chewkc65

chewkc65

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  • Oneworld plans alliance-wide business, first class upgrades

    Jul 26, 2020, 02:32 PM

    I have once upgraded from business class (D) to first class on TG flight NRT-BKK using my SQ KrisFlyer Miles in Mar 2013. The eligibility is the business class fare must be D or C.

  • BA flights hit as Singapore extends 'circuit breaker'

    Apr 15, 2020, 04:54 PM

    I think it is premature to lift any travel restrictions when there are still thousands of new cases worldwide. Maybe there are some signs of the curve flatenning but the numbers will increase again if we are not careful. The only valid reason for air operations now is to repatriate stranded citiz...

  • BA flights hit as Singapore extends 'circuit breaker'

    Apr 15, 2020, 04:48 PM

    I think it is premature to lift any travel restrictions when there are still thousands of new cases worldwide. Maybe there are some signs of the curve flatenning but the numbers will increase again if we are not careful.

  • EarthBay is a 'private jet' on commercial flights

    Sep 13, 2019, 10:56 PM

    Those suites will be too expensive and might even surpass the cost of a private jet. The ultra-rich will choose to fly in private jets while the rest won't be able to afford these suites. Employers will never pay these seats for their travelling employees.

  • Boeing 797 will be a mid-sized jetliner

    Oct 16, 2017, 10:00 PM

    The old B707-320 did have at least 5000nm range. And sizewise it is as big as B757-200. But wonder why B707 can only carry about 150 pax.

  • Who are the remaining airlines in the world who still fly the 747 passenger a...

    Feb 19, 2018, 06:45 PM

    Originally Posted by Covvers It is, in any event, a dwindling few. I still surprises me somewhat that some carriers tapped into the 748. Whilst I would not want to be seen as disparaging the “Queen of the Sky”, it kind of seems to me to be yesterday’s technology. "Yesterday" te...

  • Tipping at Qantas LAX First lounge?

    Mar 29, 2017, 12:30 AM

    As we Malaysians are fond of saying "Don't spoil the market".  If it is not the norm now, don't start it. If the lounge staff are already paid adequately unlike the waiters at US restaurants, don't start it.