[Lounge Review] Sakura Lounge, Ninoy Aquino International Airport

Trip.com x Japan Airlines Sapphire Fast Track

  • Sakura Lounge, Ninoy Aquino International Airport (website)
  • JAL078 Manila-Tokyo Haneda (Business)
  • Villa Fontaine Grand Haneda Airport
  • Sakura Lounge, Tokyo Haneda Airport
  • JAL077 Tokyo Haneda-Manila (Business)
  • SilverKris Lounge, Ninoy Aquino International Airport
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[Trip Report] Trip.com x Japan Airlines Sapphire Fast Track

Okay, I admit this one was really a little crazy. Hah.

So Trip.com launched this enticing promotion in partnership with Japan Airlines which dished out Japan Mileage Bank (JMB) Sapphire status with just one return business class trip on selected routes, selected flights, valid for travels up to July 2024. This was covered by The Milelion in more details here.

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[Flight Review] EVA Air Boeing 777-300 Taipei-Singapore (Business)

Fukuoka Fanfare:

I was super excited for this flight – my first ever EVA and in its iconic Royal Laurel Class!

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[Hotel Review] Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport

Fukuoka Fanfare:

I struggled a little with picking a property for this pitstop but landed on this due to its proximity to the airport for the 16 hour stopover. I was trying to clock some Accor status points and although they had another property further into the city, I figured it wouldn’t be a smart choice for this time.

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[Flight Review] China Airlines A330-300 Fukuoka – Taipei (Economy)

The Korean Air tail appearing in the pic was a coincidence!

Fukuoka Fanfare:

So after much deliberation, I picked this as part of my way home due to price mostly. But on hindsight I should have just picked EVA as I would have been able to make use of a promo code and pay just SGD$50 more to earn Star Alliance miles. Oh wells.

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[Lounge Review] Lounge Fukuoka, Fukuoka International Airport

Fukuoka Fanfare:

I kind of knew the lounge situation in Fukuoka Airport is more serviceable than anything so had moderated my expectations before the day came around.

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[Hotel Review] Hotel Oriental Express Fukuoka Nakasu Kawabata

Fukuoka Fanfare:

This seemed like a logical choice of accommodation after the 3-night money burning splurge at RC. I also explored many other local branded properties before settling on this one as the small selection of international chains in the city like Hyatt, Hilton, and Crown Plaza are terribly old which I didn’t prefer.

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[Hotel Review] The Ritz Carlton, Fukuoka

Fukuoka Fanfare

  • Singapore Airlines SQ656 Singapore – Fukuoka [Business]
  • The Ritz Carlton Fukuoka
  • Hotel Oriental Express Fukuoka Nakasu Kawabata
  • Lounge Fukuoka
  • China Airlines CI111 Fukuoka – Taipei [Economy]
  • Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport
  • EVA Lounge Safari
  • EVA Air BR215 Taipei – Singapore [Royal Laurel Class]

Another new RC to get my heart pitter-pattering!

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[Flight Review] Singapore Airlines SQ656 Singapore to Fukuoka (Business)

Fukuoka Fanfare

  • Singapore Airlines SQ656 Singapore – Fukuoka [Business]
  • The Ritz Carlton Fukuoka
  • Hotel Oriental Express Fukuoka Nakasu Kawabata
  • Lounge Fukuoka
  • China Airlines CI111 Fukuoka – Taipei [Economy]
  • Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport
  • EVA Lounge Safari
  • EVA Air BR215 Taipei – Singapore [Business]

Time to fly J again on SQ!

A quick review this time as I was super tired and slept 50% of the way. And the time of the flight made it hard to take good pics so make do, opps!

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