This was booked as a paid Economy fare, one way Singapore to Sydney. Qantas tickets departing Singapore are usually more flexible and cheaper than one-way's departing from Australia. They book into a more permissive booking class, allowing... READ ON →

On our way back to Sydney from Europe (London to Frankfurt on BA, and Frankfurt to Sydney on Qantas) we decided to break the trip with some time in Singapore to ease the jetlag pain. It ended up being 2 nights, and meant we were fortunate... READ ON →

We needed an extra night in Singapore on top of my initial booking with the InterContinental, thanks to award availability changing on me during the booking process. By the time I got around to sorting the extra night, the IC was too expensive, READ ON →

I learnt about the JetQuay VIP arrival and transfer service at Changi from Gary Leff's JetQuay review, and given we would be arriving with bags, infant and long flight behind us, I figured I'd give it a crack. I emailed the InterContinental... READ ON →

Research & Booking Getting back over to Asia and onto Australia from Europe was only possible in Business on points by departing from Frankfurt on QF6. QF5 (to Frankfurt) and QF6 (from Frankfurt) is Qantas' last non-London European... READ ON →

After arriving into Frankfurt from London on BA in the early evening, we set about whiling away a few hours until the 23.50 departure to Singapore. We headed over to the JAL Sakura lounge which was just a few minutes walk from our arrival... READ ON →

Booking I couldn't get award availability out of London to Singapore for two of us in Business, so needed a connecting flight to Frankfurt to pick up Qantas' other European service, QF6 to Sydney (via Singapore). Both our tickets were... READ ON →

Research & Booking Before heading out of the UK we were due to spend a couple of nights in London catching up with some friends and enjoying the city we lived in a few years back. I was looking for a central, but not too obvious location... READ ON →

We needed a brief overnight stay after landing at Heathrow on BA178, and the Sofitel at T5 was too expensive. I wanted a hotel that was as close to the airport as possible as we were connecting onto a BA flight to Glasgow the next morning, and... READ ON →

Our experience on BA was actually pretty bad, given how great Qantas were for the rest of our journey. I'll come to that in due course, but first, a few notes on how this was booked. BA charge 50,000 miles for a one way Club fare between the... READ ON →

As part of my round the world trip we had around a week in New York, visiting friends and family. When we first arrived I was keen to stay in a full service hotel with everything taken care of; after a couple of nights we'd then move into an... READ ON →

The first and second legs on our around the world trip were from Sydney to New York, via a 23 hour stopover at LAX. Qantas treated us admirably in Premium Economy, and we scored an Economy -> Business points upgrade about 22 hours prior to... READ ON →

The lack of updates around here has been because I've just returned from a round the world trip in Business and Premium Economy, for roughly the cost of an Economy ticket - by using British Airways Executive Club miles and Qantas points. I was READ ON →