A staycation and travel addict who tries to toe the balance between living the atas life and maintaining some resemblance of financial sanity.
Terracotta Tripping 2024
April 2024 was supposed to be my Auckland-Cairns Spontaneous Escapes much awaited trip. But a sudden change of plans led me to this instead. Auckland-Cairns will have to wait. Ah wells
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This trip came up but of course due to the Cathy Pacific giveaway which happened earlier this year, and I decided to try this RC for its amazing views (and eye watering prices). This stay comes after a fantastic stay at RC Tokyo just last month and I was super excited to be able to make a comparison between these two similarly highly-raved about properties.
Continue reading “[Hotel Review] The Ritz Carlton, Hong Kong”
This all came about because of the Cathay Pacific free ticket promotion back in early March 2023. With economy tickets booked ready in hand and another cash ticket to bring my mum along, here I go to experience as far as I remember my first CX experience.
I decided to combine my depart + return experience in one post as both were similar.
Continue reading “[Flight Review] Cathy Pacific CX658 Singapore – Hong Kong / CX657 Hong Kong – Singapore (Economy)”
Mustering as much energy as I could to peel myself away from the Galactic Lounge, I bounded off to my gate in anticipation of the highlight of my trip. This flight was also supposed to be the A330neo but the airline later decided to put the A350 on this route instead – yay to doors in business class!
Continue reading “[Flight Review] Starlux-ury: JX731 Taipei (TPE) -Singapore (SIN) Business (A350-900)”
I was super excited to check out this flagship lounge and thanks for APEC card, I was able to somewhat breeze through the chaos that Taoyuan Airport is at 530am.
Continue reading “[Lounge Review] Starlux-ury: GALATIC Lounge, Taoyuan Airport, Taiwan”
Starlux-ry:
Here I go! Getting the spider-man themed flight was a cute bonus, though I’m not particularly a fan of spidey himself. You’ll see plenty of the theme throughout this review.
Starlux (website) – the newish Taiwanese airline receiving rave reviews even in coach.
And honestly, its looks really good on pics. And really, the lightbulb moment came when then I found what I consider a decent enough pricing which will allow me to try Economy Class from Singapore, and their A350 Business Class back from Taipei which means experiencing the GALATIC (yes, it’s meant to be in caps) Lounge at Taoyuan Airport. YAY.
This is shaping up to be a year of random trips after all.
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I was kind of excited for this last leg of my trip as it has been a while since I’ve been in this J cabin and I honestly miss the super flat and straight bedding (A380 why you so wrinkled).
Continue reading “[Flight Review] SQ335 Paris (CDG) to Singapore (SIN) – Business”
My virgin Eurostar experience!
Their website says it all – it’s like pointy end of the train, with fast track immigration, lounge access, and 3-course meal with champagne on board. Why not.
Continue reading “[Train Review] Eurostar London to Paris – Business Premier”