Forgo 2 SWU to try SQ 380/77W & LH C seats (See Photos)
Dec 29, 2008, 6:42 am
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*A RTW in J - SQ 380/77W, LH 747, UA New F Suites
Earlier this month, I had to go to Brussels and Washington DC from Beijing within 7 days. My choices were:
PEK-FRA-BRU-FRA-PEK on LH & PEK-SFO-IAD-SFO-PEK on UA
and
*A RTW using a combination of *A carriers.
I chose *A RTW to try SQ A380/77W's new C seats and LH transatlantic flight in C.
As result, I missed out on the additional fare based EQM if I had flown UA on the transpac return flights. Those extra EQMs would have helped me reaching 250K EQM for the year to earn 2 SWU.
It is too late to do a MR during my vacation at the moment and also my VISA Choice points is not enough to make up for the difference.
Regardless, I thought It was well worth it to try to both SQ's A380 and 77W and experienced, IMHO, the best business class seats in the sky. In addition, it has been ten years since I flew LH transatlantic, and I had not experienced the current generation of the LH C seats.
Here are the photos from my RTW flights:
PEK BSG Lounge ( SQ Contracted Lounge)
SQ 772 PEK-SIN
SQ T3 Lounge
SQ 380 SIN-LHR
BMI A320 LHR-BRU
More photos (including BD, LH, US, UA and 77W) will be posted shortly
See Post # 8 for LH C 744 FRA-MIA
Happy New Year!
Hope to see many more FTers in 2009.
PEK-FRA-BRU-FRA-PEK on LH & PEK-SFO-IAD-SFO-PEK on UA
and
*A RTW using a combination of *A carriers.
I chose *A RTW to try SQ A380/77W's new C seats and LH transatlantic flight in C.
As result, I missed out on the additional fare based EQM if I had flown UA on the transpac return flights. Those extra EQMs would have helped me reaching 250K EQM for the year to earn 2 SWU.
It is too late to do a MR during my vacation at the moment and also my VISA Choice points is not enough to make up for the difference.
Regardless, I thought It was well worth it to try to both SQ's A380 and 77W and experienced, IMHO, the best business class seats in the sky. In addition, it has been ten years since I flew LH transatlantic, and I had not experienced the current generation of the LH C seats.
Here are the photos from my RTW flights:
PEK BSG Lounge ( SQ Contracted Lounge)
SQ 772 PEK-SIN
SQ T3 Lounge
SQ 380 SIN-LHR
BMI A320 LHR-BRU
More photos (including BD, LH, US, UA and 77W) will be posted shortly
See Post # 8 for LH C 744 FRA-MIA
Happy New Year!
Hope to see many more FTers in 2009.
Last edited by UA_Flyer; Jan 4, 2009 at 2:57 am Reason: Adding more photos
Dec 29, 2008, 7:27 am
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You're very lucky. RTW on SQ requires D class availability to ride in business. The last two times I tried that (even months in advance) on the A380, D was not available and my waitlist did not clear. I'm going to try again in a few months!
Dec 29, 2008, 7:36 am
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This seems a better fit for the Trip Reports Forum; I'll move it there.
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Dec 29, 2008, 7:54 pm
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LH BRU-FRA (737) and LH FRA-MIA (744)
LH B737 BRU-FRA
LH 744 FRA-MIA
More photos to be posted in the next couple of days.
LH 744 FRA-MIA
More photos to be posted in the next couple of days.
Last edited by UA_Flyer; Jan 4, 2009 at 2:58 am
Dec 30, 2008, 12:11 am
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