I just spent the weekend in Hong Kong, flying up on Friday morning and returning Sunday night. Pre-Covid and pre-2019 protests, Hong Kong was one of my favourite destinations for quick getaways. The food is of course the main draw for me, although the shopping isn’t too bad either (especially since GST just went up…
KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes for March 2023 Released
The KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes list for travel in March 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 this month’s list There’s a few regulars as usual in this month’s list, such as the Premium…
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…
Review: Conrad Los Angeles (Premium View King)
When I realised I would have to route through LAX, and potentially spend a couple of nights in LA, to get home on United Polaris from Seattle, I knew I should make it a priority to stay at the Conrad Los Angeles. After all, what better than to check out and review an almost brand…
Review: Sheraton Grand Los Angeles (King Guest Room)
Continuing with my long-delayed reviews from my September 2022 USA trip, my next stop after almost a week in Seattle/Bellevue was Los Angeles. I didn’t really have any specific reason to visit LA, but it was the only United Polaris routing I could get a redemption on. Since I was had never spent time in…
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…
Good, not great, with some oddities: Review of The Apurva Kempinski Bali
When I first came across The Apurva Kempinski Bali around the time of Bali’s reopening, I wanted to stay there. The photos I’d seen of the property looked absolutely stunning. I’m also a sucker for rooms with private pools, so I was particularly intrigued by the Cliff Private Pool Junior Suites. This property shot to…