I think that is the weather forcast in SIN 365 days a year. It is one of the few places in the world where you can expect it to be in the mid 80's at 3AM in January and in the mid 80's at 3PM in July, it is ALWAYS in the mid 80's http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Hi Mauld, we prob won't be joining the fest; but, it sounds like loads of fun! We'll be on the EWR-HKG nonstop on jan 17th. Surely, there's not more than one! Okay, folks, we love spicy foods; please explain the chili and pepper crabs! And, the proper way to consume them.....yum!

Man I envy you guys, I love Singapore but I'm hoping to get there for the Chinese New Year Feb 1st. Leave some beer for me http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

Nigel

If anyone wants to hang out with this first timer on Sunday... I'm free.

Dan

Dan - Hanging around on Sunday sounds like it could be fun.....Plans to be determined later.
Carol - I very much appreciate the offer of a pre-dinner drinks at the Conrad, but unless things have changed that I'm not aware of (and they may have, I've been out of town)....I'm planning on meeting Mauld at the Hyatt at approximately the same time.
Best wishes.

My upgrade cleared this morning for both sectors. I guess the code "KL" in myitinearies.com meant cleared WL.

My upgrade cleared this morning on UA 881 seat 13G....Very happy http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

I too cleared this morning. Will be in 15B. Sat. will have a drink in the Conrad lounge befor dinner.

weather-wise it rains alot in Jan. It may rain 2-3 days then the weather will clear for a few days. The good news is that its also alot cooler. Jan is my favourite time to visit S'pore. It feels much greener and certianly cooler.

Dress-wise , leave behind the tux http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif . Its very casual , you might need a sports jacket at the Raffles.

Don't worry abt. language.

txskygal, how long will you be in S'pore ?

I'll be staying in Serangoon Gardens from Jan 18-26. If any of you are interested in getting out of the city and the tourist area's , meet me here some evening for drinks.

Congrats on the upgrade clearances everybody. Hoping that they all clear.

rbernheim,

See you in row 15, I am in 15H. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

I shall be updating the webpage right up until the time we go so keep an eye out for last minute revisions. Later today I shall be adding names of people meeting in the RCC, specific details on Hyatt pre-dinner meeting location, and a slight hotel change for one runner.

See you all soon,

Mike

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Are you on UA 881 on Jan 17th? I'm on 15B as well, and 15H on UA 837. We can't be in the same seat right? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

mjm, I'll be joining you all in the RCC.

NOW I know what happened to all the seats in row 15! I was obviously the last to call today when my upgrade cleared - with row 15 gone, I decided to take row 22 downstairs.

Updated today on the webpage:

1) Pre-Dinner Meeting details updated for Hyatt
2) Names of people meeting at either of the two pre-dinner spots
3) NRT RCC Meeting name list added
4) Itinerary details of a couple of SIN runners updated

I will update this page until we head for SIN and possibly even after we arrive (yes I am bringing my machine if you need an FT fix http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif .)

See you all soon,

Mike

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My Starbucks City Mug Collection Page
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Well, I arrived in Singapore a few days ago. It is awesome. Weather is great. I decided to head north for a few days to KUL.

I don't check into the Conrad until Friday, so will be back by then. Can't wait til you all arrive.

Can you say chilly crab http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

Funny that the United CTO is right across from Lau Pa Sat.... wondered why it was so popular.

Just got the good news.

Upstairs on the hard to get SFO/NRT! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Dan

Excellent, it is 1 degree F in Des Plaines now, I'm looking forward to warm.

Also, good news, my SFO-NRT upgrade came through!

this trip is shaping up nicely.

I also spoke w/a friend of a friend who I turned onto Flyertalk. He said he will join the group going out for midnight eats on Saturday night. The more the merrier.

Same Dan, see you there.

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SweetWillie -
and,,,,, it's not a heckuva lot warmer in downtown Chicago either!! Looking forward to seeing everyone in SIN!
Best wishes.

Doggone it, I can't believe I was so close, yet so far from getting this to work.

But I'm determined to grab some miles anyway, so while my wife is out and about, I'm going to do a quick MIA-IAH-NRT-SIN and back on CO/NW. If anyone's going to be around at the SIN airport in the wee hours of the 22nd (arriving 12:45am, leaving 6:10am on NW19/20) keep an eye out for me. I'll have my Flyertalk baggage tags with me on my backpack.

Steve

Is it okay if this NON-SIN-runner crashes the party at the NRT RCC on Friday? I sure hope they have the beer machines operational in the new RCC!! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

Thanks to a last minute deal, I'm on UA837 SFO-NRT tomorrow (16 Jan), upgraded to 16G. Anyone else on my flight? Look forward to seeing some familiar faces and meeting some new folks on Friday!

OK, now we'll be in the NRT RCC on Friday, looking for:

rbernheim
goodknight
Mrs. goodknight
PETEFLYS
bseller
ws8n
mjm
SanDiego1K

AND JSD!

Welcome aboard JSD it will good to see you again.I think you should continue on to SIN on 881.I'm sure there is some space left in the upper deck http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif See you in NRT.

Hmmm... very tempting!! But this time, I'm actually staying in Tokyo for a few days and then back to SFO. Amazingly, I just ticketed this today and got SFO-NRT-SFO for around $700 and scored the upgrades, to boot! To continue on to SIN would have cost several times as much.

But maybe if the winds are just right and carry the smell of delectable chili crabs from the south, with the courage of several NRT RCC Amazing Beer Machine(tm) beers in my head, I'll be persuaded to sneak aboard 881 as cargo in my pursuit of SIN. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

See y'all soon!

So I guess it's just me and SweetWillie on Saturday at the NRT RCC.

Dan

I'm on that flight as well....on 15H. Will be dropping by SFO Int'l RCC prior to flight if I get to the airport early.

I am at the Raffles Plaza, room 1634. See everyone at 6pm on Sat for drinks. Cell phone in SIN is 9042 4009

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Sounds good... I'll either be in the RCC or the Silver Kris lounge if its open. If we miss each other there, I'll see you upstairs. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

My CO flight gets into NRT around 3:10pm, and my NW to SIN leaves at 6:10, so after dropping my bags off at whatever NW WBC lounge is closest to my departure flight-- I'll come by the RCC to meet up with all http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Mauld - Have a good "short" day at work today!!! See you in SIN....
Best wishes.

I'm already lifting a glass. I leave tonight for SEA.

JSD: did you try pricing NRT-SIN separately?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif i read 'several times' as much - so i think you would have found it would have been an extra 50% maybe that way.

Sweet Willie: Is your travel agent someone I could talk to? Those prices are not bad, better than I saw awhile ago. Sigh.

Other than a few properties, Hilton does treat golds pretty decently, it seems.

SW and dan: you have mail

My FT weekend started on my flight from LAX to NRT when a gentleman arrived, sporting an electric green FlyerTalk tag on his case. He turned out to be rbernheim. Sure enough, the only two FTers enroute to SIN on this particular segment were seated in 15A and 15B.

Favorable tail winds landed us in NRT an hour early, and we headed to the RCC. It is HUGE and it was FULL. I commandeered a conference room - only had to give up my boarding card for SIN in order to get it. rbernheim found new FTers Mr. and Mrs. goodknight who were the earliest to arrive, having come in from Honolulu.

Excellent photography by techgirl meant I was able to spot JSD as he walked in the door with Warrenlm. JSD visited with us before heading into Tokyo for the weekend; Warrenlm was enroute to BKK.

ws8n came off the SFO flight; he is in the process of relocating to SIN. We have pled with him to join us for dinner tonight, but he seems to think that finding a place to live is imperative. mauld joined us for a visit, before returning to her other carrier http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif. mjm will always be my hero for showing up with the most extensive collection of Pockys I have ever seen! mmmmmmm

On our flight to SIN, FTers took over row 15. I met estnet for the first time, seated in 15A. ws8n was in 15B; rbernheim in 15H and mjm in 15J. At last I got to meet generous bseller, who has kindly made his European phone available to other FTers. But where was PeteFLYS? He was supposed to join us from his AA flight in from Dallas. I didn't see him - I hope he is here in town. Me - I had to go back downstairs to 22A, and the goodknights held up the rear of the plane in coach. But I had Pockys to keep me happy.

Once in SIN, we met at baggage claim - looked at each other, talked about drinks - and all found taxis to head to our individual hotels and separate beds. bseller was a gracious gentleman and saw me to the Hilton, before he headed to the Sheraton.

I am to meet transpac for vegetarian Indian food for lunch today; then we've got our chili and pepper crabs tonight. Eating our way thru Singapore? Well, yes - and it's a lot of fun! MikeinSIN, I'm calling you yet today - GuyBetsy, we miss you.

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Just checking in sorry I missed everyone in NRT my flight got in late.I went directly to the gate as I still had no boarding pass.I lost my seat upstairs so I was in 8H.I will bwe in the regency club around 6ish see everyone for dinner tonight.

JSD wish you would have made it down here!

The back up crew is in NRT. See you soon.

Dan,Kenji,Sweet Willie.

...and the requisite stop to the SQ lounge has been done, too. The new UA lounge is crowded though its pretty.

Nice to meet everyone in the NRT RCC! I am jealous that everyone else is in SIN eating chili crabs, but not too much so, as I am enjoying outstanding sushi and okonomiyaki here in Tokyo. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

The new RCC is indeed huge and was VERY crowded that afternoon. I guess thats what happens when you have like six 747-400s all departing around 5pm. On a positive note, they now have THREE NRT RCC Amazing Beer Machines operating, so I was quite satisfied.

Arrghhhh....guilty as charged. Sorry, but I had alot of matters to see to over the weekend that has already been prearranged. But here's a promise that once i'm settled in, I'll be more than happy to organise a SIN FT-Do, but that's provided if I stop flying monthly to the US http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

Any Fter's going to be around on Monday?
I'll be on leave (FTO), so give me a call at 98254725 for some get-together.

And a good time was had by all. Thanks to all my old and new friends who made this a great weekend for me. See you all at the next do.
Ron

<<< already having withdrawals. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

For those of you reading this, who have never attended some kind of meet...you're missing out.

Dan