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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...
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Tunis 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...
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Dubai 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...
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Singapore 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...
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Sydney 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...
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Washington 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...
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Johannesburg 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...
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Ducking 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...
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DC 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...
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Tokyo 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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