Introduction
In June 2012, Mrs NoName & I were married at Four Seasons in Singapore and embarked on a 5 week honeymoon in Europe and NYC. Oslo, Prague, Paris, London & NYC! We had a fantastic time together seeing sites and experiences. It was a truly memorable time! We had booked everything with cash and in Y, attempting to find good deals so it didn’t cost an arm and a leg. Of course, in reality the flights in particular were just a mish-mash of an itinerary which I’m sure could have been done more cost-effectively but lets just ignore that for a moment.
A couple of months out QF cancelled their lunchtime departure out of LHR which resulted in us cancelling our whole SIN-LHR-SIN booking and looking for a different option. Mrs NoName had built up what we thought was an impressive QFF points balance (around 200k from memory) through 4 or 5 domestic work trips each year and a low earning Suncorp CC so we decided to try to use them. We came up with 2x Y+ SIN-LHR which we were thrilled about! What could be better than sipping cheap sparkling wine in a reclining seat with slightly more legroom! Bliss! Mrs NoName had at the time paid for QP. It was such great value for money given we only used it few times a year, and it certainly came in handy helping us feel so smug that we were able to fill our stomachs in the SIN QF lounge prior to our flight.
Her QP membership somehow got us into the BA Galleries lounge in T5 as we awaited our connecting flight to Oslo as well. I don’t think this should have been permitted but for some reason it was. Then later in the trip we went with the tried and true “its our honeymoon, could we get an upgrade” spiel when checking in at EWR for our flight back to LHR. Well blow me down, it worked! World Traveller Plus on a rickety old BA 747 with a non-functioning primitive seat back entertainment system here we come! Then, as if to prove that lightning does infact strike twice, the same story got us into the BA lounge, even after the lady on the front desk had initially said we weren’t eligible for access. Weren’t we just so clever!
Of course most of the above beyond the first paragraph is littered with sarcasm because however enjoyable it was at the time, subsequent trips over the years have well and truly put it in the shade in terms of the mode of transport and the accommodation options. It had also for some reason caused a lightbulb to go off in my head that perhaps there were ways to travel cheaply in J or even F. I mean, back then I thought those were just letters of the alphabet, but after having some story randomly pop up online, I ended up joining this forum in August 2012 and the real journey began.
Ten years later and I’ve managed to learn a few things from this forum. Well not just a few things but a lot of things and the result has been beyond anything I had ever hoped for. The knowledge base here is truly amazing and every time Im on board and press those buttons to convert my seat into a bed I think how lucky I am to have discovered it. Ten years later and I am still here and Mrs NoName and I are still using what I’ve learned to enjoy a much more comfortable travel experience. As a small token of my appreciation I give you:
Ten Days for Ten Years!
In June 2012, Mrs NoName & I were married at Four Seasons in Singapore and embarked on a 5 week honeymoon in Europe and NYC. Oslo, Prague, Paris, London & NYC! We had a fantastic time together seeing sites and experiences. It was a truly memorable time! We had booked everything with cash and in Y, attempting to find good deals so it didn’t cost an arm and a leg. Of course, in reality the flights in particular were just a mish-mash of an itinerary which I’m sure could have been done more cost-effectively but lets just ignore that for a moment.
A couple of months out QF cancelled their lunchtime departure out of LHR which resulted in us cancelling our whole SIN-LHR-SIN booking and looking for a different option. Mrs NoName had built up what we thought was an impressive QFF points balance (around 200k from memory) through 4 or 5 domestic work trips each year and a low earning Suncorp CC so we decided to try to use them. We came up with 2x Y+ SIN-LHR which we were thrilled about! What could be better than sipping cheap sparkling wine in a reclining seat with slightly more legroom! Bliss! Mrs NoName had at the time paid for QP. It was such great value for money given we only used it few times a year, and it certainly came in handy helping us feel so smug that we were able to fill our stomachs in the SIN QF lounge prior to our flight.
Her QP membership somehow got us into the BA Galleries lounge in T5 as we awaited our connecting flight to Oslo as well. I don’t think this should have been permitted but for some reason it was. Then later in the trip we went with the tried and true “its our honeymoon, could we get an upgrade” spiel when checking in at EWR for our flight back to LHR. Well blow me down, it worked! World Traveller Plus on a rickety old BA 747 with a non-functioning primitive seat back entertainment system here we come! Then, as if to prove that lightning does infact strike twice, the same story got us into the BA lounge, even after the lady on the front desk had initially said we weren’t eligible for access. Weren’t we just so clever!
Of course most of the above beyond the first paragraph is littered with sarcasm because however enjoyable it was at the time, subsequent trips over the years have well and truly put it in the shade in terms of the mode of transport and the accommodation options. It had also for some reason caused a lightbulb to go off in my head that perhaps there were ways to travel cheaply in J or even F. I mean, back then I thought those were just letters of the alphabet, but after having some story randomly pop up online, I ended up joining this forum in August 2012 and the real journey began.
Ten years later and I’ve managed to learn a few things from this forum. Well not just a few things but a lot of things and the result has been beyond anything I had ever hoped for. The knowledge base here is truly amazing and every time Im on board and press those buttons to convert my seat into a bed I think how lucky I am to have discovered it. Ten years later and I am still here and Mrs NoName and I are still using what I’ve learned to enjoy a much more comfortable travel experience. As a small token of my appreciation I give you:
Ten Days for Ten Years!
