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Trip Report: EVA Air Business Class from Los Angeles to Taipei
August 20, 2013
I recently had to take a quick trip to Bangladesh. While searching the United site, I found some good space on Thai, EVA, United and Asiana. All the airlines have flat bed seats, but I leaned toward EVA Air because they joined the Star Alliance two months ago, so I hadn't yet had a chance to fly them.
EVA flies the same flat bed business class seats as Cathay Pacific and the new American Air 777-300ER, which are widely considered the best business class seats in the world.
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Trip Report: Singapore Airlines Business Class Houston-Singapore
July 2, 2013
Tahsir recently flew Singapore Business Class for twenty hours and was blown away by the service.
I recently had the opportunity to fly on Singapore Airlines Business Class from Houston-Singapore via Moscow.
Introduction: The OneStarWorld Alliance Trip Around The World
June 18, 2013
Great minds think alike? Yesterday I posted about my dream Singapore Suites, Cathay Pacific First, and Lufthansa First Class Terminal trip.
MileValue Reader Meetup at FTU DC!
April 26, 2013
If you're going to the Frequent Traveler University this weekend, let's meet up! At the last FTU meetup in Los Angeles, we were able to meet a ton of new people and put some faces to familiar names.
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The Way to Get Singapore Business Class Space Without Fuel Surcharges
April 16, 2013
The Avianca/TACA LifeMiles program sells miles for around 1.36 cents per mile, which means you can get into luxury seats like Singapore business class beds on an A380 for less than the cost of a paid economy ticket.
LifeMiles selling for 1.3 cents is not new. Scott wrote about that deal in September. Every month or two LifeMiles has a "2 for 1" promo that makes their miles a steal.
Spring Break 2013: Thai Airways A380 First Class Bangkok-Hong Kong
April 8, 2013
After a few eventful days in Bangkok, I was ready to head on over to Hong Kong. I initially booked my flights to Hong Kong on the specific purpose of flying Lufthansa's new 747-8i in First Class. As luck would have it, Lufthansa began flying to Hong Kong with the 747-8i two days before I was scheduled to fly that route.
Bangkok to Hong Kong has been operated by a Thai A380 because of Hong Kong's strong business-traveler demand.
I got to the airport at about 6:30AM for my 8:05 AM departure.
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Spring Break 2013: Malaysia Airlines A380 First Class from Paris to Kuala Lumpur
April 4, 2013
It's been a long week for me as I have just spent a few days in Germany, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The entire week was a blast and it was probably the best trip of my life. To make it even better, at the end of the week I was scheduled to fly Malaysia Airlines new A380 in their First Class cabin. Here's how it went.
I left Paris around 9AM to catch my 12PM departure. Originally, I was supposed to be dropped off but the train seemed like a more viable option.
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Spring Break 2013! A Proposed 26,000 Mile Journey
March 24, 2013
As many of you may know, I am a college student by day and the amusing, yet mystical, Bengali Miles Guru by night. After traveling almost 100,000 miles since January, I knew that my upcoming spring break trip would have to be amazing.
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Fantasy Becomes Reality: Singapore Suites From Singapore to Los Angeles
February 23, 2013
Pack your bags folks. Today, we're going on one of the most coveted First Class products out there. It's so luxurious that it's not even called First Class.
Singapore Airlines Suites were introduced in 2008 exclusively on their flagship A380-800. Ever since then, people have been hoarding their points for a chance to fly this room in the sky. For years, Singapore Suites could only be booked by using KrisFlyer points at an astounding 1 million miles roundtrip!
At the end of 2012, Singapore released their Suites product to saver availability on KrisFlyer.
Hotel Review: The Ritz Carlton, Kuala Lumpur
February 21, 2013
Elegant, Opulent, Grand, Colorful and Detailed.
These are all traits that describe the Ritz Carlton in Kuala Lumpur.
I stayed at the Ritz Carlton for a night and here's what I found:
Check in
As soon as our car arrived, the door-man helped us out of the car. He took the luggage to a holding area as I checked in. At the check in desk, there were three employees that had all welcomed me with a smile. After asking for an upgrade, I was given the executive room. This room was said to be bigger than a normal room.