Yesterday, I wrote about the first leg of my journey home from the Philippines to the U.S. last fall, from Manila to Tokyo on All Nippon Airways in Economy. This post is a continuation of the trip from Tokyo to Seattle, trying out United's BusinessFirst product for the first time.
To give a brief historical background, this passage was part of a larger voyage to the Philippines designed to give my friend B and I a thrilling experience for the love of the plane. We had ...
Photo of JA 609A, the All Nippon Airways (Air Japan) 767 I flew from Manila to Tokyo on October 29, 2012.
Earlier this winter, I published two of my trip reports on airliners.net reviewing my 787 experience in All Nippon Airways Economy from Seattle to Tokyo, and in ANA Business Class from Tokyo to Manila. These two segments were part of a larger journey from Seattle to Manila last October that my friend B and I booked, as it would allow the ...
After a short delay in Manila, but a wonderful flight on the refurbished B747-400, it was off to LAX on one of Delta’s first planes to have true lay flat seats in Business Class, the B777-200LR. The plane was starting to show a bit of wear and tear, regardless the product is solid and extremely comfortable. After a short stop at the Narita SkyClub (Club access to 100s of airport clubs is just one of the many Amex Platinum benefits regardless of travel ...
When Saudia Airlines (formerly Saudi Arabian Airlines) offered an amazing $557 r/t deal from New York to Dubai via Jeddah last December, I jumped on it—but it was not because I had any desire to go to Dubai. Saudia is a member of SkyTeam and the fare was eligible for Delta Skymiles as well—almost 15,000. But that wasn't the reason for my trip either. I also was not all that interested in actually flying Saudia—though it is always nice to try a new airline. No, the reason ...
My trip report featuring the Intra-Asia Business class experience on All Nippon Airways has been published. The report covers a journey from Tokyo to Manila last October.
In this report, you will find the following:
+ Review of the transfer experience at Tokyo Narita airport
"I proceeded to the Transit Inspection centre at Narita, which was a complete and utter disaster...My patience was running dangerously low."
+ Review of the All Nippon Airways ...
The time finally came, the monitors in the lounge changed from “on time” to “Final Call” and my travel companion and myself started to quickly pick up our belongings and streamline it for the gate. Although we were told boarding would begin at 2pm, it was 1:58 and the airport monitors were reading final call. Never flown Singapore Airlines before, little did we know that although the monitors read final call, all it really means is boarding had just begun. Why ...
