The city of Tottori’s main attraction is some huge sand dunes, the only in Japan. They are of impressive scale, 20-30 metres high, the whole system goes on for many kilometres. The day we visited it was unfortunately raining however this only added to the whole experience as a low mist...
We arrived at KL sentral with every intent on staying at one of the adjacent hotels. Unfortunately I had transferred points from my Amex to SPG for a couple nights only the night before and last minute rates were poor value. It usually takes around 24 hours so decided to wait the 30 mins and...
Ok that title is a bit dramatic, I have used Virgin Atlantic (VS) before for the domestic service which has provided very good value for awards. However those routes are currently being terminated, with a few months remaining to Aberdeen and Edinburgh. This is in addition to discontinuing several key...
After the disaster of the SriLankan Airlines flights, I’ve been working my way through all the jobs to getting my bookings refunded, insurance claims and more. So far: Phoned Amex, they’ve put a temporary suspension on all the transactions Emailed SriLankan requesting a refund for the first ticket/flight Phoned Orbitz about the...
Here is an interesting relic I found from the 90s. It looks untouched. First class sleepers and business class seats: pictures and reviews
And the freddie awards winner is… the one with the biggest mailing list the one with most obnoxious communication the one with the most gullible clients? How many more emails must I get asking me to vote?
Over the coming weeks months years I plan to try and go through all old posts and upload higher resolution exports of the original photos. Specifically I have installed a “retina” WP plug-in to allow double resolution images loaded on hi DPI screens. 🙂
After the mess of the last few days it was best to lay low and catch up on a lot of sleep. Since the Sheraton KL has been reduced to SPG category 2 it is now quite a cheap reward and the lowest in KL that will give significant benefits...
Trying something a bit different today, having booked an award to the middle east to position for a cheap set of fares starting in Dubai. So having already flown Stockholm to Dubai direct in Emirates First Class, the next best thing surely has to be Lufthansa.
Another early morning rush from Uppsala down to Arlanda, this time however to Terminal 5 to fly Lufthansa to Munich, connecting to a first class flight to Dubai! This would be worth the pain of getting to Munich relatively early. Sitting at the front of the plane, I overheard the gate agent (GA)...
So somehow I went under the rock and forgot to check these before they took affect… here I am booking something a couple days after the changes. Turns out, possibly thanks to currency fluctuations, that for me all the changes are pretty good. More going down than up this year...
Travelling around means an over-reliance on pay as you go services. Many will argue for cheap(er) roaming services and some of these are worthwhile looking at but if you are genuinely mobile, without a base or ‘home’ then the problem changes. Since I’m a frequent visitor to Australia, often staying 2-4 weeks I...
I should start a blog for my luggage called “adventures I go on when I escape my human”
At extremely short, one week notice, Enrich is significantly increasing points required for MAS awards. New Burn Charts or PDF In short they’re finally correcting the 60(51 online)k cap for longhauls connecting through KUL. A slight reduction on extremely short sectors which remain somewhat expensive. Most mid-range trips increase approximately...
Spent some of the day at Singapore’s main bird sanctuary, Jurong Bird Park. This place has been around for decades and is popular with the likes of the Singapore Zoo, the Night Safari and Gardens. Prepare for some poor commentary and rubbish bird photography.
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