I did a return to KHV for 3 days, was quite interesting and different, gave me a chance to try some of the Siberian express, and in April the river was just starting to unfreeze. Was also the only time I ever flew LH F, somehow paying all miles and the 10k surcharge wasn't so painful when the cost was only 25k miles per passenger .

I will miss the great value (not mistakes) that got me trips to AMM,TBS and EVN on reward flights when gold, which still feel like bargains.