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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #160 on: August 25, 2016, 09:36:54 AM »
Fantastic!

Amazing TR!! Loved all the pics and your explanations... Thanks for sharing!

Good job Benjie. Thanks alot.

Happy y'all enjoyed!
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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #161 on: August 25, 2016, 10:36:34 PM »
What about the gym in the EY lounge? Didn't try it out?

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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #162 on: August 25, 2016, 10:38:25 PM »
What about the gym in the EY lounge? Didn't try it out?

At 1am? No thank you!  :D
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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #163 on: August 25, 2016, 10:41:58 PM »
What about the gym in the EY lounge? Didn't try it out?
I checked it out but didn't use it for the same reason.

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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #164 on: August 25, 2016, 10:42:19 PM »
At 1am? No thank you!  :D
When I was there the agent told me I was the first one in like a month to use it.

FYI, you only get a complimentary spa if you are an onward F pax.

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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #165 on: August 25, 2016, 10:44:01 PM »
Great job Benjie! Very enjoyable read & great pics to go along. Thanks for taking the time.

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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #166 on: August 26, 2016, 07:04:49 AM »
Great job Benjie! Very enjoyable read & great pics to go along. Thanks for taking the time.

Thanks for the feedback. Very much enjoyed writing this one up.
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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #167 on: August 26, 2016, 08:15:04 AM »
When I was there the agent told me I was the first one in like a month to use it.

FYI, you only get a complimentary spa if you are an onward F pax.

You were on the 3am or the 10am flight?

Can't imagine anyone taking the 3am flight going to the gym  but hey, if you did you sure are committed to your fitness!  :)
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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #168 on: August 26, 2016, 08:34:24 AM »
You were on the 3am or the 10am flight?

Can't imagine anyone taking the 3am flight going to the gym  but hey, if you did you sure are committed to your fitness!  :)
Who said I was flying to JFK...one track mind.

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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #169 on: August 26, 2016, 08:41:01 AM »
Who said I was flying to JFK...one track mind.

There is a 10am to Syd, Mel, Bkk, Dfw, and some..  :)

How was the gym? A lot of equipment? Do they ever have classes?

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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #170 on: August 26, 2016, 02:45:09 PM »
what is the residence on the plane used for?
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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #171 on: August 26, 2016, 02:45:41 PM »
what is the residence on the plane used for?
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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #172 on: August 26, 2016, 02:47:51 PM »
what is the residence on the plane used for?

Paying customers.

Nah. 3.5MM EY Miles will get the job done as well!  :D
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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #173 on: August 26, 2016, 03:22:04 PM »
Nah. 3.5MM EY Miles will get the job done as well!  :D

You could get it for less than that :). But no way to my knowledge to get it for cheap.

I actually almost got a comp upgrade to the residence. They told me if someone wasn't there they would have given it to me because of a few poor experiences I had w EY.

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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #174 on: August 26, 2016, 03:24:33 PM »
You could get it for less than that :). But no way to my knowledge to get it for cheap.

I actually almost got a comp upgrade to the residence. They told me if someone wasn't there they would have given it to me because of a few poor experiences I had w EY.

While that seems to be a nice gesture on their end I have a very hard time believing that they would have really given it to you if it was empty. From what I have read and what the staff mentioned to me, it needs even pre-clearance to view it and I have never heard of any sort of upgrade to it.
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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #175 on: August 26, 2016, 03:26:42 PM »
While that seems to be a nice gesture on their end I have a very hard time believing that they would have really given it to you if it was empty. From what I have read and what the staff mentioned to me, it needs even pre-clearance to view it and I have never heard of any sort of upgrade to it.

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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #176 on: August 31, 2016, 07:49:19 PM »
CS91 just reminded me of that cute bit where you calculate how much your trip would have cost in real $$.

Wow, I sure as hell would have never been able to take a quick 8 day trip for $63,996 in any lifetime of mine.

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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #177 on: August 31, 2016, 07:51:28 PM »
CS91 just reminded me of that cute bit where you calculate how much your trip would have cost in real $$.

Wow, I sure as hell would have never been able to take a quick 8 day trip for $63,996 in any lifetime of mine.

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How in the world did you beat me?!?!? I had 16 hotel nights to your 6 and had 3 seats in CX J.

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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #178 on: August 31, 2016, 07:55:03 PM »
How in the world did you beat me?!?!? I had 16 hotel nights to your 6 and had 3 seats in CX J.

3x CX J < 1x CX F
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Re: My (very) belated Honeymoon to the "Land of Smiles" (CX F, EY F)
« Reply #179 on: August 31, 2016, 07:59:02 PM »
3x CX J < 1x CX F
Wow, really? Didn't realize.