I spent the better part of the day sitting on my laptop in the dining area facing a wall. I was absolutely stuffed after this, although it did power me through many hours of work.ĭining area, which made for a good workspace for five or so hours To energize myself for the upcoming workday, I indulged in a plate of chicken biryani with a side of pretzels, gummy bears, chocolate and some Fanta. The food was tasty and plentiful, the views over the tarmac rocked, and the overall lounge design was very tasteful. This lounge was perfect, and had everything I could’ve possibly needed. Having done my research on Star Alliance lounges in the airport, on arrival from Stockholm at 11am I headed straight to Air Canada’s Maple Leaf Lounge, my office for the day. With a good 9 hours to spare in Frankfurt, I decided the best course of action would be to find a lounge to work from. Next up: the Air Canada lounge in FRA!ĪIR CANADA MAPLE LEAF LOUNGE, FRANKFURT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Plus maybe some of the fun during layovers. Given the short, nondescript nature of most intraeuropean flights, I'll only be covering the long hauls on CA as well as the airport lounges. Whilst the transits in Beijing were long, I managed to get Air China to book me free hotels for both inbound and outbound daytime layovers which made things considerably more pleasant. PEK-FRA: Air China, 747-800, Business (1:35hr layover)įRA-ARN: Scandinavian Airlines, A320, Economy SYD-PEK: Air China, A330-300, Business (8:30hr layover in PEK) In the end, my itinerary looked like this:ĪRN-FRA: Scandinavian Airlines, A320, Economy (9:00hr layover in FRA)įRA-PEK: Air China, 747-800, Business (13:45hr layover in PEK) Nonetheless, I was still quite excited when I finally managed to ticket it: 40 hours in business class awaited me, and 20 of these hours would be on the upper deck of a 747-8 – a plane I’ve been dying to fly. A no-brainer, given I have to make the long journey down to Australia from Sweden at least once a year to see family.īooking the ticket was painful, and required no fewer than ten attempts over the course of 15 hours. This particular deal popped up in late November: 1500EUR from Frankfurt to Sydney, return. Unfortunately, because I’ve spent 80% of my annual travel budget in the first third of the year. Fortunately, because I’ve managed to relax up the pointy end more than I’ve sat cramped down the back. Both fortunately and unfortunately, much of my 2019 travel has been decided by unknown Flyertalkers posting into the “Premium Fare Deals” forum.

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