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A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
3M ago
This is the second part of a very long post about my experience flying 33 hours in Singapore Air Business Class. It was a long and convoluted road that led me and my Mom to this surprisingly long, but enjoyable adventure. In case you want all those details, the first post is here: Review: 33 ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
4M ago
A series of unfortunate events happened to my Mom and my Singapore Air flights to and from Australia/New Zealand in the fall of 2023. As I mentioned in previous posts, we had planned to enjoy 24+ hours in the wild Singapore Air A380 First Class Suites, but instead, because of changes to Singapore’s fleet, we ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
6M ago
Here’s another travel saga for you ? . So my Mom and I originally booked a non-stop flight from Cairns (CNS) to Sydney (SYD) as part of our trip Down Under. However, a few months before the flight, we got an email that the non-stop flight we had booked no longer existed and we were ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
7M ago
This is a bit of a saga ? . During my Mom and my trip Down Under, we decided to give a new-to-us airline a chance: LATAM. But as you can see from the title, this isn’t a review of that airline. So what happened? ? We booked a flight from Sydney, Australia to Auckland ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
7M ago
This might have been the fastest month of my retired life. I had a great time, but fast travel is definitely not for me because while I had a lovely time, I can’t remember the last time I was this tired. It was probably during my career 4 years ago and I don’t like it ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
8M ago
I’m always curious about airlines I’ve never flown before. And in my typical neurotic fashion, I always search around to find reviews of new airlines before I fly them. So in the interest of helping anyone else that’s like me out there, this is my experience flying Air New Zealand for the first time. If ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
10M ago
I’m always curious about airlines I’ve never flown before. So in my typical neurotic fashion, I always Google around to find reviews of new airlines before I fly them. And in the interest of helping anyone else that’s like me out there, this is my experience flying Virgin Australia for the first time. However, I ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
1y ago
Finally we have arrived at my experience flying an apartment in the sky. It’s been a long time coming, but it finally happened and somehow lived up to the expectations I’ve built up over the last 5 years. So let’s see what my journey was like flying Singapore Air’s A380 First Class Suites! PRE-FLIGHT Booking ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
1y ago
Hello again ? . Last time we walked through the first leg of my trip, a First Class experience from NYC to Frankfurt, Germany. You can read about that in detail here: Review: Singapore Air First Class (JFK to FRA) – A $15,000 Flight For $27 [Part 1] But in summary, I had a fantastic ..read more
A Purple Life » Travel Hacking
1y ago
Finally, we have arrived ? . We started planning this Australia trip in 2018 – that’s when we started accumulating points and planning our route around Australia and New Zealand. Originally this trip was to take place in October 2020 to celebrate my retirement at 30. I think you can guess how well that plan ..read more