piper Heidsieck 1999
White Wines
Rheingau Riesling Kabinett 2004 Weinhas Ress
Montagny 1er Cru 2004
Red Wines
Chateau Cissac 1998 Cru Bourgeois Haut Medoc
Serrata Belguardo 2003 Igt Maremma Toscana
Port
Dow 2001 Late Bottled Vintage Port
Tea selection
Pure Ceylon Tea
Earl Grey
Darjeeling
Camomile
Decaffeinated Tea
Japanese Green Tea
Oolong
Gourmet Coffees
Brazil Santos Bourbon
Colombian Supremo
Kenyan AA Kilimanjaro
Specialty Coffees
Brewed Coffee
Cafe Royal
Espresso
Cappuccino
Decaffeinated Coffee
Mocha
Other Beverages
Chocolate
Milo
Mineral Water
Carbonated mineral water
Non-carbonated mineral water
Fruit Juices
Apple
Orange
Pineapple
Tomato
Soft Drinks
A range of regular or low-calorie drinks is available
Cold Japanese Oolong Tea
Iced Drinks
Iced Tea
Iced Coffee
Iced Mocha
Iced Chocolate
Iced Milo
Oct 22, 2006, 4:50 am
#142
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: on a short leash
Programs: some
Posts: 71,422
Summary days 1-29
- map
- 100,136 flown miles
- 45 flights
- 12 a/c types
- 747-400
- 767-300
- 777-200
- 767-200
- A319
- MD-80
- 757
- Jetstream 32
- 737-400
- A320
- Beech 1900D
- 737-300
- 8 airlines
- SQ
- QF
- BA
- AA
- LA
- Air National
- Jet Connect
- NZ
- 13 countries
- New Zealand
- Singapore
- Japan
- Australia
- United Kingdom
- United Arab Emirates
- Oman
- Spain
- United States of America
- Argentina
- Chile
- Peru
- Thailand
- 25 airports (number of transfers)
- 6 AKL
- 5 SIN
- 3 LHR, DFW, LAX, CHC
- 2 AUH, ORD, BOS, SCL
- 1 NRT, SYD, MCT, BCN, ELP, SEA, EZE, IPC, LIM, WHK, WKA, WLG, KIX, BKK, NGO
- 4 seated in higher cabin than paid
Oct 22, 2006, 5:14 am
#143
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Nagoya to Singapore (NGO-SIN) Raffles (Business) Class on SQ 777
The transfer is painless and within a few minutes I have arrived at the Star Alliance lounge (down one level from departures). It is nice and airy with views over the apron. There is a modest selection of food and drink. No computers (but there is wifi) and no showers (indeed apparently none at all airside).
I grab a coffee but head for the gate early, for I had noticed they hadn't entered any FFP # (based on the boarding pass given me). I got this fixed fairly quickly at the gate. The load was light - if it hadn't been for a large party of schoolkids (plus parents/teachers) it would have been ridiculously light, with less than half a dozen in business class and a couple in first. So plenty of room to spread out and fantastic service by the crew (I don't think my glass ever got below half fill, which made keeping track of drink intake a bit tricky). The cabin crew were also much more chatty than normal with the very light load.
As with the flight up, we had a shut-down and reboot of the IFE. Unlike the overnight flight, this time I was well over 2 hours into a movie, thus requiring a very lengthy fast-forward to resume where I'd left off
I noticed the Hanagoyomi was different to the one the previous day, which surprised me. I know the menus change regularly, but I thought that it would be the same for all Japanese flights (other than differences between breakfast, lunch and dinner versions). It seems all my previous experiences had been in different calendar months, or the same city more than once within a calendar month.
We arrive back in hazy Singapore - which is still suffering the effects of the forest burnoffs.
Back in the lounge for the third time in less than 48 hours, I freshen up with a shower before having some more Doms. I see the boiled sweets have again disappeared. This is starting to be a bit of a mystery!
The transfer is painless and within a few minutes I have arrived at the Star Alliance lounge (down one level from departures). It is nice and airy with views over the apron. There is a modest selection of food and drink. No computers (but there is wifi) and no showers (indeed apparently none at all airside).
I grab a coffee but head for the gate early, for I had noticed they hadn't entered any FFP # (based on the boarding pass given me). I got this fixed fairly quickly at the gate. The load was light - if it hadn't been for a large party of schoolkids (plus parents/teachers) it would have been ridiculously light, with less than half a dozen in business class and a couple in first. So plenty of room to spread out and fantastic service by the crew (I don't think my glass ever got below half fill, which made keeping track of drink intake a bit tricky). The cabin crew were also much more chatty than normal with the very light load.
As with the flight up, we had a shut-down and reboot of the IFE. Unlike the overnight flight, this time I was well over 2 hours into a movie, thus requiring a very lengthy fast-forward to resume where I'd left off
I noticed the Hanagoyomi was different to the one the previous day, which surprised me. I know the menus change regularly, but I thought that it would be the same for all Japanese flights (other than differences between breakfast, lunch and dinner versions). It seems all my previous experiences had been in different calendar months, or the same city more than once within a calendar month.
We arrive back in hazy Singapore - which is still suffering the effects of the forest burnoffs.
Back in the lounge for the third time in less than 48 hours, I freshen up with a shower before having some more Doms. I see the boiled sweets have again disappeared. This is starting to be a bit of a mystery!
Oct 22, 2006, 5:39 pm
#144
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SIN-AKL Raffles Menu
DINNER MENU
A Savoury Note
Mesclun with seared tandoori prawns and salad of pineapple and cucumber
Balsamic and extra virgin olive oil dressing
Yoghurt dressing
The Main Event
Panroasted Muscovy duck with black cherry-jus, broccolini and celeriac puree
Scallops in dill and saffron sauce with roasted vegetables and new potatoes
Kaeng kaew wan noeu
Thai style beef in green curry with vegetables and steamed rice
Braised lamb shank in port wine with roasted vegetables, shallots and sundried tomatoes
A Sweet Note
Ben & Jerry ice cream
Choice of Cherry Garcia or Chocolate chip cookie dough
The Cheese Board
Gourmet cheese with garnishes
Fruit
A selection of fresh fruit
A Connoisseur's Choice
Gourmet coffee
Selection of tea
and pralines
SNACK MENU
Fancy a snack?
Simply take your pick from our range of delectable snacks and make your selection known to our cabin crew.
Noodles
Fish ball broth with kway teow or bee hoon noodles
Vegetarian and non-vegetarian instant noodles
Sandwiches
Chicken satay in plain ciabatta
Beef pastrami with gherkins in focaccia bun
Mozzarella with roast capsicum in onion ciabatta
Snacks
Roasted mixed nuts
Toblerone
Famous Amos chocolate chip
Real McCoy potato chips "Smokey BBQ"
Kjeldsens cookies
Bananas
BEFORE TOUCH-DOWN MENU
Your Breakfast Choice
This convenient breakfast option lets you enjoy all the sleep you want, uninterrupted. Please inform our crew of your choice before lights out - if they do not receive your selection, you will be awakened in time for The Complete Breakfast.
The Complete Breakfast
Take your pick of the Main Event from our scrumptious selections.
Served earliest 2.5 hours prior to arrival
Continental Breakfast
Delight in this simple yet wholesome meal.
Served earliest 1.5 hours prior to arrival
A Fresh Start
A choice of apple, tomato or freshly squeezed orange juice
Fresh fruit
A Healthy Note
Choice of cereals or yoghurt
Cornflakes with milk or Birchermuesli
Plain or fruit yoghurt
The Main Event
Braised egg noodles with shredded pork in spicy sauce and leafy vegetables
Panfried beef fillet and veal sausage with jus, roma tomato, button mushrooms and roesti potatoes
Poached eggs with macedoine of vegetables and chicken sausage
From the Bakery
Assorted breakfast rolls
Butter - Fruit preserve
A Connoisseur's Choice
Gourmet coffee
Selection of tea
BEVERAGES MENU
Special cocktail
Golden Spice
Cocktails
Singapore Sling
Silver Kris Sling
Gin Fizz
Cloud Nine
Screwdriver
Bloody Mary
Daiquiri
Red or White Wine Cooler
Aperitifs
Campari
Dry Vermouth
Non-alcoholic cocktails
Citrus Royale
Tropical Sparkle
Orange Cooler
Fruit Spritzer
Sunrise Surprise
Spirits
Cognac XO Otard
Chivas Regal Scotch Whisky
Johnnie Walker Black Label
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
Gordon's Dry Gin
Smirnoff Red Label Vodka
Bacardi Carta Blanca
Liqueurs
Cointreau
Tia Maria
Baileys Original Irish Cream
Beer
International Selection
Stout
Guinness Stout
Champagne
Piper Heidsieck 1999
White Wines
2004 St Clair Marlborough Sauvignon
Rheingau Riesling Kabinett 2004 Weinhas Ress
Red Wines
2003 Craggy Range Gimblett Gravels Vineyard Merlot
Churton Marlborough 2003 Pinot Noir
Chateau Cissac 1998 Cru Bourgeois Haut Medoc
Port
Dow 2001 Late Bottled Vintage Port
Tea selection
Pure Ceylon Tea
Earl Grey
Darjeeling
Camomile
Decaffeinated Tea
Japanese Green Tea
Oolong
Gourmet Coffees
Brazil Santos Bourbon
Colombian Supremo
Kenyan AA Kilimanjaro
Specialty Coffees
Brewed Coffee
Cafe Royal
Espresso
Cappuccino
Decaffeinated Coffee
Mocha
Other Beverages
Chocolate
Milo
Mineral Water
Carbonated mineral water
Non-carbonated mineral water
Fruit Juices
Apple
Orange
Pineapple
Tomato
Soft Drinks
A range of regular or low-calorie drinks is available
Iced Drinks
Iced Tea
Iced Coffee
Iced Mocha
Iced Chocolate
Iced Milo
DINNER MENU
A Savoury Note
Mesclun with seared tandoori prawns and salad of pineapple and cucumber
Balsamic and extra virgin olive oil dressing
Yoghurt dressing
The Main Event
Panroasted Muscovy duck with black cherry-jus, broccolini and celeriac puree
Scallops in dill and saffron sauce with roasted vegetables and new potatoes
Kaeng kaew wan noeu
Thai style beef in green curry with vegetables and steamed rice
Braised lamb shank in port wine with roasted vegetables, shallots and sundried tomatoes
A Sweet Note
Ben & Jerry ice cream
Choice of Cherry Garcia or Chocolate chip cookie dough
The Cheese Board
Gourmet cheese with garnishes
Fruit
A selection of fresh fruit
A Connoisseur's Choice
Gourmet coffee
Selection of tea
and pralines
SNACK MENU
Fancy a snack?
Simply take your pick from our range of delectable snacks and make your selection known to our cabin crew.
Noodles
Fish ball broth with kway teow or bee hoon noodles
Vegetarian and non-vegetarian instant noodles
Sandwiches
Chicken satay in plain ciabatta
Beef pastrami with gherkins in focaccia bun
Mozzarella with roast capsicum in onion ciabatta
Snacks
Roasted mixed nuts
Toblerone
Famous Amos chocolate chip
Real McCoy potato chips "Smokey BBQ"
Kjeldsens cookies
Bananas
BEFORE TOUCH-DOWN MENU
Your Breakfast Choice
This convenient breakfast option lets you enjoy all the sleep you want, uninterrupted. Please inform our crew of your choice before lights out - if they do not receive your selection, you will be awakened in time for The Complete Breakfast.
The Complete Breakfast
Take your pick of the Main Event from our scrumptious selections.
Served earliest 2.5 hours prior to arrival
Continental Breakfast
Delight in this simple yet wholesome meal.
Served earliest 1.5 hours prior to arrival
A Fresh Start
A choice of apple, tomato or freshly squeezed orange juice
Fresh fruit
A Healthy Note
Choice of cereals or yoghurt
Cornflakes with milk or Birchermuesli
Plain or fruit yoghurt
The Main Event
Braised egg noodles with shredded pork in spicy sauce and leafy vegetables
Panfried beef fillet and veal sausage with jus, roma tomato, button mushrooms and roesti potatoes
Poached eggs with macedoine of vegetables and chicken sausage
From the Bakery
Assorted breakfast rolls
Butter - Fruit preserve
A Connoisseur's Choice
Gourmet coffee
Selection of tea
BEVERAGES MENU
Special cocktail
Golden Spice
Cocktails
Singapore Sling
Silver Kris Sling
Gin Fizz
Cloud Nine
Screwdriver
Bloody Mary
Daiquiri
Red or White Wine Cooler
Aperitifs
Campari
Dry Vermouth
Non-alcoholic cocktails
Citrus Royale
Tropical Sparkle
Orange Cooler
Fruit Spritzer
Sunrise Surprise
Spirits
Cognac XO Otard
Chivas Regal Scotch Whisky
Johnnie Walker Black Label
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
Gordon's Dry Gin
Smirnoff Red Label Vodka
Bacardi Carta Blanca
Liqueurs
Cointreau
Tia Maria
Baileys Original Irish Cream
Beer
International Selection
Stout
Guinness Stout
Champagne
Piper Heidsieck 1999
White Wines
2004 St Clair Marlborough Sauvignon
Rheingau Riesling Kabinett 2004 Weinhas Ress
Red Wines
2003 Craggy Range Gimblett Gravels Vineyard Merlot
Churton Marlborough 2003 Pinot Noir
Chateau Cissac 1998 Cru Bourgeois Haut Medoc
Port
Dow 2001 Late Bottled Vintage Port
Tea selection
Pure Ceylon Tea
Earl Grey
Darjeeling
Camomile
Decaffeinated Tea
Japanese Green Tea
Oolong
Gourmet Coffees
Brazil Santos Bourbon
Colombian Supremo
Kenyan AA Kilimanjaro
Specialty Coffees
Brewed Coffee
Cafe Royal
Espresso
Cappuccino
Decaffeinated Coffee
Mocha
Other Beverages
Chocolate
Milo
Mineral Water
Carbonated mineral water
Non-carbonated mineral water
Fruit Juices
Apple
Orange
Pineapple
Tomato
Soft Drinks
A range of regular or low-calorie drinks is available
Iced Drinks
Iced Tea
Iced Coffee
Iced Mocha
Iced Chocolate
Iced Milo
Oct 22, 2006, 6:05 pm
#145
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Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: on a short leash
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Posts: 71,422
Singapore to Auckland (SIN-AKL) Raffles (Business) Class on SQ 747
The effect of lack of sleep and too much drink eventually caught up with me as I realised with a start that my flight leaves in 20 minutes - I better get to the gate before it closes. For the first time I can recall the flight to AKL gets a gate very close to the lounge so I easily avoid the ignomy of gate closure 10 minutes before departure and being on the wrong side of the door.
Needless to say boarding on this very full aircraft is almost complete, with noone left in the gate lounge and only a long queue up the airbridge. By now I am almost sleepwalking so I gratefully sink back into my favourite business class seat, and fall asleep even before we reach the taxiway.
I get gently woken to ask if I want to eat dinner or breakfast, but otherwise sleep soundly until about 1 hour 45 minutes before landing when they start the breakfast service.
Although our flight path is more northerly than normal, meaning we fly parallel to the Northland coast, the usual fine views across the peninsular are missing due to extensive cloud cover. We only see land as we descend through the Manukau Heads for an uncommon landing from the west.
The asian flights seem to be reasonably spaced apart this morning and so there is no queue at the upper level Australia and NZ immigration. One guy in front of me must be jetlagged or tired as he didn't realise his european passport wasn't eligible. I expected the agent would tell him this is only for Australia and NZ but still process anyway (since no queue), but he got turned away to the regular immigration downstairs.
The usual few questions to check honesty and I'm through. There is not much of a queue at customs and agriculture either, so within a couple of minutes I have arrived landside.
The effect of lack of sleep and too much drink eventually caught up with me as I realised with a start that my flight leaves in 20 minutes - I better get to the gate before it closes. For the first time I can recall the flight to AKL gets a gate very close to the lounge so I easily avoid the ignomy of gate closure 10 minutes before departure and being on the wrong side of the door.
Needless to say boarding on this very full aircraft is almost complete, with noone left in the gate lounge and only a long queue up the airbridge. By now I am almost sleepwalking so I gratefully sink back into my favourite business class seat, and fall asleep even before we reach the taxiway.
I get gently woken to ask if I want to eat dinner or breakfast, but otherwise sleep soundly until about 1 hour 45 minutes before landing when they start the breakfast service.
Although our flight path is more northerly than normal, meaning we fly parallel to the Northland coast, the usual fine views across the peninsular are missing due to extensive cloud cover. We only see land as we descend through the Manukau Heads for an uncommon landing from the west.
The asian flights seem to be reasonably spaced apart this morning and so there is no queue at the upper level Australia and NZ immigration. One guy in front of me must be jetlagged or tired as he didn't realise his european passport wasn't eligible. I expected the agent would tell him this is only for Australia and NZ but still process anyway (since no queue), but he got turned away to the regular immigration downstairs.
The usual few questions to check honesty and I'm through. There is not much of a queue at customs and agriculture either, so within a couple of minutes I have arrived landside.
Oct 22, 2006, 6:07 pm
#146
Moderator, Hilton Honors
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: on a short leash
Programs: some
Posts: 71,422
Summary days 1-30
- map
- 108,488 flown miles
- 47 flights
- 12 a/c types
- 747-400
- 767-300
- 777-200
- 767-200
- A319
- MD-80
- 757
- Jetstream 32
- 737-400
- A320
- Beech 1900D
- 737-300
- 8 airlines
- SQ
- QF
- BA
- AA
- LA
- Air National
- Jet Connect
- NZ
- 13 countries
- New Zealand
- Singapore
- Japan
- Australia
- United Kingdom
- United Arab Emirates
- Oman
- Spain
- United States of America
- Argentina
- Chile
- Peru
- Thailand
- 25 airports (number of transfers)
- 7 AKL
- 6 SIN
- 3 LHR, DFW, LAX, CHC
- 2 AUH, ORD, BOS, SCL
- 1 NRT, SYD, MCT, BCN, ELP, SEA, EZE, IPC, LIM, WHK, WKA, WLG, KIX, BKK, NGO
- 4 seated in higher cabin than paid
Oct 22, 2006, 6:35 pm
#147
Moderator, Hilton Honors
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: on a short leash
Programs: some
Posts: 71,422
Wrap up
It's good to be back, albeit I'm off travelling again in a couple of days' time.
This ends my busiest ever one month travel period. I have flown more in a month than is needed within a year for top status on most programs; and equivalent to 4 1/2 times around the world at an average ground speed of about 150 miles per hour!
Amazingly I ended up on all flights as booked - with no reroutes or cancellations, and only a small number of fairly minor delays.
I had a blast. Seeing old friends again and meeting new ones. Revisiting favourite haunts and exploring new places.
I earned almost enough miles to get a business award to europe (ie right around the world again) on 2 different programs. Not all my miles earned from this trip have posted yet so I may just get 2 more big trips in comfort out of this month of travel. I also earned 20% towards lifetime One World Sapphire status and 3% towards lifetime Star Alliance Gold status.
For the first time in ages I have less than 100 future flights booked.
Thanks for your patience as I prattled on. Until next time.
It's good to be back, albeit I'm off travelling again in a couple of days' time.
This ends my busiest ever one month travel period. I have flown more in a month than is needed within a year for top status on most programs; and equivalent to 4 1/2 times around the world at an average ground speed of about 150 miles per hour!
Amazingly I ended up on all flights as booked - with no reroutes or cancellations, and only a small number of fairly minor delays.
I had a blast. Seeing old friends again and meeting new ones. Revisiting favourite haunts and exploring new places.
I earned almost enough miles to get a business award to europe (ie right around the world again) on 2 different programs. Not all my miles earned from this trip have posted yet so I may just get 2 more big trips in comfort out of this month of travel. I also earned 20% towards lifetime One World Sapphire status and 3% towards lifetime Star Alliance Gold status.
For the first time in ages I have less than 100 future flights booked.
Thanks for your patience as I prattled on. Until next time.
Oct 23, 2006, 5:16 pm
#149
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: East Ester, Alaska
Programs: Alaska Million Miler, United Million Miler, Wyndham Rewards Diamond, Choice Hotels Diamond
Posts: 12,148
Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
For the first time in ages I have less than 100 future flights booked.
How many future flights do you have booked now? Ninety-nine?
