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Old Dec 15, 2004 | 12:51 am
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Savage25
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20 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Living in SIN™
Programs: SQ Pew Pew SSSS, Marriott/Accor Plat, IC Dia Amb, GHA Tit, Avis/Hertz PC
Posts: 6,768
Total segments: 73 (including 3 segments yet to fly)

Segments by class of service:
Paid Y segments: 58
Paid C segments: 3 (9W)
Op-upgraded C segments: 2 (SQ)
Award-upgraded C segments: 10 (SQ)

Segments by carrier:
Singapore Airlines: 59
Jet Airways: 8
Thai Airways: 4
Nok Air: 2

Total BIS miles: 100,710mi

Frequent Flyer Miles earned:
SQ: 279,270
DL: 39,250
NW: 7,250

Total number of airports: 10
BKK BLR BOM CNX EWR GOI HKG IXE MAA SIN

Total aircraft types: 8
333 345 734 737 738 772 773 744

Longest flight: SIN-EWR 9529mi 18h36m
Shortest flight: BOM-GOI 263mi 0h45m

Hotels stayed in:

BLR:
The Park Bangalore

BOM:
InterContinental the Grand Mumbai
Hyatt Regency Mumbai
Grand Hyatt Mumbai
Le Meridien Mumbai
The Leela Kempinski

CNX:
Sheraton Chiangmai

HKG:
Conrad Hong Kong

MAA:
The Park Chennai

NYC:
Hilton Times Square
Millenium Hilton

SIN:
InterContinental Singapore
Hilton Singapore
Holiday Inn Park View
Marina Mandarin


Worst Hotel: Marina Mandarin, Singapore. Run down room, lied to by duty manager after terrible front desk service.
Worst Flight: One BKK-SIN flight on SQ where the crew blatantly ignored me and answered rudely while they practically kissed the backside of the caucasian seated next to me. Probably the only case of racial discrimination experienced on a flight so far.

Best C flight: SIN-EWR nonstop on SQ. Great food, wonderful FAs and a chatty tech crew. Love the A345 C cabin.
Best Y flight: BOM-SIN on SQ. Crew was the same as on my outbound flight and recognized me while I was going through immigration at BOM. Seated in an empty exit row, I was pampered and received better service than many of my Raffles class flights.
Best in-flight Meal: Wild Mushroom and Chorizo Risotto (SQ Book The Cook)
Best in-flight View: Sea of Okhotsk and the Kamchatka Peninsula from SQ22.

Best Hotel: InterContinental Singapore
Best Hotel Upgrade: Hilton Times Square, HH Gold upgrade from cheapest prepaid room to a huge suite on the top floor for the weekend
Best Hotel Concierge: Michelle at the Millenium Hilton, got us VIP invites to some great clubs, offered use of the fitness center so that I could shower before catching a 11pm flight when the hotel could only give me a 1pm late checkout. ^
Best Hotel Club Lounge dragon: Niyanta at InterContinental the Grand Mumbai.

Most embarrasing flight: HKG-SIN on SQ. Was a bit hungover as I went and sat in the wrong row. Passenger who was supposed to be sitting in that seat called an FA who asked to see my boarding pass and moved me one row ahead, probably thinking "This idiot can't count". I go over to my ex-girlfriend's after the flight to find the same FA moved in to share her apartment a few weeks before that.

Craziest Weekend for Miles:
Friday BKK-xSIN on SQ for double miles, used my transit time to party at Insomnia.
Saturday xSIN-BOM on SQ for 50% bonus miles, had a free bed at The Leela Kempinski and partied at Zaha.
Sunday BOM-xSIN-BKK on SQ for 50% bonus miles and double miles and the movies I hadn't seen before.
Earned 13,300-odd SQ miles for $75 out of pocket expense; had too many brain cells destroyed by the alcohol.


Best FT deals utilized: ^ ^

30,000 DL Miles for purchasing IC Ambassador for $150
7,250 DL Miles for playing Dash to the Gate
Bought a one-way SIN-xFRA-JFK in LH F for $850
Priority Club 10K points promos
Hyatt WINE and CIGAR promos coupled with FFNs and GP bonuses.
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