When United first introduced its long haul Polaris business class in 2016, and together with it the Polaris lounge, it was a product I wanted to check out. Nice as it looked, it was still United after all, so Polaris wasn’t that high on my agenda. The opportunity finally presented itself on this trip to…
Singapore Airlines Enhances Inflight Wi-Fi Offerings
Singapore Airlines has announced an enhancement of its inflight Wi-Fi offerings. As of 1 February, Business Class passengers, PPS Club members and their supplementary card holders can permanently enjoy unlimited inflight Wi-Fi, while KrisFlyer members in Premium Economy and Economy classes get time-based surf plans, of 3h and 2h respectively. These enhancements had been rolled…
Cathay Pacific reopens ‘The Deck’, remainder of global lounges to follow
Cathay Pacific has today announced the reopening of its ‘The Deck’ lounge in Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). ‘The Deck’ joins the already-reopened ‘The Wing’ First and ‘The Pier’ Business. Excitingly, the airline has also announced that the remainder of its lounge globally will reopen before the last quarter of 2023, including the lovely lounge…
February 2023 KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes Released
The KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes list for travel in February 2023 has been released. As usual, Spontaneous Escapes offers are 30% off Saver award tickets on selected Singapore Airlines flights. The usual key terms & conditions apply: Highlights from February’s list There’s a few regulars as usual in this month’s list, such as the Premium Economy…
KrisFlyer Miles Can Now Be Converted to Marriott Bonvoy Points
KrisFlyer and Marriott Bonvoy have announced an expansion to their partnership. KrisFlyer members who are also members of Marriott Bonvoy, can now link their accounts and convert KrisFlyer miles to Marriott Bonvoy points. This two-way conversion builds on the existing option of converting Bonvoy points into KrisFlyer miles. In this post, I will focus more…
My reflection on 2022 travel
I know we’re already 10 days into 2023, but I thought I’d share a little reflection on and highlights of travel in 2022. It was the year borders properly reopened and travel started to resemble pre-pandemic days. For me, 2022 was a big travel reset. It also coincided with many changes in my personal life…
Singapore Airlines Adjusts NS2023 Schedule, Adds A380s to Sydney and Melbourne
Singapore Airlines has announced a series of changes to its schedule for 2023. Most of these changes are increasing frequencies to existing destinations with the current aircraft types, but there’s a few noteworthy adjustments. These more interesting changes are the increase in A380 operations to Australia, and a return to Busan (PUS). The changes aren’t…
JAL what were you thinking? A review of JAL 787-9 “Sky Suite III” Business Class (HND-SIN)
After a lovely few days in a reopened Japan, it was time to head home to Singapore. For my return flight to Singapore, I had redeemed a JAL business class through Alaska Mileage Plan, at a cost of 25,000 Mileage Plan miles. This included a domestic leg from Osaka Itami to Tokyo Haneda. My flight…
Review: JAL 787-8 ‘Class J’ (ITM-HND)
For my return flight to Singapore from Japan, I managed to secure a redemption on JAL through Alaska Mileage Plan, from Osaka Itami (ITM) to Singapore (SIN) with an overnight stopover in Tokyo. While a slightly roundabout way to get home, I did not mind the overnight in Tokyo as well, as it would give…
Review: Scoot 787-8 ScootPlus (SIN-KIX)
For my recent post-reopening trip to Japan, I opted to hop on a Scoot flight to Osaka Kansai. The main reason I chose this flight was because a good friend was part of the operating tech crew and had a two day layover in Kansai, so it was good opportunity to catch up and hang…