DO RUN: Five or six (or more?) DOs in 2 weeks & SQ F, TG F, UA F, TG C, and more!
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Mar 8, 2007, 9:02 am
#33
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: SFO
Programs: AY Plat, LH FTL
Posts: 7,375
Lucky9876coins asked for advice on making some changes to an Asia award tix that he has been having problems with. His change got me thinking to check on some alternative routings for my big trip. I logged on to ANA and what do you know… SQ opened up 1 C seat on their new 77W business class product SIN-ICN on the day that I was scheduled to fly SQ F SIN-BKK and then TG C BKK-ICN.
After a good 10 seconds of inner turmoil over giving up the SIN SQ F lounge in exchange for the new SQ C experience – I was on the phone to show lucky9876coins how easy making changes is if you are alliance (who had been on hold for 15 minutes while his agent was talking to the rate desk – or maybe just taking a break
). <5 minutes I’m confirmed on the new flight and after a recalculation of taxes I’m good to go with the SQ 77W C to look forward to (in addition to everything else). I ask Mrs. Alliance to remind me to PM jswong that I won’t be able to join him on SIN-BKK anymore because of my new routing.
After a good 10 seconds of inner turmoil over giving up the SIN SQ F lounge in exchange for the new SQ C experience – I was on the phone to show lucky9876coins how easy making changes is if you are alliance (who had been on hold for 15 minutes while his agent was talking to the rate desk – or maybe just taking a break
). <5 minutes I’m confirmed on the new flight and after a recalculation of taxes I’m good to go with the SQ 77W C to look forward to (in addition to everything else). I ask Mrs. Alliance to remind me to PM jswong that I won’t be able to join him on SIN-BKK anymore because of my new routing.I'm faced with a similar dilemma - I've got an F award with an ICN-SIN segment booked in OZ's new C. I can leave ICN the day before and try SQ's new C but then I'm missing out on my (slightly less than) 24 hour layover in ICN. For now, I decided a night out in Seoul is worth foregoing the new SQ C...however, should new SQ F open up, I may feel a little differently.
Mar 8, 2007, 11:54 am
#34
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 23,999
Keep in mind that flights get into Incheon, which is about 1.5 hours from downtown Seoul. Taxi fares are $100+, so you should take the KAL bus if you go. Still, that is at least three hours of driving each way, so questionable as to whether or not it makes sense, IMO.
Mar 9, 2007, 7:59 am
#35
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 2,333
Sort of... my problem was the other way around. I was booked in F SIN-BKK and then TG's new C (looks like spacebeds to me) BKK-ICN. However, the BKK-ICN was the red-eye and so it saved me a hotel in ICN but also gave me huge layovers in BKK and ICN. By switching SIN-ICN in the SQ new C, I get to try out the new C during daylight and also get a 23 hr layover in ICN.
Mar 19, 2007, 5:28 pm
#42
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 2,333
Yup - just got back today. Wow! It has been an awesome week with some crazy twists and turns in the last two days of the trip. I almost got stranded in SIN and/or BKK... was woken up in the evening by the JW Marriott Seoul to be argued with by a front desk person over my "unbelievably cheap" $200 rate... and then a $600 domestic bump to finish off the trip... ^
I've got post #5 updated with the Farewell to Cite DO report and flights from PHX-DEN-LGA. I'm uploading and linking the pics for that post now.
Updates should be coming regularly over the next couple days.
I've got post #5 updated with the Farewell to Cite DO report and flights from PHX-DEN-LGA. I'm uploading and linking the pics for that post now.
Updates should be coming regularly over the next couple days.
Mar 22, 2007, 5:24 am
#45
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 2,333
About half way done with the next update, which includes: JFK-LAX ps F, LAX-NRT SQ F, & Tokyo.
While you are waiting, you can check out my three brief videos and lots of pics of the Grand Palace in Bangkok: http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w...ace%20Bangkok/
or as a slideshow: http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w...slideshow=true
While you are waiting, you can check out my three brief videos and lots of pics of the Grand Palace in Bangkok: http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w...ace%20Bangkok/
or as a slideshow: http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w...slideshow=true
Last edited by alliance; Mar 22, 2007 at 5:35 am