This was a rare non-chain hotel choice for the city but it suited my needs this time and it had pre-paid rates which I could book via Citi Prestige for 4NF so here we go!
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[Flight Review] EVA Air Boeing 777-300 Taipei-Singapore (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 [Royal Laurel Class]
I was super excited for this flight – my first ever EVA and in its iconic Royal Laurel Class!
Continue reading “[Flight Review] EVA Air Boeing 777-300 Taipei-Singapore (Business)”[Hotel Review] Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport
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]
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.
Continue reading “[Hotel Review] Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport”[Flight Review] China Airlines A330-300 Fukuoka – Taipei (Economy)
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]
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.
Continue reading “[Flight Review] China Airlines A330-300 Fukuoka – Taipei (Economy)”[Flight Review] Starlux-ury: JX731 Taipei (TPE) -Singapore (SIN) Business (A350-900)
- JX732 SIN-TPE – Economy (A350-900)
- Taipei Hilton Sinban
- Galactic Lounge, Taoyuan Airport
- JX731 TPE-SIN – Business (A350-900)
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)”[Lounge Review] Starlux-ury: GALATIC Lounge, Taoyuan Airport, Taiwan
- JX732 SIN-TPE – Economy (A350-900)
- Taipei Hilton Sinban
- Galactic Lounge, Taoyuan Airport
- JX731 TPE-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”[Hotel Review] Starlux-ury: Hilton Taipei Sinban
- JX732 SIN-TPE – Economy (A350-900)
- Taipei Hilton Sinban
- Galactic Lounge, Taoyuan Airport
- JX731 TPE-SIN – Business (A350-900)
With the inaugural flight out of the way, it was time to make my way to my home for the next 3 days! This stay ended up with more hiccups than I anticipated though but I survived.
Continue reading “[Hotel Review] Starlux-ury: Hilton Taipei Sinban”[Flight Review] Starlux-ury: JX732 Singapore (SIN) – Taipei (TPE) – Economy (A350-900)
Starlux-ry:
- JX732 SIN to TPE (Economy)
- Hilton Taipei Sinban
- GALATIC Lounge
- JX731 TPE to SIN (Business)
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.
[Trip Report] Starlux-ury
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.
Continue reading “[Trip Report] Starlux-ury”[Hotel Review] InHouse Hotel Heritage 薆悦酒店
Imagine my surprise when I found a hotel in Ximending which I can actually earn points from! Taipei is notorious for not having chain hotels which causes hotel membership followers like me huge dismay when it comes to maximising our nights. I last stayed at Via Hotel and Westgate and while they were nice, I always thought it would be perfect if I can earn some points at the same time too.
So it was literally a no brainer when this property appeared in my Taipei Accor search – a partner hotel! Yay!
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