[Hotel Review] St Regis On The Bund Shanghai

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Cathay Crusade 2025

This was an easy choice as it recently re-opened from its former life as a Wanda property. It is indeed rare that I actively pick a property with no club lounge but being new (though online reviews seemed to show that minimal reno has been done?), I can’t pass up the chance to try this property for 2nights.

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[Trip Planning] Cathay Crusade 2025

Grabbed from Cathay official site

I’ve decided to bundle this trip into a trip report after all – the trip which I randomly booked wayyy ahead due to a previous Amex offer on Cathay Pacific for $100 off any $500 spend. And this is how I’m going on this 3N fun hop for only $400+ on economy.

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[Trip Planning] Qatar Quest 2025

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I think this journey started when I was thinking about making it my KPI to try at least one aspirational airline product every year. So what better way than to start with a Qsuites adventure!

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[Hotel Review] Lisbon Marriott Hotel

TAP Air Portugal Traipse

This was my choice of a quick one-nighter before heading back home – decided to spring for this versus Moxy as the incremental cost can cover dinner – which turned out to be the right decision.

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[Hotel Review] Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel and Conference Center

TAP Air Portugal Traipse

Decided to spend my last night at this property because I’d get more time to check out the airport offerings in general, plus I’d get to skip off to check out the giant Boeing 747 parked at Coredon Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, accessible via the hotel’s free shuttle bus from the airport.

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[Hotel Review] Amsterdam Marriott Hotel

TAP Air Portugal Traipse

I was very happy to finally get to Amsterdam after being rebooked to the next day – successfully landed. Yay! But this Marriott property did not grant my request for a 1-night waiver despite the extraordinary circumstances so boo.

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[Hotel Review] The Ivens, Autograph Collection

TAP Air Portugal Traipse

It was a rather difficult process selecting my hotel in Lisbon because I had only 1.5days in the city so I had to pick a convenient spot to maximise my time. And that’s how I ended up picking this rare choice of property with no club lounge.

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[Hotel Review] Four Points by Sheraton Barcelona Diagonal

TAP Air Portugal Traipse

  • TP8406 / SQ388 Singapore to Barcelona – Business
  • Four Points Diagonal, Barcelona
  • Pau Casals VIP Lounge (Aena), Barcelona El Prat Airport
  • The Ivens, Autograph Collection
  • TAP Premium Lounge Tejo, Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport
  • Novotel Lisbon
  • Amsterdam Marriott Hotel
  • Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel and Conference Center
  • Star Alliance Lounge – Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
  • Lisbon Marriott Hotel
  • TP8435 / SQ355 Milan to Singapore – Business
  • TAP Flights in general during this trip (TP1037/ TP 668 / TP669 / TP822)

It actually wasn’t easy to decide on this spot for my 11hr layover as I really wanted to try more atas Bonvoy properties but I eventually came to my senses and decided its not worth since I wasn’t even going to spend that much time in the room anyway.

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