I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. Our short flight from Xiamen to Taipei, again on a Xiamen Airlines 737-800 in business class, featured quite a Chinese breakfast...
My Loutish Seatmate Should Have His Social Credit Score Docked…
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. How can someone be so oblivious or indifferent to the fact that his mobile phone is disturbing everyone onboard the aircraft...
An Easy Connection In Xiamen
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. While the transit was rather rough in Jakarta, it was easy enough in Xiamen, China, though a great reminder that “Big...
Augustine Nursed Back To Health On Xiamen Airlines 737 Business Class!
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. Time for a health update on my son Augustine…some bad news followed (thankfully) by some good news. After coming to the...
CGK T3: Garuda Lounge (Thumbs Down), Plaza Premium Lounge (Thumbs Up)
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. Jakarta Airport (CGK) has two lounges in Terminal 3, a Garuda Indonesia Executive Lounge and a Plaza Premium Lounge. I visited...
KLM’s Curious Approach To Upgrades
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. I tried to upgrade my KLM Fifth Freedom flight from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta and failed…it seems that KLM did not...
Our Trip Takes A Turn For The Worse In Kuala Lumpur…
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. Maybe all that ice cream in the Saudia Lounge was a bit too much? Augustine appears sick and now I’m looking...
Saudia 787-9 Business Class: World-Class
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. Hello from Kuala Lumpur. Saudia seriously impressed onboard the 787-9 in business class…we enjoyed a lovely 8.5-hour flight from Jeddah to...
Awfully Wonderful: My Vexing 8-Hour Jeddah Airport Layover
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. There’s a paradox here and it drove me crazy like nothing on this trip has up until now. The beauty of...
Saudia Transit Desk Tells Me There Are No Airline Partners…
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. Saudia might want to do a better job of training its transit desk and lounge agents in Jeddah (JED) that the...
Saudia A330-300 Business Class: A Superb Flight
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. We had a very enjoyable flight from Tunis to Jeddah onboard a Saudia regional A330-3oo in business class. The service and...
Sumptuous Coffee In Tunisair Lounge
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. After our transit delay at Tunis Airport, we only had about 15 minutes before boarding our Saudia flight to Jeddah, but...
Uh-Oh: Confusion And Delay At Transit Counter In Tunis Airport…
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. After arriving in Tunis from Paris, we proceeded to the airport transit counter to check in for our Saudia flights to...
Review: Air France A320-200 Economy Class
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. My two-hour Air France A320-200 economy class trip from Paris to Tunis was uneventful, but on an aircraft I hope to...
Chilling In Air France Lounge Sauna
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. After arriving too late at the Hilton Madrid and then again too late at the Marriott CDG Airport to sit in...
A Quick Wink At Marriott CDG Airport
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. As I lamented earlier, the entire endeavor was probably not worthwhile for the few hours we stayed there, but I appreciated...
The Frustration Of Airport Shuttles And Rideshares At Paris CDG
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. After three flights in economy class, I just wanted to get to bed… We should have just slept in the terminal...
Girls Just Want To Have Fun On LOT Polish…
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. My flight from Warsaw to Paris on LOT Polish was…unique…thanks to a large group of students onboard who did not want...
Review: LOT Polish 737 MAX 8 Economy Class
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. From Bucharest to Warsaw we flew on a brand new LOT Polish 737 MAX 8 in economy class, enjoying a pleasant...
Review: TAROM 737-800 Economy Class
I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Milion Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information. You really should not expect much when flying most European carriers within Europe, but TAROM really left a lot to be...