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Aug 19, 2015 | 8:22 am

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livingfire835

Join Date: May 2015

Location: Fort Worth, TX

Programs: AA EXP, TK Elite, EK Silver, SPG Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Diamond, Avis Pref+

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A short vacation in Bali (OW AA F, JL F, JL J, SQ Y, CX J, CX F, The Wing, The Pier)

Welcome to my first trip report! Still relatively new at miles and points, I was a little cautious about booking my first trip...I really wanted to make it one to remember!

Growing up in an airline family (dad was one of the first 13 to join/start Emirates, and has designed the chinaware onboard EK F and J, and the crystal glassware on EY F), I have loved commercial and military aircraft since I was a little kid. The joy and awe of rocketing off the ground to 36000 ft never gets old. Most of my life I've flown EK, either F, J or Y, with a smattering of LH, CX, SQ, UL, AA, DL, etc.

Planning and redemption:
Flights were redeemed using AAdvantage miles and Krisflyer miles. The AAdvantage miles were obtained from the AAdvantage card, as well as over 220k transferred over from US DM post-merger. As my parents still live in Dubai (where I grew up), and my sister, bro-in-law and awesome niece live in Singapore, traveling to a central point is key for family holidays. This trip was a short family vacation on the beautiful island of Bali in Indonesia. We did have some panic prior to departure, as the volcanic disruptions could very well have continued until departure date! Thankfully, DPS was cleared by the time my flight date came around.

Inbound
67500 AAdvantage miles
AA F, A321S, DFW-JFK
JL F, 773W, JFK-NRT
JL J, 767, NRT-SIN

7500 Krisflyer miles, SGD50 promotion
SQ Y, A333, SIN-DPS

Outbound
7500 Krisflyer miles, SGD50 promotion
SQ Y, A333, DPS-SIN

67500 AAdvantage miles
CX J, A333, SIN-HKG
CX F, 773W, HKG-JFK
AA F, 737, LGA-DFW

Lounges
DFW Centurion Lounge
JFK Air France Lounge
NRT JAL First Class Lounge
SIN Krisflyer Gold Lounge
DPS Premier Lounge
SIN Dnata Skyview Lounge
HKG The Wing First, The New Pier First
LGA Centurion Lounge, Admiral's Lounge

Hotels
Fairfield Inn JFK, King Room.
Grand Hyatt Bali, Nusa Dua, Bali. Grand King suite
Kunja Villa, Seminyak, Bali. 3 bedroom.
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I'm psyched to write this up, and will get each section up as soon as possible. Some of the images will be better than others (DSLR vs Samsung S6 edge), so please bear with me

Last edited by livingfire835; Aug 20, 2015 at 11:35 am

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