Back in CGK after a year...
Not much to report that hasn't been said. Did an MIA-LAX-HKG-CGK-NRT-DFW-MIA run that will yield a little over 22K miles for under $900 (yes, EQD sucks and EQM). At the Crowne Plaza in South Jakarta (under $90 a night, and taking advantage of the Accelerate promotion). Didn't venture out at all as the weather has been muggy and I have my return flight tonight. The night was hectic as I was working, and it's a little over 8 am and I need to take a rest. A few small differences from my last trip:
* Immigration was MUCH quicker (arrived midday compared to midnight)
* Was flocked by everyone outside asking if I wanted a taxi
* Took Uber, which cost 110K IDR (plus about 20K in tolls, etc). The difference now is that Uber was located across the street in a special section of the airport, much easier to find
* Traffic still sucks
For some reason, this route is very cheap compared to many/every other route out there, so considering I take a few business trips a year, all I really need is one to two of these long mileage runs, and I qualify for EXP. Works for me