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When planning our trip home from Australia and New Zealand we originally booked an economy class American Airlines flight from Auckland to Los Angeles that departed Auckland on Sunday afternoon. About a month before our scheduled departure I called American to check on the status of our Systemwide Upgrades and thankfully reached a fantastic American…
To get home for our trip to Australia and New Zealand my girlfriend and I decided to fly directly from Auckland to Los Angeles. This meant we wouldn’t get to go back to the incredible Qantas First Class Lounge Sydney, but we did get a great price on an economy ticket (which we later upgraded)…
After spending a few hours in the Sydney Airport it was finally time to board our Qantas flight from Sydney to Auckland to continue or trip down under. Although the flight awkwardly departed in the early evening my girlfriend and I specifically picked it because it was on one of Qantas’ Airbus A330 aircraft. Almost…
As my girlfriend and I continued our vacation in Oceania we left our hotel in Sydney, hopped on a ferry, transferred to a train, and arrived at Sydney Airport. The trip to the airport took a lot less time than anticipated so we ended up with about 3 hours to burn at the airport before…
After spending a few days in beautiful Sydney it was time to head over to Auckland for the second half of our trip. To get to Sydney my girlfriend and I took a “unique” route; the United States to Hong Kong then down to Sydney in Singapore Airlines New Suites and Old Suites. For the…
When planning our trip to Sydney my girlfriend and I decided it would be fun to go through Hong Kong in order to fly Singapore Airlines Suites class. We especially wanted to fly in SQ Suites to finally experience the famed double bed in the sky. Luckily, when we searched for flights we found two…
As my girlfriend and I landed in Singapore after an incredible flight in Singapore Airlines New Suites we had about 5 hours until our next flight on Singapore Airlines Old Suites. Although I wanted to make it to Sydney as soon as possible, I was excited about the layover as it would finally allow me to…
After several months of planning it was finally time to board our Singapore Airlines New Suites flight from Hong Kong to Singapore. My girlfriend and I booked this flight several months prior using Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer points transferred from the American Express Membership Rewards program. The flights from Hong Kong to Sydney via Singapore in…
After the 15 hour flight from Los Angeles on American Airlines we had about 6 hours until our Singapore Airlines flight to Singapore. During our fairly long layover we actually dropped our bags at the Singapore Airlines check-in counter and then took the high-speed train into Hong Kong for a few hours. After a quick…
To begin our trip to Sydney my girlfriend and I met in Los Angeles at LAX’s Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT). At the time we took our trip she was living in New York and I was living in Chicago so meeting in Los Angeles proved the simplest solution. Los Angeles also made sense for…
