Yes, I was able to access the Al Safwa First Class Lounge after we landed in Doha from our First Class flight!

@@PointsTravelTechAustria Thank you! appreciate your reply 🙏🏻

Ist mit der österreichischen Karte noch möglich.

Danke

It‘s definitely not flashy, but it‘s a solid, comfortable First Class Seat. Obviously it can’t hold up with the Suites from the likes of Etihad or SQ on the 380.

Das müsste sich nach dem Einkommen richten aber mindestens sollten es zw. 5-6000€ sein.

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I aim to know the basics of the language of the Country I‘m visiting out of respect. And I’m able to greet and thank people in Spanish and I did so during the flight. I had French in school which is very common in Austria. But this is an international airline we are talking about and this flight was going to New York. I think it’s fair to expect the same level of service no matter the language skills on an international flight.

The Sony Headphones in the beginning are the „generic“ headphones. If your earbuds don’t have a pairing button then check your device’s manual how to enable pairing mode. That’s all you need.

So viele Karte in Österreich gibt es nicht, dass Kombos gibt wie in den USA. Wenn du M&M sammelst, dann musst du dich nur zwischen M&M Platinum und DC Vintage entscheiden. Für einen Meilenboost kannst du eine Lufthansa M&M Gold Karte holen, da gibt es aktuell 20.000 Meilen.

@@PointsTravelTechAustria Danke! Das bedeutet die Amex einzubinden in AT + M&M Karte zahlt sich nicht so aus für doppelte Meilen?

Amex Platinum*

Wenn bei deiner Suche das Abflugland ausgewählt wird, von dem du auch wirklich fliegen möchtest, sind alle Flüge zum ausgewählten Ziel inklusive.

Danke das freut mich. Ich habs im Kopf, aber ich kann dir aktuell leider keinen Zeitraum nennen. Enttäuschen möchte ich dich ja auch nicht ;)

I‘m sure you have a hobby that is absolutely, uniquely yours, that no one else on this earth does.

Regarding the drink situation, I can fully understand that you feel like there is nothing special there. As it‘s true. They could absolutely offer some mocktails for instance. And yes, having to use the regular bus definitely dulls the premium experience, I‘d be bummed about that too!

Too bad you think so. I don‘t see how seat age is a big factor here. All First Class cabins haven‘t been updated in a few years. Emirates Game Changer has been around since 2018. And their 380/777 first class is even older. And In total, I had a worse experience on Emirates first as with Swiss or Lufthansa. I‘m only sharing my personal experience of the flight. Not trying to convince anyone that Airline X is the best. For me personally, this was my best flight experience. You will have had it on a different airline. That‘s absolutely fine.

Thanks. I didn’t mean the Matterhorn is in the flag. The picture of the Matterhorn in the plane is a mosaic of tiny + symbols. And that is on the Swiss flag 😉🇨🇭

Vielen Dank! Freut mich sehr, dass meine Bemühungen das Ziel erreichen was ich mir gesteckt habe!

That sounds like a comfortable layover to me 😁 I can see how the lack of vegetarian options is unfortunate. Luckily they have real chefs in the kitchen :)

Naja Emirats ist einfach nicht mein Style. Etihad ist absolut besser im Bordprodukt aber von der Crew echt schwankend. Singapur bin ich zu 200% bei dir. Da stimmt alles.

Ich bin Emirates und Qatar in First geflogen und bei beiden Flügen war die Crew nicht annähernd so gut wie bei diesem Swiss Flug. Der Sitz ist nicht alles in meinen Augen.

Glad you had a similar experience! Austrian is also receiving new Aircraft with new business class seats!

Thank YOU!

Not that I know of. I only saw staff riding in one from time to time.

Der Zubringer muss in deiner Suche inkludiert sein. Sprich, wenn du in Wien wohnst, musst du die Suche mit Abflug ab Wien beginnen! So wie im Video gezeigt „Abflugland: Österreich“ Wenn du ein anderes Abflugland bei der Suche nimmst, wird der Zubringer NICHT kostenlos dabei sein. Dann musst du ihn extra buchen. Das würde ich tendenziell aber mit Geld und nicht mit Meilen machen.

Awesome! I wish you good luck! I was booked on the initial intra-European inaugural flight to Frankfurt and back until Austrian changed the planes 5 days before and charged even more for the new departures…. Have a good time in Austria :)

Hi, danke! Ja, das tut man (mit der österreichischen Variante der Karte)!

Ich bin da leider die falsche Ansprechperson um hier genaue Infos zu bekommen aber ist es nicht möglich zumindest manche Geschäftsausgaben auch über eine private Karte laufen zu lassen?

Leider nicht 😐

@@PointsTravelTechAustria dann dauert das punkte sammeln in Österreich ja ewig, besser mit miles and more

Enjoy your time in Vienna ☺️

There were many kids at the resort when we were there. It has quite a lot to offer regarding entertainment. Also the beach is very kid friendly. The water is warm and the waves aren't too big. Just high enough to do a little body boarding. I don't know which beach in Karon you mean, sorry.

@@PointsTravelTechAustria Thank you for your reply. We are planning to visit Phuket during November. We prefer quite place with good beach. If you could suggest which beach would be better or which resort that would be great. I have shortlisted Le Meridian Khao Lak, Pullman Khao Lak, JW Marriot Khao Lak, Karon Le Meridian and Katathani kata beach, Cape Panwa in Panwa beach. If you can suggest which one would be best to go with kids that would be great. We prefer a good beach with kids club.

We only stayed at the Le Meridien and the JW Marriott. And we don‘t have kids so we don‘t test out the kids clubs, etc. The Le Meridien was quieter and had a similar beach to the JW Marriott. They have a kids club from what I can remember, but we didn‘t stay there very long so I didn‘t see how much they really offered. The JW Marriott has the beach separated in Adults only, and kids. There is a kids pool area that looked really fun with slides etc. There is a kids club and some indoor table tennis and stuff like that. They also had an outdoor movie night at the beach, etc. I‘m sure both are fun for kids. But like I said, I don‘t have any so I can‘t give you a very precise answer.

Ich weiß nicht genau was du meinst. Wenn du Wunschgutscheine via Payback gekauft hast, bekommst du Punkte/Meilen. Wenn du bei Amazon via Payback einkaufst, ist es egal mit was du bezahlst (Kreditkarte oder Wunschgutschein) du bekommst für die Summe des Einkauf die Punkte/Meilen. Hoffe das beantwortet die Frage!

From what I can see, the „deluxe“ part is on the accessories (adapter and pouch). It looks like the AirFly itself is simply the AirFly Pro. But I might be mistaken.

That sucks. Unfortunately the property is leaving Hilton. You would hope, that communication regarding cancellations would be better. I feel for you!

Ja, natürlich. Überall kannst du via Curve bezahlen wo Mastercard akzeptiert wird.

In the beginning I used the phone number of a relative. So when I knew I wanted to access my account, I‘d let her know and she was on standby to send me the code she received. This obviously wasn’t too practical so now I have an eSIM line with Tello (really cheap US phone provider) it costs me 7$ a month. I have it on an old phone, but you can just use it as your second SIM card on your phone and turn the line on and off as you please.

@@PointsTravelTechAustria Oh that's great! Super helpful thank you. Yeah I've been using a friend's number which isn't convenient. I'll look into Tello. Where do you get their eSIMs from?

@Rosie322 you can just order it online on Tello.com The downside is, the phone needs to physically be in the USA to activate the sim card (only once). Depending on when you will travel to the US next, this can be a bigger inconvenience. I actually gave the phone to a friend who went to the US and activated the sim for me. Your other option is buying a (prepaid) US SIM card on eBay which is already activated. This way you don’t have to visit the US with your phone.