Tag: business class

Does buying a walk-up upgrade with Thai Airways make sense?

Thai Airways has a walk-up upgrade program that allows you to buy discounted upgrades at the airport. Which destinations make sense?

Thai A350 Business Class BKK-SIN Review

Thai is a confusing airline when it comes to business class because they have so many different seat types across their fleet. The majority of Thai's widebody fleet (B747, A330, A340, B772, B773) still has their old business class angled flat product. This is, quite frankly, an awful product to...

How does a 20th century airline seat hold up today?

Going to Bangkok post-Christmas has become something of a ritual for me. It's not that Thai food or massages or shopping are particularly good elixirs for an entire month of overeating, but I'm just a creature of habit that way. The problem with going to Bangkok post-Christmas, however, is that...

Malaysia Airlines business class fare sale is back with more great deals

No sooner did I write about how hard it was to get cheap premium cabin fares ex-SIN than Malaysia Airlines pops up with some very intriguing offers for year end. Unfortunately MAS's route network has been scaled back ever since they ran intro financial difficulties, but they offer a good...

How Singapore-based flyers can get cheap(er) premium cabin tickets

Singapore is number one in a lot of things. Unfortunately, that also includes cost of living. The good folks at the EIU have been telling us as much for a long while now. Even more unfortunately, it seems that airfares are not immune from the high cost environment we have...

Malaysia Airlines has some ridiculously good business class fares now

Malaysia Airlines is having a fare sale now and there are some very good deals to be had on business class tickets. If you intend to travel between now and April of 2017, you should definitely see whether you can make this work for you. Although the fares out of Singapore are...

Review: Singapore Airlines A330-300 Business Class Singapore to Bangkok

The Long Way to New York: Trip Planning Singapore Airlines SilverKris Lounge, Singapore Singapore Airlines A330 Business Class SIN-BKK Thai Airways First Class Lounge & Spa, BKK Thai Airways B747 First Class BKK-HND Getting from HND to NRT ANA First Class Lounge, NRT ANA B77W First Class NRT-ORD United Club ORD United B767 Economy ORD-EWR Visiting the US Open Sheraton New York...

The First Class Premium: Crunching the numbers for First and Business Class

The First Class Premium Part 1: Tracing the evolution of First and Business Class on Singapore Airlines Part 2: How does First and Business Class compare on Singapore Airlines? Part 3: Number crunching First vs Business Class on Singapore Airlines Part 4: How does First and Business Class compare on other airlines? Ah, the...