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Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
[b] The meal was breakfast with choice of fruit and cornflakes, or mushroom fritatta. There was also a cookie offered before landing.
Sounds like you are enjoying your usual jet setting life. Great Reports. ^ |
I wouldn't call one (small) cookie a snack.
Anyway, hope to get a bit more up to date soon. Lack of time and lack of internet access hampering my recent updates. |
Arriving back in Singapore we land the long way around (on 20R) with long taxi. A short visit in the lounge before my customary PPS run to Jakarta and back. This time I'm on the A345 (so I don't need to worry about late flight/possible misconnect and also to get a few extra inches pitch). This is the quickest round-trip to get PPS sectors - shorter flights such as SIN-KUL not earning any PPS sectors (much to the chagrin of some FTers) and with a decent frequency it is a piece of cake within any modest transfer time. The round trip takes about 4 1/2 hours, and you get the same crew each way (assuming SIN-CGK-SIN and not CGK-SIN-CGK). You need some cash (Indonesian, US, euro, singapore all accepted) to pay the departure tax at the gate. The ground staff are well used to crazies doing the turnaround, although immigration/security agents are a bit hit and miss.
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Menu SIN-CGK
BREAKFAST To Start With A choice of apple, tomato, freshly squeezed orange juice or soya bean milk Fruit Fresh fruit Wholesome beginnings Beehoon goreng with mutton satay Griddled of hotcake served with ricotta cheese, maple syrup, veal sausages and roasted tomato Omelette with mushrooms and fine herbs, chicken sausage, tomato and potatoes From the Bakery Assorted breakfast rolls Butter - fruit preserve Hot Beverages Coffee - tea |
Menu CGK-SIN
LIGHT MEAL Main Courses Braised oriental lamb shank in soya sauce-star anise, seasonal vegetables and steamed rice Ikan gulai padang Tournedos of beef with mustard sauce, ratatouille and roasted potatoes Dessert Fruit an yoghurt terrine with raspberry sauce Hot Beverages Coffee - tea |
On mileage based tickets you have to pay for every mile you fly!
Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
RTW PLANNING
The planning for this trip started a year ago. As usual, I wanted to visit some new places and get a lot of bang for my buck. I expected I'd comfortably requalify my main FFPs and so slightly less focus on maximising that aspect compared with last easter's RTW. I decided on a CRWSTAR3 (39,000 mile *A round the world) since this allowed me to visit some further afield places. However, unlike previous round the world trips, I didnt have enough mileage to do lots of short hops for minimum mileage earning purposes. Your itinery covers almost 43K miles; in addition to a CRWSTAR3 you had to buy (using soft or hard money) additional tickets. For the short period of time you have to visit some new places, you should consider to fly the most direct route. Let me come up with some examples:
Even if you stick to TBU as starting/finishing point, you can do tbu-lax (NZ 26 via APW on 3) -sea-anc-sea-cph-fra-jnb-sin-cgk-sin-per-akl-tbu for a CRWSTAR2 and have some 1.700 miles left to burn for other unnecessary segments to earn (status) miles. IMO if you streamline your routing on paid tickets, you get a much better value out of your bucks! Hope that helps for your future plannings. |
Nice ideas but in my case I wanted/needed to maximise SQ and NZ flights.
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With all due respect to ventimiglia, I think if there is one FT-er who we could all safely assume to have considered, reconsidered (and then some) ALL possible flight/cost/mileage earning options, and not needing too much help with future plannings, it would be Kiwi Flyer. :-)
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Originally Posted by Fliar
With all due respect to ventimiglia, I think if there is one FT-er who we could all safely assume to have considered, reconsidered (and then some) ALL possible flight/cost/mileage earning options, and not needing too much help with future plannings, it would be Kiwi Flyer. :-)
look at Kiwi Flyer's reply: Nice ideas but in my case I wanted/needed to maximise SQ and NZ flights. IMO given the short period of travel time the itinery in question makes the trip very costly and time consuming and it's not the way I prefer to travel. But not everybody likes beef. |
Originally Posted by Ventimiglia
I didn't know that Kiwi Flyer's decissions are mainly program driven. This is a complete different story than tourists usually plan their holidays: They like to spend most of the time at their destinations and not at airports, lounges and on board a plane.
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Originally Posted by Ventimiglia
[*] Your unnecessary trip SIN-CGK-SIN are 1.100 miles. It costs you time and around USD 220. You should reconsider if this is worth for the sole purpose to earn (status) miles/sectors.
I love it, someone telling an SQ FT'er (Kiwi Flyer of all people)that his CGK turnarounds are 'unnecessary'. :D Make sure you remember all the advice above before you make another booking !!. :D |
Originally Posted by MAN Flyer
I love it, someone telling an SQ FT'er (Kiwi Flyer of all people)that his CGK turnarounds are 'unnecessary'. :D
I didn't say that SIN-CGK-SIN turnarounds are unnecessary, I called these segments and AKL-TBU-AKL turnaround unnecessary trips. I am under the impression that the reason to board a plan is to fulfill travel needs. If I don't have travel needs than I don't travel. If someone likes to gain/maintain elite status adding unnecessery trips into his schedule, its his time and money, but it's not the way I am travelling. |
Originally Posted by Ventimiglia
Hi MAN Flyer,
I didn't say that SIN-CGK-SIN turnarounds are unnecessary, I called these segments and AKL-TBU-AKL turnaround unnecessary trips. I am under the impression that the reason to board a plan is to fulfill travel needs. If I don't have travel needs than I don't travel. If someone likes to gain/maintain elite status adding unnecessery trips into his schedule, its his time and money, but it's not the way I am travelling. Getting there is half the fun... :) Looking forward to the continuation Kiwi Flyer. |
Sometime during the turnaround the active runways at SIN changed so we took off from SIN to the north on 02L and landed to the south on 20R - ie the long way around for CGK both ways, with long taxis both times. It's little things like this that mean I like to have at least 5 hours, preferably 6 if nesting SIN-CGK-SIN within xxx-SIN-yyy.
Back in Singapore I have a little bit of time until my next flight. Shower and freshen up, and relax over some Dom. I knew of at least 3 FTers arriving at SIN (on 3 different flights) about the same time my flight boards, so I kept an eye out for arrival times to see if any were early. I'm in luck, 2 of the flights (CX Cathay Pacific from HKG and AY Finnair from BKK) look to be arriving early. So I head over to terminal 1, using airside walkway (continuing along pier E20-28 to D part of terminal 1) as I dont bother with airtrain - the small amount of exercise is good. I soon find the arrival gates. Sure enough in taxis the CX flight, but somehow I miss RamBuster in the crowd :( Oh well, now to look for the AY flight - grrr it has been delayed and now I'll be cutting it fine to board my own flight from the end of pier E (a good 10-15 minute walk away), especially as SQ is now strictly enforcing gate closing. So I reluctantly head to my gate without meeting JohnK. It looks like the SQ 777-300 flight to Delhi tonight is totally full. This time I'm lucky and we get one of the 777-300 aircraft fitted with Wisemen 3000 avod as opposed to the older non-avod Wisemen 2000. Shortly after take off we have an impressive lightning storm on both sides of the aircraft with the cabin lit up like a disco strobe light - main lights stay off and the seatbelt sign stays on for much longer than usual following take off as a result. Once clear of the storm, dinner is served. After dinner I watch some more movies but try not to sleep too much given our arrival time. Nonetheless the last more than 24 hours of travelling catch up and I do snooze a bit. The flight across the Bay of Bengal passes quickly and we seem to be headed for an early arrival, until just short of Delhi we get an announcement of an ATC delay and will be a further 10 minutes. So we start flying in circles, then get further announcements each 10 minutes - it will just be 10 minutes more, blah, blah. Our flight path showing on the screen is interesting, kinda what you'd imagine might be required to make crop circles, concentric circles itself in a circular pattern. Eventually, about 90 minutes later, we are cleared to land; and so we end up landing quite late. |
Menu SIN-DEL
DINNER To Nibble On Satay A Savoury Note Marinated prawns with sliced lotus root and sesame seeds The Main Event Murg Aguada - braised chicken Goan style with spicy potatoes, mixed vegetables and black pepper pilaw Steamed seabass in black bean sauce with seasonal vegetables and fried rice Braised lamb in red wine cardamon sauce with roasted vegetables and potatoes Paneer ka khagina - grated cottage cheese in coconut, spicy red kidney beans with mushroom and saffron rice The Cheese Board Gourmet cheese with garnishes. A Sweet Note A selection of fresh fruit. Ben & Jerry ice cream - choice of chocolate chip cookie dough or berry nice A Connoisseur's Choice Gourmet coffee Selection of tea Pralines BEVERAGES Special Cocktail Citrus Royale Cocktails Singapore Sling Silver Kris Sling Gin Fizz Cloud Nine Screwdriver Bloody Mary Daiquiri Red or White Wine Cooler Aperitifs Campari Dry Vermouth Non-alcoholic Cocktails Tropical Sparkle Orange Cooler Golden Spice Fruit Spritzer Sunrise Surprise Spirits Cognac XO Otard Chivas Regal Scotch Whisky Johnnie Walker Black Label Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey Gordon's Dry Gin Smirnoff Red Label Vodka Bacardi Carta Blanca Liqueurs Cointreau Tia Maria Baileys Original Irish Cream Beer International selection Stout Guinness Stout Champagne Piper Heidsieck 1999 White Wines Kloster Eberbach Riesling Kabinett 2003 Rheingau Montagny 1er Cru 2002 Red Wines Chateau Cissac 1998 Cru Bourgeois Haut Medoc Serrata Belguardo 2003 igt Maremma Toscanna Pommard 1999 Bouchard Pere Et Fils Port Taylor 2000 Late Bottled Vintage Port Tea Selection Pure Ceylon Tea Earl Grey Darjeeling Camomile Decaffeinated Tea Japanese Green Tea Chinese Tea Selection Oolong Gourmet Coffees Brazil Santos Bourbon Colombian Supremo Kenyan AA Kilimanjaro Specialty Coffees Brewed Coffee Cafe Royal Espresso Cappuccino Decaffeinated Coffee Mocha Other Beverages Chocolate Milo Mineral Water Carbonated Mineral Water Non-carbonated Mineral Water Fruit Juices Apple Orange Pineapple Tomato Cranberry Soft Drinks A range of regular or low-calorie drinks is available Iced Drinks Iced Tea Iced Coffee Iced Mocha Iced Chocolate Iced Milo |
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