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Etihad A380: First Class Apartment for €17 ($21)

Thanks to my Etihad Guest Gold status and a Double Miles offer, my Air Berlin & Etihad Business Class trip to Jakarta earned me an amazing 46,050 Etihad Guest miles! This included 34.402 Guest Tier Miles which is only 5598 miles short of requalification for the…

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Air Berlin & Etihad Business Class: Jakarta via Abu Dhabi

Pic: Air Berlin A330 new Business Class IFE Screen (Nov 2014) Mid October, Air Berlin published a really cheap Business Class fare from Oslo, Norway to Jakarta, Indonesia. An opportunity I used to try their new Business Class and to visit Bali. The fare…

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Thai Airways A380: Royal Silk Business Class

Pic: Lufthansa Business Class Breakfast on BRU to FRA flight (Jul 2014) End of July, I booked a last-minute trip to Bangkok using 135,000 Lufthansa Miles & More miles + €544,41 in taxes and fees. Not my best redemption to…

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Emirates A380 First Class: Dubai to Los Angeles

Pic: Emirates First Class Lounge Entrance in Dubai After a two night stopover in Dubai, it was time for the second part of my Emirates A380 First Class adventure: The World’s longest Airbus A380 flight! Emirates EK215 Dubai (DXB) – Los Angeles…

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Emirates A380 First Class: Amsterdam to Dubai

End of April, I flew Emirates First Class from Amsterdam to Los Angeles via Dubai on the A380. The revenue price of my ticket would have been €14988 ($20432), but thanks to Alaska Mileage Plan, I was able to book it for €1644 ($2241)…

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