European Business class can be pretty nice!! LH/TP/LX/LO/VO/OS in C with 100+ pics!
Apr 2, 2007, 1:54 pm
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Originally Posted by jacob_m
No specific plans at the moment, although I do have an invitation for a wedding in Mexico this summer and I'm getting increasingly tempted to attend.
Apr 2, 2007, 3:26 pm
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Apr 3, 2007, 5:40 am
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Very nice report! The only thing that hurts me is that you don't credit this to M&M - you would have received 21,500 status miles for this trip alone.
SmilingBoy.
SmilingBoy.
Apr 3, 2007, 2:36 pm
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So is the difference that large between between SAS EB and LH M&M?!
Hmmm, well I do find it a bit annoying that I could have earned another 5000+ points crediting the flights to another programs.
Still I am very divided whether it would have been a good idea or not.
I have already re-qualified for SK*G with still another four months to go, so technically I could go for something else. But on the other hand I'd like to save my points for a free longhaul flight, preferably in a premium cabin, and then crediting the miles to different programs really isn't the best strategy.
Anyway, what's done is done...
Apr 3, 2007, 3:08 pm
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M&M is the program for short intra-European business class flights. 2,000 status and award miles for each flight, with an additional 500 per flight on M&M airlines if you are FTL or SEN. M&M is also quite good for F class; I guess you may have made SEN on your FRTW...
Anyway. Definitely best to stick to one program if one doesn't fly enough to get status in two. And those hotel upgrades sure sound nice, too. Never get this with my SEN card.
SmilingBoy.
Anyway. Definitely best to stick to one program if one doesn't fly enough to get status in two. And those hotel upgrades sure sound nice, too. Never get this with my SEN card.
SmilingBoy.
Apr 5, 2007, 7:54 am
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I was excited to see this trip report jacob_m . Similarly to your around the world trip report, this one is equally outstanding.
Enjoyed your photos immensely. Lisbon at night really is quaint and inviting.
Thank you!
Enjoyed your photos immensely. Lisbon at night really is quaint and inviting.
Thank you!
May 3, 2007, 9:13 pm
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Thanks for the review of some more modest flights. Like you, I was most impressed when flying Austrian Arrows last year between OSL and VIE. Mine was a CRJ in business, and unfortunately the flight was full so no empty seat which made the flight little different from an economy one...save for the catering...a very nicely prepared hot fish dinner was provided to us in the first few rows.
Also appreciate the reviews of the two WAW lounges which I will give a try towards the end of the month.
Also appreciate the reviews of the two WAW lounges which I will give a try towards the end of the month.
May 3, 2007, 11:49 pm
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Shareholder - when I passed through WAW last month (twice), the lounge by the high gate numbers was much less busy than by the low gate numbers. (trip report)
May 4, 2007, 7:27 pm
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jacob_m,
Your pics added another dimension to your interesting report. Nice to get a glimps of some of the lounges that I had not had a chance to experience yet. Keep it up! ^
Your pics added another dimension to your interesting report. Nice to get a glimps of some of the lounges that I had not had a chance to experience yet. Keep it up! ^
May 7, 2007, 2:06 am
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Thanks for all the nice comments!! 
^
The Fantasia lounge is indeed the one to go for in Warsaw, opposite gate 11 and 12.
There were only three people inside on my visit, very quiet and lots of space.
^There were only three people inside on my visit, very quiet and lots of space.