Month: May 2016

Phuket - Santhiya Resorts - Thailand

Boat Transfer And Check In For The Santhiya Koh Yao Yai Resort & Spa

May 18, 2016 by 0 Comments

 

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After checking out of the Anantara Layan we had arranged for car service to the Ao Po Grand Marina Pier. The pier is on the north east side of Phuket Island and our car ride took about 30 minutes from the Anantara. At the pier we arranged to have our luggage transferred to the Santhiya group and waited in a small marina sandwich shop for 20 minutes, after which they called our group for boarding. Everyone walked down the dock and loaded onto the resort speed boat.

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Anantara - Phuket - Thailand

Anantara Layan Phuket Resort – Deluxe Seaview Suite

May 17, 2016 by 0 Comments

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As mentioned in the Introduction, our main stay in Thailand was going to be at the Santhiya Koh Yao Yai Resort in the Koh Yao Island region of Thailand. In order to get to the Santhiya Koh Yao Yai you need to take a speed boat from Phuket to Koh Yao Island. Because of our later flight, we would arrive after the last boat transfer for that day.  So, we needed to get a room for our one night in Phuket.

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Dragonair - Hong Kong - Phuket - Thailand

Dragonair International Business Class – Hong Kong To Phuket

May 14, 2016 by 0 Comments

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As we came up from the escalator from the lounge a good sized crowd was starting to collect around the gate. The gate agents were not sharing much information and after waiting about 15 minutes they called business class to board. We made way down a crisscrossed connecting hallway into the jetway and through the first door of the plane.

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Cathay Pacific - Hong Kong - The Pier

The Pier, Hong Kong International Airport

May 13, 2016 by 0 Comments

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On exiting the Aircraft, we entered the arrivals area in the Hong Kong Airport. It’s a long corridor that ends with exits to immigration (arrivals) or the transfer center. At that point you do another security check and they verify your onward travel so that you may enter the main terminal. We walked down the airport’s main connecting terminal in the 30 gates. At the end of that hall you veer right and proceed down to gate 63 and then an escalator down to The Pier lounge. At the bottom of the escalator you turn right and then left and walk into the check in area. We handed the associate our lounge passes and were checked in.

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Cathay Pacific - Hong Kong - Sacramento

Cathay Pacific International First Class – San Francisco To Hong Kong

May 10, 2016 by 0 Comments

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After walking through the terminal you head down an escalator to the main gate boarding area. Once we arrived downstairs the first class cabin was boarding. It was a little strange as you board. There is a line of people on both sides of the pathway to the first class gate entrance. It looks and feels like you’re on display as you walk your way to the counter of the check-in gate agent. Once you’re through the entrance it is a short corridor to the jetway, and then through the jetway to the first door of the plane.

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Cathay Pacific - San Francisco

Cathay Pacific Lounge – San Francisco

May 9, 2016 by 0 Comments

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Our journey started with a one-way Avis car rental to the San Francisco airport. After returning the car we took the AirTrain over to the international terminal and to the Cathay Pacific section for first class check in. It was a couple hours before our flight in order to have time to experience the lounge. The polite female ticket agent asked for our passports and worked at checking us in. She looked up and asked, “I don’t see your return flight?”

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American Airlines - Anantara - Cathay Pacific - Dragonair - Hong Kong - Hotels.com - Santhiya Resorts - Thailand

Introduction – Planning For Thailand

May 8, 2016 by 0 Comments

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Susan and I we had just over 750,000 AA miles we could use. Since we would not be able to take our originally planned Maldives trip we decided to use as many AA miles on vacations during the next year and try to harvest as much value as we could.

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American Airlines - Thailand

Unforeseen Events

May 7, 2016 by 0 Comments

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Susan and I used quite a few US Air miles while they were still a part of the Star Alliance group, and took a great trip through Asia and on to the Maldives back at the beginning of 2015. The highlight of the trip was staying at the Park Hyatt Hadahaa in the Maldives. We both loved the resort. I mean REALLY loved it. We enjoyed our stay so much we booked another trip there for 2016.

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Alaska Airlines - Sacramento - Seattle

Review: Alaska Airlines Domestic First Class – Seattle To Sacramento

May 6, 2016 by 0 Comments

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My flight was leaving from the North Satellite Terminal, gate N15, so I left the lounge in Concourse A and headed to the Shuttle Train and then to the North Loop Train. The airport trains run often and it was a quick 15 minutes to get to the N gates. I headed up the escalator and gate N15 was directly at the top.

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Alaska Airlines - Seattle - The Club

The Club At SEA – Concourse A

May 5, 2016 by 0 Comments

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From an earlier post, I counted up to 9 different airport lounges that are possible visit at Seattle. The Chase Business Bold Ink card use to include membership in the “Lounge Club” access program, which includes “The Club at SEA” locations. When Chase decided to discontinue this service they gave its existing customers a year’s notice and membership. My membership in the “Lounge Club” was ending after the month of April, and so I decided to visit and review “The Club at SEA” in Concourse A while I still had access.

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