Note: This flight was taken in February 2022. Certain travel restrictions and service protocols described in this review may not be reflective of the current state of travel. I’ve shared the background of why I took this trip in an earlier post Introduction: The Three Year Chase. I do recommend reading that, to understand the…
Review: Jetblue A321neo Mint Suite (LAX-JFK)
Note: This flight was taken in February 2022. Certain travel restrictions and service protocols described in this review may not be reflective of the current state of travel. Introduction I’ve shared the background of why I took this trip in an earlier post Introduction: The Three Year Chase. I do recommend reading that, to understand…
Review: ANA 777-300ER ‘The Suite’ First Class (NRT-SFO)
Note: This flight was taken in February 2022. Certain travel restrictions and service protocols described in this review may not be reflective of the current state of travel. In the previous instalment of this trip, I reviewed my ANA Business class flight on the 787-9 from Singapore to Tokyo. This is the second leg of…
Review: ANA 787-9 Business Class (SIN-NRT)
Note: This flight was taken in February 2022. Certain travel restrictions and service protocols described in this review may not be reflective of the current state of travel. To kick off my round-the-world, end-of-three-year-chase trip, was an early morning flight to Tokyo-Narita. I’ve shared the background of why I took this trip in an earlier…
Introduction: The Three Year Chase
Note: This flight was taken in February 2022. Certain travel restrictions and service protocols described in this review may not be reflective of the current state of travel. Introduction This is the introduction to a round-the-world trip I took in early 2022. Yes, this trip report is a year overdue. I apologise for the tardiness…
Review: Singapore Airlines A380 Business Class (HKG-SIN)
Introduction When I decided to make a quick weekend getaway to Hong Kong in February, a straightforward redemption on Singapore Airlines seemed the best option. There was the added bonus of flying on the A380, which is currently operating the last SQ flight out of Hong Kong. The business class product on the A380 isn’t…
Oldie but goodie: Review of Conrad Hong Kong
For my recent trip to Hong Kong, I opted to stay at the Conrad Hong Kong. It was a quick weekend getaway with the girlfriend, but of course any opportunity to revisit one of my favourite destinations pre-Covid and check out another Conrad, was always welcome. The trip itself was great and totally seamless, as…
Review: ANA Lounge Narita No.2 Satellite
After my United Polaris flight from LAX, I had a few hours to kill in transit at Tokyo Narita before my connecting flight onwards home to Singapore. While I was not flying in a premium cabin for my Singapore Airlines flight, I had access to the ANA lounges courtesy of my KrisFlyer Elite Gold status.…
Review: United 787-9 Polaris (LAX-NRT)
When it came to finding a way home from my Seattle trip, I had my eye on United Polaris. To many, it would sound crazy to choose United over other options trans-Pacific, particularly the Asian carriers. Considering I have zero loyalty inclination to United, it seemed an even more incomprehensible choice. However, when United launched…
Review: United Polaris Lounge LAX
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…