DC to New York City with Amtrak in Acela First Class
I’m not really sure how the planning for this trip got started. One day, I was looking for some fun flights I could redeem miles for, and the next day I was planning a trip around the world. The...
View ArticleTunis to Dubai in Emirates First Class
Woke up reasonably early, and headed up to the Sheraton lounge for breakfast, although I didn’t have high expectations based on the previous night. The espresso machine worked well, there was...
View ArticleDubai to Singapore in Emirates A380 First Class
Eventually found my way to the A gates, and from there to the elevator up to the First Class Lounge/Floor. I say floor, because the A terminal is one long pier, with the entire second floor being...
View ArticleSingapore to Sydney in Qantas First Class
So, right, off the plane in Singapore after back to back flights and straight for a walk around the airport. Singapore is cool because T1, T2, and T3 are all connected, but if you have a long way to...
View ArticleSydney to Bangkok in Thai First Class
Decided to take the train to the airport in the morning despite my early flight, mainly because the train station was only a five minute walk from the hotel and based on previous taxi experiences it...
View ArticleWashington to Johannesburg with United and SWISS… including a surprise!
After just a few days at home, it was time to head out again and cross the Atlantic back to Switzerland. In this case, it was a total coincidence that I was connecting in Switzerland, but keeping in...
View ArticleJohannesburg to IAD with Lufthansa…including some First Class love
My time in Johannesburg was over far too quickly – as it always seems to be – and soon I was at the airport preparing for my trip home. Due to work finishing a bit sooner than expected I had moved my...
View ArticleDucking Awesome: First Class Birthday Around the World…in 86 Hours!
So, a bit of background is necessary to understand this trip. No, I’m not talking about the fact that I have a few screws loose when it comes to traveling; that part is a given. I’m talking more about...
View ArticleDC to Frankfurt flying Lufthansa First
I had been so busy running around all day after deciding I was going to not only make this work, but getting it booked, that I’d pretty much forgotten to eat all day. I popped in to the Turkish...
View ArticleTokyo to LA in ANA First Class
Fortunately the walk from the lounge to the gate was a short one, and there were already tons of people lined up for boarding in the gate area. Turns out the flight was booked completely full in...
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