DONE4,USA & Italy-ver long.

[Keith009]

Hehehe - seems like you can hardly turn the corner without seeing a shopping mall or a crazy sale in Singapore. Not that I'm complaining.

Congrats on the brand new granddaughter!

Thanks so much for taking the time to type up a most engaging TR.

 

[straitman]

drron,

Thanks for the trip report. Well done.

 

[simongr]

Thanks for the TR - I think I am looking forward to my retirement already if that is what it is going to be like

 

[littl_flier]

Thanks for the TR drron. I enjoyed your informative tour of Venice and the Singapore experience, and the stories of op-ups on CX continue.

I'm looking forward to your next trip. Congrats on the baby granddaughter too.

Cheers,
littl_flier

 

[drron]

Now the business end.At the end of this trip my AA account stands at
EQP-77380
EQM-53763
Segments-23
Miles for upgrade-34405
upgrades-12
QF sectors posted by 60 hours,AA,IB by 72 hours and CX sectors took a week.
Hilton honors points etc for this trip-
Stays-22
Nights-51(6 nights in Venice were on points)
Base points-105256
Total points-177872
I found on this trip that honors is a point pinching outfit.I would change double dipping option frequently on the USA driving part of trip.If the HI was under $100 I would choose fixed AA miles,if over variable miles.However if I switched to variable miles after checkout but before posting i would be given the lesser fixed miles.But if I did the reverse I would be given the new option ie less than 100 miles because they accepted quickly the change to variable miles.I think they need to be reminded loyalty is a 2-way thing.i did in fact email the diamond desk but they have not responded.

 

[JohnK]

Very nice trip report drron. Sounds like you had a great adventure. And I agree I always feel very welcome in Thailand.