HerrO» Travel

New Challenge – This time a Hotel Challenge from SAS….

HerrO — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 18:53:29 +0000

here is a much activity from SAS these weeks. No I have received another targeted mail with a invitation to participate in a Hotel challenge on how many nights I can stay at a Radisson Blu hotel in Scandinavia. The setup is the same as for flights and points are:

3 nights = 6000 points
5 nights = 12000 points
7 nights = 24000 points

It starts from October 15th to December 20th, so over 2 months.

LINK to the main page which is not active yet for general use (it might be like the other challenges):

http://www.hotelchallenge.net/

Have anyone gotten a “better” challenge?

Ny side for frequent travelers og rejseinteresseret…

HerrO — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:24:24 +0000

Den 20. oktober bliver www.bonusfeber.dk launchet. Siden vil give guides,informationer, tips og tricks om hvordan man får den bedste rejseoplevelse.

Indtil den dato kan man følge siden på Facebook på: https://www.facebook.com/bonusfeber.dk

Kig forbi og “like” siden og få allerede nu gavn af de tips og informationer som deles

Widerøe – Use of Optiontown is possible now

HerrO — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 18:27:39 +0000

Widerøe is now starting up with cooperation with Optiontown on two new offerings. The first is Empty Seat Option and the other is the Flexibility Reward Option.

Revisited – a 20 min movie about Frequent Flyer and why we do it….

HerrO — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 09:47:07 +0000

In 2009 Gabriel Leigh made a 20 min movie about frequent flyers and this explains very shortly why people like me are doing what they are. It is a mixture of a hobby and searching to try out premium travels to remote destinations – even if it is only for a week

Look at it and see if it catches you – I am for sure in it for life

LINK TO MOVIE

Så kommer Dreamlineren snart til København…

HerrO — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:59:06 +0000

Efter sommerferien kan man fra København flyve med Boeing 787 Dreamliner til Doha

LINK

Found this foursquare sign in the Crown Plaza parking place…

HerrO — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:32:18 +0000

First time seeing this sign on my recent visit at the Crown Plaza Antwerp parking place:

SAS – The iPhone app is finally here…

HerrO — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:31:12 +0000

After almost 2 years of waiting the SAS iPhone app is here:

Get it here: https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/sas-scandinavian-airlines/id605727126?mt=8

It looks promising and I look forward to test it in the next weeks of travel.

Længste flyruter – Noget der er på ToDo listen…

HerrO — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:36:20 +0000

Fik lige lavet en oversigt over de længste flyruter. Grunden var at den længste på 18h55mog den næst længste på 17h25m lukker her ultimo året.

En skam at Singapore Airlines lukker deres længere ruter grundet Airbus “bytte bytte købmand” med A380 og A350 modeller da de 19 timer var en A330-500 all business class. Dette ville jeg godt have leget en smule med. Og netop fordi det er STAR ALLIANCE og dermed det ville give ret så gode bonuspoint at tage sådanne en tur

Det er virkeligt offentlig transport i den stil jeg kan lide det

Men hvad er så den længste?

Her er listen:

18 timer og 55 minutter: Det tager den 15.345 kilometer lange rute mellem Singapore og Newark Lufthavn i New York. Singapore Airlines har fløjet ruten siden juni 2004, men vil lukke den i slutningen af november 2013.
17 timer og 25 minutter: Det tager den 14.114 kilometer lange rute mellem Singapore og Los Angeles. (16 timer og 30 minutter den modsatte vej). Singapore Airlines har fløjet ruten siden februar 2004, men vil lukke den i slutningen af oktober 2013.
16 timer og 55 minutter: Det tager den 13.582 kilometer lange rute mellem Johannesburg og Atlanta (15 timer og 20 minutter den modsatte vej). Delta Airlines har fløjet ruten siden juni 2009.
16 timer og 20 minutter: Det tager den 13.420 kilometer lange rute mellem Dubai og Los Angeles (15 timer 50 minutter den modsatte vej). Emirates har fløjet ruten siden oktober 2008.
15 timer og 20 minutter: Det tager den 13.804 kilomter lange rute mallem Sydney og Dallas (ruten flyves med stop den modsatte vej). Quantas har fløjet ruten siden februar 2011.

1.000.000 points achieved on my accounts

HerrO — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 12:08:36 +0000

December was a special day as I rounded a corner on my mileage accounts. Accumulated on all accounts I have now over 1.000.000 points in mainly hotels and airlines. This means that I have points enough for almost 10-12 days on a top star rated hotel and business class or first class tickets to get there.

Overview based on Awardwallet:

That is why you do only have carry on when you travel…

HerrO — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:04:14 +0000

Coming back Friday night to CPH and there was just tons of people waiting for luggage. Again I can only say that there is only two kind of luggage “carry on or lost”. In this case though it had to be “carry on or very late home and still maybe lost”