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Old Jun 8, 2013, 12:29 pm
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Originally Posted by SFO777
Wonderful report and photos, in spite of the massive Flyhen@flyertalk on each pic.
We haven't yet been to the Maldives and are really looking forward to our Thanksgiving trip.
Thanks for your input, I will work on that in my next TR installment, hopefully I don't have to wait too long. But most of all, we await your Thanksgiving trip!
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Old Jun 10, 2013, 2:00 am
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Excellent !
What an enjoyable TR ! Thanks !
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Old Jun 11, 2013, 9:18 am
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Originally Posted by UAFlyer
What an enjoyable TR ! Thanks !
No, Thank YOU~! Glad you find it enjoyable, gives me great joy to write it, and continuation for future ones!
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Old Sep 7, 2013, 9:10 pm
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Awesome trip report -- we're headed to the Park Hyatt Hadahaa next year. Can't wait!
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Old Sep 10, 2013, 3:41 am
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Originally Posted by southpaw1227
Awesome trip report -- we're headed to the Park Hyatt Hadahaa next year. Can't wait!
Thanks for your kind words, just when I thought this thread has floated into the oblivion.

You WILL enjoy that place! We are planning on going back next year as well!
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Old Sep 10, 2013, 10:31 am
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How does this work exactly?

I thought you are allowed just one stop over?

Otherwise you have to do separate one ways?

Or is this a Round the World Itinerary which allows various stops?

It was 200,000 miles EACH?
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Old Sep 11, 2013, 10:11 am
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Originally Posted by Bretteee
How does this work exactly?

I thought you are allowed just one stop over?

Otherwise you have to do separate one ways?

Or is this a Round the World Itinerary which allows various stops?

It was 200,000 miles EACH?
No, only round trip allows 1 stopover, what I did was layovers, a stint that's lesser than 24 hours. The cost, in terms of miles, is 60k/person in business from Chicago to Maldives, and 40k/person in business from Maldives to Hong Kong. So in total, 200k for the both of us.
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Old Oct 12, 2013, 3:23 pm
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Nice report
Really nice, flyhen. I want to see the Maldives one day, and now with this inspired report, I may just do it!
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Old Oct 14, 2013, 8:32 pm
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Thanks for the trip report! Since I will be on TK C into IST, I was especially appreciative of your plane- and ground-based photos/commentary.
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Old Oct 14, 2013, 8:58 pm
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Originally Posted by SFflyer123
Really nice, flyhen. I want to see the Maldives one day, and now with this inspired report, I may just do it!
Thanks for your words. I strongly urge you to go, be it with the Hyatt Chase Visa bonus, or others, it will be a memorable on, I guaranteed.

Originally Posted by 747FC
Thanks for the trip report! Since I will be on TK C into IST, I was especially appreciative of your plane- and ground-based photos/commentary.
Thanks! I forgot to mention in the pictures, that little plant in the middle of the Islamic Facade, is a 150-year old olive tree. Pretty cool!
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Old Dec 12, 2013, 10:55 pm
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How on earth did I miss this fabulous TR? You got some pretty fantastic pics there and going through your report brought back some longing memories. Thanks for sharing this amazing adventure. Not bad for a first photo report ^
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Old Dec 14, 2013, 2:56 am
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Originally Posted by aw
How on earth did I miss this fabulous TR? You got some pretty fantastic pics there and going through your report brought back some longing memories. Thanks for sharing this amazing adventure. Not bad for a first photo report ^
Thanks AW, you missed it no more~

You are not the only one that misses the Maldives. We plan on going back again after our upcoming Swiss and Iceland Trip in the coming months. Safe travels.
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Old Mar 11, 2014, 2:26 pm
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Originally Posted by flyhen
No, only round trip allows 1 stopover, what I did was layovers, a stint that's lesser than 24 hours. The cost, in terms of miles, is 60k/person in business from Chicago to Maldives, and 40k/person in business from Maldives to Hong Kong. So in total, 200k for the both of us.
Why did you end your trip (using miles) in HKG, and not ORD? For 240k miles total you could have done same trip back to ORD, using your stopover in HKG, and MLE as the destination. 40k for 2 people to fly from HKG-ORD is a great deal.

Reason I ask is I'm currently planning:
YUL-FRA-GVA (stopover)
GVA-FRA-IST-MLE (destination)
MLE-SIN (layover)
SIN-TYO (layover)
TYO-ORD-YUL
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Old Mar 13, 2014, 11:53 am
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Originally Posted by BTVshred
Why did you end your trip (using miles) in HKG, and not ORD? For 240k miles total you could have done same trip back to ORD, using your stopover in HKG, and MLE as the destination. 40k for 2 people to fly from HKG-ORD is a great deal.

Reason I ask is I'm currently planning:
YUL-FRA-GVA (stopover)
GVA-FRA-IST-MLE (destination)
MLE-SIN (layover)
SIN-TYO (layover)
TYO-ORD-YUL
Great point! We did not think of this at that moment. Seriously, we didn't think of that. It would totally work for us, as we did go from HKG-ICN-SFO-ORD later in 2013, still within the ticketed date.

Thanks~ I will keep that in mind next time around.
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Old Mar 15, 2014, 1:40 am
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awesome thread and pics
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