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Old Oct 30, 2012, 9:17 am
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cannot WAIT for you to get to the Hyatt Maldives part!!!

question, how many miles did you have to use for SQ business from SIN-MLE?
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Old Oct 30, 2012, 9:54 am
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Originally Posted by blackmamba
very nice! thanks for the share!
Originally Posted by lewende
Very very impressive, love it!
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Great TR, can't wait to keep reading and can't wait for my ride on SQ15 in Dec! You've got me quite excited.
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Excellent! I saw this thread when the Singapore portion was up and clicked it first... but shut that off and read it from the introduction didn't cheat but was tempted to haha
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Love it ^
Thank you all very much! Glad everyone is enjoying

Madone59 - enjoy SQ15 it's a great flight. Great timing and just the right duration
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Old Oct 30, 2012, 9:55 am
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Originally Posted by snowymt
cannot WAIT for you to get to the Hyatt Maldives part!!!

question, how many miles did you have to use for SQ business from SIN-MLE?
Ha that is the MAIN course!

It was 70k each one way for the whole trip RDU-SFO-(ICN)-SIN-MLE. It was included in the one booking. We had a 16 hour or so connection in SIN.
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Old Nov 4, 2012, 5:16 pm
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Ok next installment is up: Asiana First Class lounge at Incheon, and then the second leg of the SQ F trip, ICN-SIN

http://milesabound.com/miles-to-the-...-lounge-seoul/

Not quite as fun as the first long leg but still a nice way to fly
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Old Nov 5, 2012, 12:02 am
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Ahhhhh...

That's what separates SQ from everyone else.
Birthday cakes after your flight. WOWOW.
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Old Nov 5, 2012, 7:32 am
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Yes! I've been looking forward to an update.

I also just checked out your Maldives destination guide and it is spectacular. I'm trying to decide between the Conrad or Park Hyatt. I have plenty of points in both programs.
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Old Nov 5, 2012, 7:46 am
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Originally Posted by gpeso8
Yes! I've been looking forward to an update.

I also just checked out your Maldives destination guide and it is spectacular. I'm trying to decide between the Conrad or Park Hyatt. I have plenty of points in both programs.
Ha our next trip is in March/April to the Conrad so after that I will be able to give direct comparisons. The best I can say in the meantime is as best I can tell Park Hyatt is more remote, more secluded and I am going to venture that is more personal than Conrad. I appreciate that last statement is hard to justify without having been to Conrad, but we got such a high level of personalized service at PH that I don't see coming across in reviews of the Conrad.

PH is also more of a stretch to get to - I have sections upcoming on the TR for both the trip to and from MLE! For Conrad it is a much shorter connection, so if time is tight it may be better.

Anyway thanks for the feedback and come next April/May I will have the Conrad report too
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Old Nov 5, 2012, 7:47 am
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Originally Posted by yerffej201
Ahhhhh...

That's what separates SQ from everyone else.
Birthday cakes after your flight. WOWOW.
Yes no doubt this was a really nice touch! Goes well with Dom and Krug
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Old Nov 11, 2012, 8:48 am
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Ok the next stop is up - this time the Conrad Centennial Singapore

Will try to get the SIN-MLE and onward connection down to the Park Hyatt posted tonight so I can prep the big main course
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Old Nov 11, 2012, 10:18 am
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What a fabulous trip! Great report with wonderful pics. The birthday card from the crew was classic SQ. I'm so looking forward to our SQ RTW in May.
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Old Nov 11, 2012, 6:52 pm
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Originally Posted by SFO777
What a fabulous trip! Great report with wonderful pics. The birthday card from the crew was classic SQ. I'm so looking forward to our SQ RTW in May.
Thank you! Coming from the master of trip reports More SQ about to come up, though I have to say given the choice in the future I'd find it hard to choose between them and Etihad. For sure the service on SQ is unbeatable, but EY had a fantastic product and my idea of refined service. More later... after Maldives!
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Old Nov 11, 2012, 6:53 pm
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Ok next leg up.

This time SQ J from SIN-MLE which was another really excellent experience with Singapore Airilnes
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Old Nov 18, 2012, 8:48 pm
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Ok sorry for the delay... had all kinds of technical problems with my site this week so this is coming out later than hoped, but the next segment covering our transfer from Male to the Park Hyatt.

Next up will be the Park Hyatt itself, this one may take a while to put together as a lot to write about
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Old Dec 11, 2012, 8:28 am
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FINALLY :)
Ok I know I have had a lot of requests for the Park Hyatt review, and finally here it is.

Hope you enjoy, this is an amazing place to visit.
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Old Dec 11, 2012, 8:46 am
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Some of the best TR pics I've ever seen!
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