First off, I’ve had a helmet bag upgrade since this flight. Much improved! Second off, don’t make the same mistake I did – this flight does not leave from O’Hare’s International terminal 5. I believe ANA arrivals are here, but…
Flight Review: CX749 Cathay Pacific 777-300ER Business Class Hong Kong to Johannesburg
A few hours after completing my 16 hour flight from Chicago to Hong Kong, I caught this flight to continue on from HKG to Johannesburg. Nice seats; same type of plane. Menu and yummies: I had the prawns for dinner.…
Flight Review: QR721 Qatar 777-300ER 77W V1 Business Class Doha to Chicago
“Hey wait a second!” you say – “that’s Abu Dhabi’s airport!” – and indeed it is; but it was a cool picture I wanted to use and it is where my trip actually started. I was stopped over in Abu…
Qatar Airways Al Mourjan Business Lounge Review
I was on a long layover twice through Doha, which doesn’t seem to be an uncommon experience. What to do? On the way out I spent time at the Al Mourjan lounge, and on the way back I opted to…
Flight Review: CX807 Cathay Pacific 777-300ER 77H Business Class Chicago to Hong Kong
This is quite a long flight – no need to decide whether you want to sleep or watch movies; you’ll certainly be doing both! My first flight on Cathay Pacific. The seat was a nice lie flat and felt like…
Flight Review: QR1360 Qatar 787-8 788 Business Class Johannesburg to Doha
Heading out of South Africa on my way to UAE on the way home. I had a Qatar flight from Doha to Abu Dhabi after this for a stopover as per my race cat vacation article. At this point I…
Flight Review: TK17 Turkish Airlines B777-300ER Business Class Istanbul to Toronto
This minty lemonade… pretty tasty stuff. So this started off rough – I went to the Taksim Havatas bus location and totally got on the wrong bus to start. Part of this was being advised to go and I suppose…
Flight Review: TK1796 Turkish Airlines A321-200 Business Class Stockholm to Istanbul
Started off taking the bus to the metro station, where I took a train to the airport. Not the fast one but one of the slow ones (commuter trains) with a few stops. Good excuse to drain the rest of…
Why Is Airplane Food So Bad?
An interesting article over at the Atlantic. I do recall getting a little more meals on my first flights, I could have sworn some meals to Vegas were had… although long gone now. I occasionally get a meal in first…
Flight Review: SK946 SAS A330-300 Business Class Chicago to Stockholm
I’ll make this brief as I usually don’t find these too fascinating. My taxi (mommy) dropped me off at Terminal 5 at O’Hare, for international airlines. I’m flying on a United Star Alliance ticket split between SAS Scandinavian Airlines and…
