QR10 A380 singapore to melbourne business class review

 although it has been half a year after I write this trip report,in retrospect, I am deeply moved by fly qantas Airlines QR10 from SIN to MEL in business class.
 if the china airlines logo is a symbol of elegance, the Qantas kangaroo LOGO is very lovely.
 thinking I will experience the A380,after I have stayed in Singapore City, I immediately go back to the airport.this trip is from Singapore to Melbourne, fly by airbus A380.

when I arrive at changi airport,I began to looking for check in counter

And then I saw the Premier Check-in counter

  CI recently partnered with BR to open the first-class checkin counter in taipei.after received the boarding pass and checked luggage,one can godirectly to the security zone.it also has the dedicated security line to use.
I would like to strongly recommend the Taoyuan airport open business class passengers dedicated passage.in the morning rush hour security check experience is really quite bad,when I print my boarding pass at airport,there is some problem, first I get the economy class boarding pass,fortunately, I found it and the ground crew has changed to business class BP, if so, are there somebody has the same name with me.

Sometimes I think airbus A380 look like a silkworm,but wing junctions is very abrupt.

see a yellow sign and I am very excited!!

this is the Qantas business class, it is called Skybed

The FA serving our cabin area, speak a pure Australian enligsh,we all called him  little tiger,soon after boarding, I just experienced all seat positions,the Captain broadcast the plane will take off, due to the cabin configuration, I found this cabin only have 12 seats,(and only sat two person)but the premium economy cabin is actually only a curtain separated from business cabin,the plane has not taken off,we have heard kids screaming.

we quickly changed our seats, luckily there are many empty seats in the business class(it were not Christmas Eve?!)

I really like the menu on plane. this is the breakfast menu, look like a hotel In-room Breakfast menu.

 once onboard ,I saw today's menu beside my seat, there is a Qantas pen,due to business class on the upper deck, so the window seats will have extra storage space

 I really love this space, you can tucked in all your bag, it feel more safe.
some business class seats can even have three tier.

after took off , the FA give us toiletry bag and a can of avian water
  routinely check what inside the toilet bag,
 although I do not know which brand, but their hand cream is very good.

its about to fly to Indonesia's airspace, ready to serve meal.
 here is the nasty salad sauce, is the same brand as I fly to bali.

for security first try to determine the taste of the sauce, in case it ruin the whole bowl of salad.
 white Italian cheese is good to eat ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!
  Australia is a really good country,just to see the kangaroo,you know that is Australia.

The following is today's dinner, as usual,I selected rice,the meat above is fish, very delicious Perch,
  personally think their AVOD is not good. after all business class should have a bigger screen,

The airline meal have small quantity, but the fruit dessert feel good.Not to mention cheese plate

the friend's duck noodle,taste bad

after dinner, of course,I will do some sports.I am going to visit the A380.
 where is the big and purple kangaroo,the answer is in the staircase.

 this is the bar on A380, is believed to give people who can not sleep onboard.

after down to first floor,saw the first class cabin, I went back to my seats to sleep,
  its time to eat breakfast,the china airlines can win others is really the breakfast,after I saw the western style breakfast,I really want to knock bowl and shout loudly: give me a tuna Egg cakes.

After breakfast,FA give me passenger arrival card, and rapid clearance card,but when I arrived at Melbourne Airport,I find there are not many people in Queue。

fly to Melbourne with A380, the holiday mood is happy.

CX 77D new business class HKG to SIN trip report

 my trip to Singapore choose Dragonair flight to Hongkong a day early
 mainly because I want to take the CX759 flight, because it is the early morning flight, so basically if your departure from Kaohsiung will not catch the flight ~ (if you depart from Taipei can do)
when I am eating the meat porridge with a lot of preserved egg in airport lounge, I found flight has been in Final Call


Back to main story
  what is the secret of flight CX759 that let me want to take? The answer is because this class has Cathay pacific's new business class seats, because the plane has first-class cabin, so the Cathay internal number is 77D (but Boeing called 777-300ER or 77W)

 then what is the meaning of the Cathay Pacific plane type ? I will explain for you in here
Including

 basically the aircraft code is for Cathay Pacific

77A/74A: CX fishbone business class
34B/33B: Cathay fishbone business class configuration of the Airbus plane.
 77D: CX new 777-300ER aircraft,model using the new business class,it also has the first-class cabin
 33E: CX new business class airbus 330
 77G/33G: with the new business class,premium economy but no first-class cabin
 77H: has first-class cabin,new business class, premium economy configuration
 74K:has first-class cabin, business class, premium economy configuration
 after a lot of code
here is the CX new business class seat.

The new business class has a lot of storage space 

it has many window.like flying 77A, don't forget to select seat up front, so that it is not very noisy.

the seat is comfortable,has a lot of space,with a big PTV screen.

the earphone is inside cabinet !! 

 I like this set of CX inflight entertainment system

serving food, this meal is not lunch or dinner, but a refreshment, so the first is fruit,then Cathay horn is delicous.

 today's main course are small bread,it was a bit of a disappointment

you must have a Cathay Delight, in Hong kong airport lounge and talk to the bartender,he will also give you this.

  here is also the Jetstar stronghold  

landing in Singapore airport,you feel Southeast Asia enthusiasm, soon to go straight to take the duck boat .

marriott platinum challenge 9 stays in 90 days

I am plan to travel to asia this summer, and although I have Hyatt Diamond Status, Hyatt does not have a big global footprint.Marriott has many property in asia, because of the megabonus promo with some of their properties.I am plan to stay with marriot.


I have had several stays with Marriott, due to their promotion along with having the Taste of Platinum Challenge in mind.

but there are reports in flyertalk forum saying that this challenge was discontinued in 2014,but I want to call them to see if the status challenges was still valid,I saw the Marriott Rewards Customer Service phone number is 1-801-468-4000.


I called up Marriott Rewards and asked for the Taste of Platinum Challenge.  I was asked how many stays I had planned in the upcoming year. I explained to the customer service representative my travelling plan. then put me hold for a couple of minutes and on return told me I was upgraded to Plat with a target of 9 stays or 18 nights in 90 days in order to qualify for Platinum status until February 2015. It really was easy and the status updated to my account a couple of days later.

You can sign up the status challenge via email to rewards.procedures@marriott.com or via telephone to inquire about their challenge program.


Although the benefits of Marriott Platinum status seems lacking compared to Hyatt Diamond status, I was most interested in the extra 50% point bonus per dollar spent since the Hotel & Air package makes the best use of Marriott points.



I think all the hotel groups struggle with this early status issue. They want to capture business and early status is certainly a way of driving stay behaviour.


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air china companion club的积分转到UA的问题

最近有很多朋友问起能不能将air china companion club的点数转到UA，我查了一下，国航的companion club是好几年以前的FFP计划，现在已经改名成了更好听的Phoenix Miles。


air china是在2007年的12月加入星空联盟的。星盟规定的是无论你是哪家SA成员的常客，都可以在其全部28家会员航空公司累积和兑换里程，当然如果你想把点数转到天合联盟就不行了。

星盟成员很多，包括加拿大航空 air canada，美联航UA，air new zealand，奥地利航 空,ANA,avianca,布鲁塞尔航空,US airways都是星盟的成员，比如说，你累积的凤凰知音的点数可以转到UA，也可以转到泰航，也可以转到日本航空，这些都是可以转的，比例好象是1：1，同样的，也可以用来兑换UA的奖励机票和购买升舱服务，至于以前的 companion club的会员，应该会自动转到凤凰知音的金卡和白金卡会员吧。这个要看你累积的里程数来决定了。

和乐飞游教你航空和酒店常客积分

这里和大家聊下关于里程积分的问题，我对积分没多大概念，只知道在百货商场购物的时候，会叫你办一张会员卡，你买东西就可以积分，不过积分的价值不高，大概一万分能换到50元的现金，或者一些小礼物，汤锅，台灯之内的东西。有一段时间送了我好几个汤锅，搞得家里没地方放。因为积分的价值实在太低，所以对积分不是很在意。

不过今天聊的不是商场的积分，而是航空公司和酒店的积分，这是因为我发现了一个博客，网址是http://boardingarea.com/blogs/tmtravelworldcn，名叫TroyLiu和乐飞游 by 刘朔廷，里面的内容还挺多的，百度了一下，发现博客的作者叫刘朔廷，又名刘总。是常客计划积分的牛人，在新浪也有他的博客，主要是介绍酒店和航空公司常客积分和里程的，告诉大家其实积分换里程其实很简单，还可以免费住酒店，这么好的事，我怎么不知道呀。

 这些积分看起来要比商场积分的价值高一点吧，听说一mile里程的价值等于1.5美分，这样10000 miles的话就相当于，我算一下，150美元了，还是不算少了，换成人民币都一千元了，然后就是各种忠实计划Loyalty Program. 据他所说现在最大规模的忠实计划有HHonors(希尔顿)， Marriott Rewards (万豪)， Starwood PreferredGuests (喜达屋)，Priority Club (洲际集团)， Hyatt Gold Passport(凯悦)，Club Carlson(卡尔森俱乐部), Le Club Accor，（雅高）等等. 不过这些酒店的价格都很高呀，赚积分也要花钱入住才行吧，对工薪族来说，用处还是不大。高富帅和白富美们可能也不想那么麻烦的赚积分，还有各种兑换，搞得人头晕。更晕的是还有什么特殊升级(STATUS MATCH)或挑战（Challenge)高级会员的总结，关于这个我也了解了一下，要成为高级会员必须入住多少晚才行的，不经常旅行的人那有那么多机会住酒店呀，一般都是找些小旅馆，省点钱住一下就行了。当然出国旅行，度蜜月的可以住高档酒店，但都是偶尔住下，最多住几晚，要成为高级会员，要几十晚住宿，所以还是很困难呀，我本人比较喜欢到万豪这些酒店，主要是吃自助餐，要我去住一晚，我才不愿意，那些酒店房间很旧了，家具也旧，价格还贵，一晚上要500多元人民币，比不上一些新开的连销酒店。

  那是不是和乐飞游网站就是完全无用了呢，也不是，这个要看人群，比如说对一些去国外的留学生或者在国外的中国人来说，刘朔廷的blog里还是有一些比较有用的内容的，可以了解一下如何用里程来换回国的机票，这个刘总也介绍了主要飞回国航线的公司，对在美国的留学生来说，主要是达美，UA这两家，US airways不知道有没有飞往国内的航班，很少坐飞机，对这些我是不太清楚的。具体的可以去TroyLiu的博客留言问一下。欧州的同志们可以了解下法航，BA之类的，应该会有回国的航班。还有国内的航空公司，比如东航，国航，还有就是南航都有很多。有些航空公司我认为很小了，比如说土耳其航空，Aegeanair爱琴海航空，还有阿提哈德，这些公司听说的人都很少，会有人坐这些公司的飞机吗，至于他介绍的这些常客计划也是让人看不懂，比如说什么skymile,Aeroplan,还有什么milage plus之类的，不经常坐飞机的人也没必要了解那么多，不过倒是可以申请一张航空公司的联名信用卡，听说可以送个几万积分，可以换回国的机票。

除此之外，就是一些没听说过的各种名词，什么开口程，白金会员之类的，奖励票如何订，如何用里程upgrade,好象也很麻烦，还要上官网去查询，看有没有座位，有些奖励票还只能打电话订，网上还订不了，如果分不够还要转分，就是从酒店积分转成航空里程，还有机票也分好多种舱位，什么，F，B，M，K，L，G，C，D，J这些，看得人头晕脑胀，我以为坐飞机就是买了票就行了，那里有这么多麻烦呢。然后还有精英会员，这个也是第一次听说，一年好象要飞几万里程才行，不经常出差，真的比较难，对于一般人来说，只是偶尔出去旅游下，不可能天天飞吧，每天除了坐飞机，别的就不做了，也没多大意思，旅行的意义失去了。到一个地方总要玩几天吧，到一个地方马上又走，有什么用处呢，听说有人真的这么搞，叫什么milage run，这种只为里程飞的做法真的很累，就为了赚点积分，不过积分兑换商务舱倒是不错，头等舱也算可以，主要是吃的比较好，至少看起来不错，有些机场贵宾室里面的餐饮看起可以，有点像自助餐，这个我倒想试一下，因为我比较爱吃自助餐，我有一次因为飞机误点，所以在机场吃了个免费的盒饭，那个味道不错，关健是肉比较多，还有肉丸子，比起街上以前卖的那种5元的快餐好了不少，份量也多很多，这种快餐我愿意出20元一个来卖，当然是几年前的价络，现在20元也只能在街上的大排档吃个快餐了。所以机场休息室里的自助餐我想味道也不错，虽然没有吃过，但比较想尝试一下，当然我没有那么多积分，不过听刘总说可以用钱买，具体要多少他也说了，不过搞不太清楚换算的方式，一会又是什么奖励里程这些，金卡的会员又可以额外多得里程，所以到底多少里程价值多少钱，我是一直没搞清楚。有人送点分给我，或者在淘宝上便宜卖一些，我可以考虑下，用来换个国际航班的商务舱坐一下。当然价钱不能太高，我想最好是3000元能买他几万里程，然后换从上海飞到旧金山的商务舱机票不知行不行。当然到了那里，还要住下酒店，starwood的不错，也在淘宝上买些积分，最好能用500元买几万积分，换成免费住三天starwood的酒店，呵呵，这样只花几千元就能travel in style了。不过说到买积分住酒店，北京有一家haytt我看了还可以，好象是叫柏悦酒店PARK HYATT BEIJING，看图片感觉是新修的酒店，不像marriot那样老旧，不过价格也很高，百度了一下，在携程上订也要2000多元，这种豪华客房用积分来换不知要多少，可能得3万到5万积分吧，淘宝上不知有没有这种积分卖，如果有的话，我倒是想买些积分来换免费入住。自已积攒积分不知要积多久了，只有经常出差的人有这种机会了，还有就是富二代，经常住高档酒店的，也可以考虑积点分，也成个diamond钻石会员之类的，对于不经常旅行的，也就是不是酒店常客的人来说，还是没多大用处。

不过和乐飞游博客里倒说了用信用卡也可以赚积分，有机会也申请一张信用卡，赚点积分来换一晚北京柏悦酒店的客房也不错，听说申请haytt的credit card还有几万的积分送，不过是在美国，不知对中国国内的人来说，有没有一种国内的haytt信用卡，可以在国内消费，然后积累积分的。最好是注册时能送几万分的那种，这个有机会要问下刘总。有这种信用卡的话，以后消费就刷信用卡，一年下来刷个几万，十几万的，不知要消费多少才能换柏悦酒店的一晚入住，因为我准备去北京旅游，在这之前，必须抓紧时间刷卡赚积分。现在到处都能刷信用卡了，一年吃喝拉撒下来，都刷卡可以刷好几万吧。遇到交通银行、招商银行那种狂送积分的，几十万积分都是可能的。可怜我去年交行10倍积分的时候，正好没有什么消费，遗憾啊。

从现在开始，准备马上申请haytt的信用卡，然后网购呀，商场买东西呀，订酒店呀，全用信用卡刷，多多少少积攒下来，一年下来换一次免费5星级酒店入住是很简单的事情吧。以后要多关注和乐飞游网站，上面有不少限时几倍积分的活动，看看有没有合适的，这样可以快速积累积分。 还有就是像凯悦洒店这些的自助餐不知能不能用积分来换，这个要查一下才清楚。如果可以的话，刷个几千分换次自助餐也不错，呵呵。


还有就是网购，从网上苹果商店买东西其实也是可以积分的，而且也不算少（因为苹果店的东西都比较贵），我过年前后为别人代买的东西都小2万，如果早知道，能换3000多亚洲万里行积分，最少一个小mp3到手了。带上淘宝、易讯什么的，弄个去香港的机票也不是不可能啊。（话说我个人护照还没办呢。）

第三篇：拉近你和常客里程积分的距离-航空公司官网和手机客户端预定
这个吗，可能我等小城市不是很方便。毕竟市区或者机场没有航空公司代表柜台，取票麻烦。虽然不少航空公司给邮寄，但是也或多或少有风险。不过一般来说对于私人出行不太追求行程单的人来说可以考虑。而且有个最大的好处是，很多时候为7姑8姨订票都给你奖励里程的！话说我最近代同事定的高铁票都5k多了，什么时候高铁订票也积分啊。。。

第二篇：拉近你和常客里程积分的距离-第三方酒店和机票预订
这个用好了也比较可观，尤其是促销的时候。我是携程积分转东航，一年下来有2k左右。不算多，因为自行住店不多。一般来说，没有简单易行的促销（三张机票、或住宿三个夜间以内就给奖励的），我更倾向于直接官网、手机客户端预订的。


 刘朔廷的新浪微博 http://weibo.com/tmtravelworldcn

和乐飞游新浪博客网址 http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/2073533832




 当然也有很多关于积分的英文网站，如flyertalk论坛。boardingarea.com等等，不过对大多数英语不好的中国人来说，和乐飞游算是一个比较好的介绍积分和里程的中文网站了，多了解一些这方面的知识，关心下洒店的优惠活动也不错，祝大家积分玩的快乐。


本站诚招友情链接，各种关于酒店优惠积分的博客都可以交换，QQ号是1802438390，也可以在下面给我留言，留下网址和QQ号。

amex aeroplanplus corporate platinum card review

  The American Express AeroplanPlus Corporate Platinum Card give benefits to both corporation and the employee,your business can manage expenses and your employee can earn 1.25 Aeroplan Miles for every dollar spent on purchases up to $25,000 and 1.5 Aeroplan Miles on purchases over $25,000.

In addition to rewarding benefits for your employee, your business will receive up to 4% cash back on Air Canada travel purchases on the card and up to 5% cash back each year on travel and everyday business expenses purchased on the Card with a number of partners like Budget, Corporate Express, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Park 'N Fly and Marriott Hotels of Canada.


The amex Corporate Platinum Card also offer small and medium sized companies annual cash rebates and travel benefits. For an annual fee of $350 companies are able to provide every employee Cardmember with access to 18 Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounges and Arrivals Lounge across Canada, the U.S. and Europe.frequent flyer enjoy private hideaway in airport lounge.

other benefits include

Fairmont President's Club Platinum Membership.
access to the Priority Lane at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Partner Ticket, a 2-for-1 travel benefit for you and one companion.
  When Card holder redeem Aeroplan Miles for short-haul reward ticket in economy class, they receive a complimentary second ticket for the same itinerary. the companion ticket has a value of 15,000 Aeroplan Miles, which is the equivalent of travel between Toronto and New York, Montreal and Boston, or Vancouver and Calgary.



for application,you can Call 1-866-434-9661.and ask for welcome bouns.


The Aeroplan Corporate Platinum card also offers many cost-saving features. Some of these include:

- Increased Control

- Leading-edge management controls give companies the ability to put purchasing parameters on where and how much their employees can spend. - Streamlined Expense Reporting

- Online expense management reports can help companies realize thousands of dollars in cost savings by simplifying the employee expense reporting and approvals process and enforcing travel and purchasing compliance.

- Enhanced Servicing

- Only Platinum Cardmembers will experience access to a dedicated servicing unit of Amex employees.

miami to rio with aa business upgrade

I want to share my experience on American Airlines from GIG-MIA (Rio de Janeiro to Miami), I bought the coach tickets using aadvantage miles and purchase an upgrade to Business Class.first I start to look for A inventory. I found two upgrades available for miami to rio flight using Expert Flyer. I booked the coach seats and put it on hold. I then called AA to buy the immediate upgrade for 25K miles and $300 each purchasing the flights and upgrades at the same time. I did this because they waived the phone fee for purchase of the tickets because I was buying the upgrade. Otherwise I would have purchased the ticket on line,if i only purchased the upgrade on the phone. I only wanted to book the seat if I could buy the upgrade. 

 

 AA 767-300 Business Class cabin 

  In fact, i have flew this model before , when I travel from LAX to Hawaii,but i havent flew the AA international business services.

The 763 Business Class seat is angled lie flat seat,there are a lot of legroom,the seat is very comfortable,you will have a pillow and blanket, when you want to sleep.

the inflight entertainment has many movie for you to choose.

A  steak quality has always been very delicious，but the meal quantity is small,After quickly eaten the steak,the flight attendant offered some dessert,

Of course, this is what I most look forward to,when i fly AA every time,i always expect their ice cream,that is really good

Next is a long voyage,Then , after watched another movie,its time to the breakfast , its more like a refreshment,usually two options,a salad and PIZZA

Finally, the American Airlines business class amenity kits is a Galaxy bag.its very nice.

 Although I did not have any good rating on AA,I think their inflight service is very stable,although not the best service,The flight attendants were all nice and greeted me by my name. The food is delicious.the other good points is AA have very generous mileage rewards.Next flight, I want to fly AA 's 77W business class or the first class,i havent tried the AA's first class,i hope to have the opportunity to try in the end of this year ! !