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Old Dec 8, 2006 | 8:44 am
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This feels a bit premature with 7 sectors and almost 20K miles still to go, but anyhow:

Best flight - Hasn't happened yet but I suspect SQ's new F from SIN to HKG on Tuesday will win.

Worst flight - Nothing really stands out, though Air Vanuatu delaying a flight to VLI by 12 hours wasn't great.

Best airport/lounge - Airport = HKG, Lounge = VS Clubhouse at LHR by miles and miles

Worst airport/lounge - Airport = BLR (anyone that thinks DEL is bad ain't seen nothing), Lounge = The Coffee Hut at BLR

Best Hotel - The Sherwood in Taipei has always been incredibly welcoming, service orientated and good value. White Grass Ocean Resort on Tanna was wonderful

Worst Hotel - The Metropole Hong Kong, a grubby, grimy 3 star tour group dump.

Biggest Mileage earning opportunity - BA Triple Miles in Club, the excellent value offered by BD's DC

Biggest Travel related F'up of the year - Aforementioned 12 hour delay wasn't great, otherwise just a few typically mediocre ET/CE flights on BA

Biggest Travel Disappointment - Not having taken enough holiday, not being able to nominate BA for any of the best of/most special experiences

Regret of the Year - being on a CX plane home when my father passed away. Made everything else seem very unimportant

Your Gold award - CX for being just lovely to me all year (despite not having a single op-up). Special mention to the crew that flew me home on a Friday and then back to HKG on a Monday, all of whom remembered me and made a huge fuss. 12 hours of not feeling at all jaded by travel.

Think you are most looking forward to in 2007 - more holidays, less business mileage
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