First a disclaimer: my company is too cheap to pay J for work, I'm too cheap to pay J for fun, and Asian airlines aren't too keen on op-ups so I rarely end up in the front of the plane -- SQ PPS Solitaires may wish to take everything I say with a grain of salt. But I'm happy to use points for upgrades or J awards, and since I had a trip to Japan coming up and 45000 SAS Eurobonus points burning a hole in my account...

My destination was Sendai (SDJ), an industrial northern Japanese town that would be a byword for boredom (think New Jersey) if not a large number of hot springs within striking distance. My only *A choices for getting there were the obvious ANA (NH) and the less obvious Asiana (OZ), which flies from Seoul once per day and, as it turned out, with much better timing if connecting from SIN. I booked early and even scored the return ICN-SIN leg on SQ!

Enough foreword, on with the show...

[This message has been edited by jpatokal (edited Feb 15, 2004).]