All posts tagged: oneworld

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles and Marco Polo Club

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Singapore-based members who are very familiar with Krisflyer (Mainly Miles have an incredibly resourceful guide) may fumble at the first glance of Asia Miles. Asia Miles is travel rewards programme, a fully-owned subsidiary of Cathay Pacific Group. Members of Asia Miles can earn miles through everyday activities such as dining, hotel stays and flights, and use the miles for flights, hotel stays, and even lifestyle goods. Marco Polo Club (MPC) is Cathay Pacific’s loyalty programme, rewarding frequent flyers with perks as they move through the tiers by accumulating club points. When you accumulate enough club points, you will get to a certain tier which will give you extra benefits from extra checked baggage allowances to lounge access. While Asia Miles is free to join and use, there is a first-time joining fee of USD100 for MPC, payable every year unless you earn a minimum of 20 club points, which can be earned rather easily with any return flight from Singapore to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific. Note that club points cannot really be used to redeem for anything; …

LOUNGE REVIEW: Cathay Pacific Singapore Lounge, Changi Airport Terminal 4

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The Hong Kong Singapore Lounge is one of the latest in the Cathay Pacific’s network, opened less than 18 months ago when Singapore Changi Airport opened its newest terminal, Terminal 4. Being one of the major airlines operating out of Terminal 4 since the terminal opened back in 2017, the Cathay Pacific Singapore lounge is the only airline lounge at Terminal 4. It is a fairly cosy one, with 849 square metres of space and offering seats for over 200 customers at any point in time. Who can access this lounge? Apart from Cathay Pacific’s own business and first class passengers, Marco Polo Silver, Gold and Diamond members can also access the lounge when travelling on a Cathay Pacific flight out of Singapore. Oneworld sapphire and emerald members may also use the lounge as long as they are travelling on a oneworld-member operated flight on the same day, although I’m not sure if you should make the trek to Terminal 4 just for this lounge when the Qantas lounge at Terminal 1 is probably a …

FLIGHT REVIEW: Japan Airlines Business Class Sky Suites III, Singapore – Tokyo (Haneda)

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Japanese airlines have always been known to offer a great quality of service, synonymous with their culture of hospitality. Today I had the chance to try out Japan Airlines’ Sky Suite III seat on my flight to Haneda, which is arguably one of the more memorable business class journeys I’ve ever taken.

Qantas to open first class lounge in Singapore in 2019

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Qantas Airways will open a brand-new first class lounge at Changi Airport by next year. Located at Terminal 1, the new lounge promises an elevated experience for its first class passengers, Qantas Platinum frequent fliers and oneworld Emerald members.

FLIGHT REVIEW: Qantas A380 First Class, Sydney – Singapore

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The A380 needs no introduction. But the Qantas A380 first class experience is one of the most blissful experiences you can ask for: timeless seat, excellent food, even more fabulous wines and the best sleep you can ever get.