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Suites? In a yflyer TR? Has the world gone mad?
No it hasn't. Then again, with Brexit, President-elect Donald Trump, 1MDB, and the detention of 11 of our Terrex troop carriers in Hong Kong, maybe it has...
I flew Y...some of the best economy class flights ever, in fact, on SQ and also JL.
But I had Mrs yflyer with me this time. A few months ago, she asked me "Can I try Suites one day?"...and to paraphrase Eurythmics, who was I to disagree? And the opportunity to do so came up last month when I had to make a last minute business trip to China.
"I need to go to Beijing next week. You want to come?" I asked her. The good thing about having kids old enough to look after themselves is that you can just pack up and go at the drop of a hat. "Sure!" Mrs yflyer replied.
As a rule, I don't redeem Krisflyer miles in economy. With all the surcharges, this, to me, is a terrible waste of miles, not to mention cash. Once you factor in the surcharges, the cost of a Y redemption is quite high -- if flying Y, a paid promotional fare is often preferable, and not much more expensive than a Y Krisflyer redemption. Much better value to redeem miles on J and F, and that was exactly what I did. I did the whole trip in Y, with Mrs yflyer sitting up front in Business on the SIN-PEK leg, and in Suites on the PEK-SIN leg back home.
I didn't head back to Singapore from Beijing...I had to fly to Tokyo, and did that on JL's 787, and spent a few days in Tokyo before flying home on SQ631 HND-SIN, operated that day by 9V-SNA, a 77WN which might just be my favourite plane in SQ's fleet right now.
I had been to Beijing many times before, but always for work. I had never visited the Great Wall. Neither had I ever visited the Forbidden City. I would do all that on this trip.
As usual, with Mrs yflyer there, she would be responsible for figuring out what to eat. Regulars on SQTalk will know that is always a good thing!
Interested, read on!
No it hasn't. Then again, with Brexit, President-elect Donald Trump, 1MDB, and the detention of 11 of our Terrex troop carriers in Hong Kong, maybe it has...
I flew Y...some of the best economy class flights ever, in fact, on SQ and also JL.
But I had Mrs yflyer with me this time. A few months ago, she asked me "Can I try Suites one day?"...and to paraphrase Eurythmics, who was I to disagree? And the opportunity to do so came up last month when I had to make a last minute business trip to China.
"I need to go to Beijing next week. You want to come?" I asked her. The good thing about having kids old enough to look after themselves is that you can just pack up and go at the drop of a hat. "Sure!" Mrs yflyer replied.
As a rule, I don't redeem Krisflyer miles in economy. With all the surcharges, this, to me, is a terrible waste of miles, not to mention cash. Once you factor in the surcharges, the cost of a Y redemption is quite high -- if flying Y, a paid promotional fare is often preferable, and not much more expensive than a Y Krisflyer redemption. Much better value to redeem miles on J and F, and that was exactly what I did. I did the whole trip in Y, with Mrs yflyer sitting up front in Business on the SIN-PEK leg, and in Suites on the PEK-SIN leg back home.
I didn't head back to Singapore from Beijing...I had to fly to Tokyo, and did that on JL's 787, and spent a few days in Tokyo before flying home on SQ631 HND-SIN, operated that day by 9V-SNA, a 77WN which might just be my favourite plane in SQ's fleet right now.
I had been to Beijing many times before, but always for work. I had never visited the Great Wall. Neither had I ever visited the Forbidden City. I would do all that on this trip.
As usual, with Mrs yflyer there, she would be responsible for figuring out what to eat. Regulars on SQTalk will know that is always a good thing!
Interested, read on!
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