Category: Taiwan

[Flight Review] Starlux-ury: JX731 Taipei (TPE) -Singapore (SIN) Business (A350-900)

On By Satu KosongIn Airlines, Business, Holiday, Starlux, Taipei, TaiwanLeave a comment
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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!

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[Lounge Review] Starlux-ury: GALATIC Lounge, Taoyuan Airport, Taiwan

On By Satu KosongIn Airlines, Airport Lounges, Business, Courtyard, Economy, Starlux, Taipei, Taiwan, Taoyuan Airport1 Comment
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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.

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[Hotel Review] Starlux-ury: Hilton Taipei Sinban

On By Satu KosongIn Executive Club Lounge, Hilton, Hilton Honors, Holiday, Indonesia, Jakarta, Taipei, Taiwan2 Comments

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.

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[Flight Review] Starlux-ury: JX732 Singapore (SIN) – Taipei (TPE) – Economy (A350-900)

On By Satu KosongIn Airlines, Economy, Holiday, Starlux, Taipei, Taiwan5 Comments
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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.

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[Trip Report] Starlux-ury

On By Satu KosongIn Airlines, Business, Courtyard, Economy, Marriott Bonvoy, Starlux, Taipei, TaiwanLeave a comment
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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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[Hotel Review] InHouse Hotel Heritage 薆悦酒店

On By Satu KosongIn Accor, Holiday, Independant Partner Hotel, Taipei, TaiwanLeave a comment

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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[Hotel Review] Hotel Dua Kaohsiung

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I’ve seen this hotel while browsing non-Taipei Taiwan hotels and thought it looked really nice. Then I forgot about it and chanced upon it again when researching for Kaohsiung hotels for my 2017 family trip. So happy that it is also now a partner hotel of Accor – yays to earning status points while staying at a nice hotel!

Based on the pictures I saw on TA, the hotel seems like a superb choice for my 3nights’ stay and I booked the largest room available – a little splurge for 3 of us!

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