I'll be the first to admit I'm not an expert on airplane pajama etiquette... I'm pretty sure I proved that back in Singapore in 2011.
At the same time that hasn't stopped me from calling out others for "bad" etiquette, like the guy that decided to change in front of the cabin in Lufthansa first class. ;)
Well, today I had a situation enroute from Seoul Incheon to Abu Dhabi that was, perhaps, regrettable.
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In March 2012 Delta introduced “Basic Economy” (“E” class) fares that were more restrictive than regular coach fares. The idea was to offer them only in specific markets where Delta is competing against a low cost carrier — Delta has to match the low cost carriers on price, so gosh darnit they’re only going to […]
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Hyatt Gold Passport made some changes at the beginning of the year, which were both positive and negative.
First Hyatt announced an award chart devaluation, which was substantial though justifiable, in my opinion. We saw the introduction of Category 7 properties, whereby six of Hyatt's most expensive properties went from costing 22,000 points per night to 30,000 points per night; other levels weren't impacted quite as much.
The following week Hyatt announced some positive changes to the Gold Passport program, though, which in my opinion outweighed the devaluation. The two most positive changes were:
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The cover story of this month’s Inside Flyer is called “The Ethics of a Mile” and deals with gifting, bartering and selling awards — and the consequences for violating a program’s rules. In general, most airline and hotel programs will let you gift an award ticket or hotel night to anyone you wish (although some […]
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After a brief visit to The Bridge, we headed towards The Wing, which houses one of Cathay Pacific's first class lounges at Hong Kong Airport. The lounge has both a first and business class section, and both have unique concepts and spaces. I've reviewed The Wing First Class Lounge before, so I'll keep this review brief.
I really planned the order of our visits poorly. The Wing is located just past immigration, while The Bridge is located near gate 35. Our flight was leaving from gate 43. So really we should have visited The Wing, then The Bridge, and then gone to our flight, rather than The Bridge, then hauling back towards immigration for The Wing, and then to the gate.
If it's any justification, I was hoping to have lunch in The Wing, and they weren't yet serving that when we cleared immigration.
While there's a train running between gate 1 and gate 35 at Hong Kong Airport, it's one-way, so you can't take it in the other direction. So we made the roughly 15 minute trek between lounges, which is always a nice walk.
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