tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45252636122052839832024-03-05T17:52:19.742+01:00On BoardPTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-37292032221415319142012-08-24T16:53:00.000+02:002012-09-15T23:10:57.458+02:00United / Lufthansa Business Class to PeruWe spent our summer holidays in Peru and to get there we used US Airways miles. Unfortunately Avianca / TACA had not joined Star Alliance at the time of booking yet, so our routing had to be a bit strange: MUC-STR-EWR-LIM / BOG-FRA-MUC. We decided for United from Stuttgart as they use a Boeing 757 from there which guaranteed a good sleep in their new seats! Unfortunately there was no "lie-flat" PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-6254884857748627252011-08-14T19:08:00.000+02:002011-08-27T19:14:29.743+02:00Lufthansa Business Class: New York - DusseldorfAirline: Lufthansa
Aircraft: Airbus A330-300
Class: Business
Route: New York - Dusseldorf
Date: July 2011
Two weeks after we came in by Continental we were on our way back to Germany. This time with a nonstop Lufthansa flight from EWR to DUS in Business Class. I was surprised how easy it was to get award tickets during high season.
This was one of the flights I usually do not like that much. PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-20778706613093303902011-07-30T22:18:00.023+02:002011-08-01T22:27:34.304+02:00Continental BusinessFirst: Birmingham - New YorkAirline: Continental
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
Class: BusinessFirst
Route: Birmingham - New York
Date: July 2011
3:30. In the middle of the night. I hate getting up so early in the morning, but we ordered an airport transfer for 4:45 from my home to DUS. Enough time for two big cups of coffee, stowing my computer in my hand luggage, close all windows and the car was in front of the door. Of PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-64754621389714081372011-07-30T10:23:00.049+02:002011-07-31T10:43:16.340+02:00Lufthansa European Comfort: Munich - DusseldorfAirline: Lufthansa
Aircraft: Airbus A319
Class: Economy (European Comfort)
Route: Munich - Dusseldorf
Date: July 2011
When flying from Munich to Dusseldorf, I had my first encounter with Lufthansa's new European Comfort cabin. Thinner seats, more space, more comfort. This sounded good! However, a friend of mine had already told me that seating hurts, so I expected something like US Airways' PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-53399938701125930472011-06-10T10:53:00.262+02:002011-06-26T14:55:06.552+02:00Thai First Class: Munich - Bangkok | Phuket - Bangkok - MunichAirline: Thai
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400
Class: First
Route: Munich - Bangkok | Phuket - Bangkok - Munich
Date: June 2011
One month ago we decided to visit Thailand, so this was a good way to spend some US miles. As the difference between First and Business was small, we went for Thai First for the first time. We also thought about flying from Paris and trying the suites, but connection flights PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-67465216168794776392011-06-09T18:04:00.007+02:002011-09-13T14:55:24.322+02:00Egypt Air Business Class: 34,000 miles between Dusseldorf, Bangkok and New YorkAirline: Egypt Air
Aircraft: Airbus A321 / Boeing 777-300ER / Airbus A330-200
Class: Business
Route: Amsterdam - Cairo - Bangkok - Cairo - New York - Cairo - Bangkok - Cairo - Amsterdam
Date: June / July 2011
34000 miles on an airline I've never wanted to fly in my life
Egypt Air AMS-CAI-BKK-CAI-JFK-CAI-BKK-CAI-AMS
I had to fly from Europe to Thailand for some business and I also had to go PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-90386488883163580062011-05-09T22:30:00.039+02:002011-05-14T10:46:08.613+02:00Lufthansa First Class: Frankfurt - Washington D.C.Airline: Lufthansa
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400
Class: First (upper deck)
Route: Frankfurt - Washington D.C.
Date: May 2011
I had to go to Washington once more and this time I really looked for tickets too late. If you search within less than 7 days before departure, prices skyrocket in Business Class. Time to burn some miles again. This time I took them from my BMI account. I had a look into KVS PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-28561965025682830932011-04-16T14:16:00.029+02:002011-04-22T14:30:47.816+02:00Singapore Airlines First Class: Hong Kong - San Francisco - WashingtonAirline: Singapore Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 777
Class: First
Route: Hong Kong - San Francisco
Date: April 2011
After some days on the Chinese mainland we had the last day off for some sightseeing and took the Airport Express from Kowloon to the airport. Of course we were there too early. There was a check-in lane open for the next departing flight back to Singapore and only an early-bird PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-59144228268725227862011-04-10T14:09:00.011+02:002011-04-22T14:30:15.310+02:00Singapore Airlines First Class: Singapore - Hong KongAirline: Singapore Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 777-200
Class: First
Route: Singapore - Hong Kong (SQ 870)
Date: April 2011
After a quite long walk through the new and impressive Singapore Terminal 3 we arrived at the silver Kris lounge. We gave our boarding passes with the invitation to the Private Room to the lounge manager. It was like entering a plane in the Economy Class section and PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-14146015961637924332011-04-09T13:59:00.011+02:002011-04-22T14:31:55.990+02:00Singapore Airlines First Class: Frankfurt - SingaporeAirline: Singapore Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 777
Class: First
Route: Frankfurt - Singapore (SQ 325)
Date: April 2011
We were in Cologne at a technical trade show and one week after our departure from JFK we went back to Frankfurt for our next trip to Hong Kong via Singapore. This leg was on a 77W. Although flying First we had to go to the LH Senator Lounge. As usual it was crowded, loud and not PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-79271061545896467362011-04-02T13:44:00.038+02:002011-04-22T14:31:23.907+02:00Singapore Airlines First Class: New York JFK - FrankfurtWe (my technical manager and me) had to attend two meetings in Germany and Hong Kong. After we had searched several different fares, we came to the conclusion that the cheapest way for us would be the Singapore Airlines RTW fare. There are two fares: In Business Class for USD 5,299 and First Class for 6,699 USD. But: If you have any segment on the 77W or the 345 included on your Business Class PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-23682959164860318942011-03-19T18:01:00.001+01:002011-03-30T18:17:53.451+02:00Air France Business Class: Paris - Washington, D.C.Airline: Air France
Aircraft: Boeing 777
Class: Business
Route: Paris - Washington, D.C.
Date: March 2011
It has been quite a while since my last AF flight. In the meantime I had been flying a number of different airlines, so now I can compare better than before when I only flew Skyteam to reach my Platinum lifetime status.
To save parking costs I stayed the night before my flight at the PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-64143839913382559772011-02-20T10:19:00.025+01:002011-04-20T10:36:58.872+02:00Guest Photo Report: Around The WorldA nice customer provided us with some of her photos of her round-the-world trip (on Singapore Airlines Business Class, Swiss First Class and Air New Zealand Business Class):
Singapore
Singapore Airlines Amenity Kit
Auckland
Auckland
Cook Islands
Cook Islands
Cook Islands
Cook Islands
Los Angeles - San Francisco
Los Angeles - San Francisco
Los Angeles - San PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-85796999728559769522011-01-13T14:53:00.000+01:002011-01-30T14:54:06.561+01:00Cathay Pacific Business Class: New York - Hong KongAirline: Cathay Pacific
Aircraft: Boeing 777
Class: Business
Route: New York - Hong Kong
Date: January 2011
Start of a nightmare. Yes, if you know that you will be in plane for at least 16 hrs, you can fly whatever you want. It doesn't feel very comfy to think about this long time.
But back to the beginning. Turkish Airlines had a Valentine's special to Hong Kong once again (remember our PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-87797019090032146412010-12-04T18:12:00.029+01:002010-12-13T18:24:56.517+01:00United Airlines First Class: Munich - Washington, D.C.Airline: United Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 777
Class: First
Route: Munich - Washington, D.C.
Date: December 2010
Since my girlfriend has moved to another location, it takes a bit longer to drive to Munich airport than before. Nevertheless, it was Saturday morning and I managed the appr. 150 kms in exactly one hour. Cold and snow on the side, but it was sunny and the highway free of ice and dry. PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-69509481115818370862010-11-13T23:21:00.001+01:002010-11-20T23:26:52.342+01:00British Airways Club World: Milan - London - New YorkAirline: British Airways
Aircraft: Boeing 777
Class: Business / Club World
Route: Milan - London Heathrow - New York / Newark
Date: November 2010
Saturday morning, 4:30: my mobile is ringing. Wake up call. How could I be so stupid? After 2 minutes I remember: Getting up 3 hours earlier saved me more than 700 Euros. This makes appr. EUR 240.00 per hour of sleep. Good deal.
After some coffees I PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-47834663560363581242010-11-13T17:17:00.002+01:002010-11-14T00:04:43.916+01:00Ethiopian Airlines Cloud Nine: Dubai - Addis Abababy DariusTR
Airline: Ethiopian Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 767-300ER
Class: Business / Cloud Nine
Route: Dubai - Addis Ababa
Date: November 2010
Check-in was in DXB Terminal 1. Long queues in front of the security checks, average check-in at one of the 4 desks (1 for Business “Cloud Nine”, 1 for “Silver/Gold” and 2 for Economy). Took quite long, because they needed to check the credit card I had PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-11177554598779402742010-11-06T18:16:00.001+01:002010-11-09T18:06:46.086+01:00US Airways Envoy Suites: Philadelphia - ParisAfter the big disappointment on inbound flight with old Envoy Class (although sufficient for a day flight) we hoped to get Envoy Suites on the night flight back to Europe. But first we had to get from the American countryside to Philadelphia...
It worked quite well despite of changing planes in Charlotte and New York La Guardia. The Dash-8, Airbus A319 and Embraer 145 were in good shape. PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-53347254929245428742010-10-30T11:23:00.001+02:002010-11-03T01:25:46.840+01:00US Airways Envoy (cradle seats): Paris - PhiladelphiaWe still had two Chairman upgrade vouchers, so we decided to spend fall in Tennessee. As we wished to try the new Envoy Suites, we took the flight to the US from Paris, therefore a separate flight from Germany to France was needed.
Frankfurt - Paris
Our connecting flight has landed in time, we immediately proceeded to the Lufthansa Senator Lounge. Unfortunately it was totally crowded. Really PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-72318324842576522232010-10-11T15:00:00.000+02:002010-10-18T15:35:39.210+02:00Iberia Business Class: Amsterdam - Madrid - New YorkAirline: Iberia
Aircraft: Airbus A340
Class: Business
Route: Amsterdam - Madrid - New York JFK
Date: October 2010
We decided to fly from Amsterdam instead of Dusseldorf because this flight was approximately 700 EUR cheaper than the flight from Dusseldorf. We stayed the night before at the Hilton Amsterdam, which has a nice offer. Pay 160 EUR for one night and park up to 15 nights for free.PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-82516381521382047912010-08-27T15:27:00.001+02:002010-10-13T19:26:08.689+02:00Lufthansa Business Class: Munich - New York - MunichAirline: Lufthansa
Aircraft: Airbus A330-200 / A340-600
Class: Business
Route: Munich - New York JFK / New York EWR - Munich
Date: August 2010
Check-In
Check-In in Munich was conducted smoothly at curbside check-in counters. We went to the Senator Lounge which was very full. The food offered was good and the staff at the welcome desk very helpful. As our seats had been changed despite PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-44422330189360397232010-08-21T11:36:00.148+02:002010-11-21T13:20:22.688+01:00US Airways First Class: Fort Lauderdale - Los AngelesThe mission: Go for bmi Gold!
Magnificent side-effect: Tour of several national parks in the American West (highly recommended!)
Airline: US Airways
Aircraft: Boeing 737, Airbus A320, Airbus A321
Class: First
Route: New York La Guardia - Washington Reagan - Fort Lauderdale - Philadelphia - Los Angeles / Los Angeles - Charlotte - Fort Lauderdale
Date: August 2010
We decided to take US Airways PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-82048635664354983042010-02-12T19:41:00.037+01:002010-10-15T19:55:39.646+02:00Turkish Airlines Business Class: Munich - Istanbul - Hong KongLuckily we could book Turkish Airlines' Valentine's Day Special to Hong Kong which meant: 1100 EUR for two (!) in Business Class from Istanbul to Hong Kong. Friends of us were coming with us, so we were a party of four on the way to Hong Kong. All we needed was a feeder flight from Munich, which we booked in Economy Class.
A bitter cold day in February and the magic started. Turkish Airlines wasPTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-68827795693009231102009-08-21T16:22:00.068+02:002010-11-22T17:24:43.979+01:00Air New Zealand Business Class: Auckland - Tahiti - AucklandAirline: Air New Zealand
Aircraft: Boeing 767
Class: Business
Route: Auckland - Tahiti - Auckland
Date: August 2009
We just had flown in from Beijing, and after 12 hrs stopover in Auckland (Koru Lounge) the last part of our journey (on miles) to the South Seas was about to begin: the flight to Tahiti.
We went to the gate and waited for boarding. Business Class was allowed to board first. The PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525263612205283983.post-3326227962721281722009-08-20T18:29:00.002+02:002010-11-22T17:26:12.848+01:00Air New Zealand Business Premier: Beijing - AucklandAirline: Air New Zealand
Aircraft: Boeing 777
Class: Business Premier
Route: Beijing - Auckland - Beijing
Date: August 2009
On our way from Germany to Tahiti, we took Lufthansa from Frankfurt to Beijing and Air New Zealand from then on. As we've heard only great things about Air New Zealand Business Premier, expectations were high ... and we were not disappointed!
A very warm welcome - Kiwi PTNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17324240559670694914noreply@blogger.com