2010 travel plans
2009 has gone by and it's time to renew my Lufthansa status. Well, I could wait another year but with all the offers thanks to the economic downturn I figured it would be cheaper (and lots of fun) this year.
New York
The first January weekend already passed and I am still sitting at zero miles/flights this year. Fortunately this will change this saturday. I'll fly over to Newark/New York for the weekend. A Flyertalk event happens the same weekend so there goes most of the time. I'll visit the American Airlines Club at JFK airport including a backlot tour followed by dinner at The Palm Tribeca.
Prague
The following weekend I'll spend in Prague. I won't gain Miles&More miles but at 55 Euro for the trip I won't complain and instead meet up with a few Prague-based VoIP folks. Last year a Hardrock Cafe opened so that's one place to stop by.
Atlanta
Still in January ... another trip to the US. The only thing on my TODO list (besides lots of flying) is to eat at Hong Kong Harbour in Cheshire Bridge Rd - my favourite chinese place in the area. Walnut Shrimp, General Tso's chicken here I come!
Cologne
A domestic trip ... I couldn't resist booking a cheap two-for-one flight with a voucher. Cologne will be another Hardrock Cafe for my list as well.
Ryanair weekend trip
Some time last year I ended up booking a quick trip around Europe for less than 3 Euro. Bremen, Oslo and London on Ryanair. It's going to be my first experience on Ryanair. Just to be safe I booked this trip twice so if weather sucks or I just don't want to get out ot bed early I won't loose too much.
Tirgu Mures
Tirgu Mures is a small town in Transilvania. I found a 75 Euro roundtrip in February on Malev. For whatever reason Malev decided to cancel the sunday flight ruining my trip. I could cancel the hotel (30E for the best place in town) for free so no real loss on my side.
Barcelona
I've never been to Barcelona before and combined a deal at the Hilton with a Lufthansa sale and 40 Euro off voucher.
Minneapolis, Spokane, San Francisco
Thanks to a very generous First Class fare on United airlines I'll have 17 - yes seventeen - First Class flights for a total of 210 Euro. That's a lot of flying over just a few days but will get me around 40,000 miles closer to renewing my status. I still have to book the flight to get me to Minneapolis, though.
This concludes my travel plans for January, February and a bit of April (the Minneapolis stuff). For the rest of the year I have to get to Tokyo before June in order to use my free night at the Park Hyatt Tokyo. A reenactment of Lost in Translation would be in order but I still need to audition somebody for the part of Charlotte.
Not knowing what exactly will happen workwise after March I am reluctant to book lots of travel although I would fancy another South East Asia trip. I'd hop on any Star Alliance carrier to Bangkok since it's the cheapest destination in the area and then do short roundtrips to Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur (Satay!) and perhaps Brunei (just because). The Lufthansa Business-Class fares ex-Bangkok to Saigon and Kuala Lumpur are quite cheap right now. Other than that there's the 77th IETF in Anaheim, CA and Cansecwest in Vancouver on my radar. Perhaps I'll combine the Kuala Lumpur trip with Hack In The Box.
New York
The first January weekend already passed and I am still sitting at zero miles/flights this year. Fortunately this will change this saturday. I'll fly over to Newark/New York for the weekend. A Flyertalk event happens the same weekend so there goes most of the time. I'll visit the American Airlines Club at JFK airport including a backlot tour followed by dinner at The Palm Tribeca.
Prague
The following weekend I'll spend in Prague. I won't gain Miles&More miles but at 55 Euro for the trip I won't complain and instead meet up with a few Prague-based VoIP folks. Last year a Hardrock Cafe opened so that's one place to stop by.
Atlanta
Still in January ... another trip to the US. The only thing on my TODO list (besides lots of flying) is to eat at Hong Kong Harbour in Cheshire Bridge Rd - my favourite chinese place in the area. Walnut Shrimp, General Tso's chicken here I come!
Cologne
A domestic trip ... I couldn't resist booking a cheap two-for-one flight with a voucher. Cologne will be another Hardrock Cafe for my list as well.
Ryanair weekend trip
Some time last year I ended up booking a quick trip around Europe for less than 3 Euro. Bremen, Oslo and London on Ryanair. It's going to be my first experience on Ryanair. Just to be safe I booked this trip twice so if weather sucks or I just don't want to get out ot bed early I won't loose too much.
Tirgu Mures
Tirgu Mures is a small town in Transilvania. I found a 75 Euro roundtrip in February on Malev. For whatever reason Malev decided to cancel the sunday flight ruining my trip. I could cancel the hotel (30E for the best place in town) for free so no real loss on my side.
Barcelona
I've never been to Barcelona before and combined a deal at the Hilton with a Lufthansa sale and 40 Euro off voucher.
Minneapolis, Spokane, San Francisco
Thanks to a very generous First Class fare on United airlines I'll have 17 - yes seventeen - First Class flights for a total of 210 Euro. That's a lot of flying over just a few days but will get me around 40,000 miles closer to renewing my status. I still have to book the flight to get me to Minneapolis, though.
This concludes my travel plans for January, February and a bit of April (the Minneapolis stuff). For the rest of the year I have to get to Tokyo before June in order to use my free night at the Park Hyatt Tokyo. A reenactment of Lost in Translation would be in order but I still need to audition somebody for the part of Charlotte.
Not knowing what exactly will happen workwise after March I am reluctant to book lots of travel although I would fancy another South East Asia trip. I'd hop on any Star Alliance carrier to Bangkok since it's the cheapest destination in the area and then do short roundtrips to Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur (Satay!) and perhaps Brunei (just because). The Lufthansa Business-Class fares ex-Bangkok to Saigon and Kuala Lumpur are quite cheap right now. Other than that there's the 77th IETF in Anaheim, CA and Cansecwest in Vancouver on my radar. Perhaps I'll combine the Kuala Lumpur trip with Hack In The Box.
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What part (percentually) of the total time of these trips are you going to spend in a plane?
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well, a significant amount of time will be spent on planes but then for the Prague trip it will be like a 90 minute ride per direction for two full days in Prague - well worth it.
