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Incredible trip report! I will make the observation there is a greater chance of me visiting the International Space Station than willingly attending a musical or stageshow! Seriously though, thanks for the superb effort on writing up this TR

Next couple of days are just immaculate. Fresh snow, sunny afternoons. And that gets us to xmas eve, where the hotel (and indeed the whole town) has something special organised.

The hotel has a nice bar area for pre dinner drinks The snow starts falling and keeps going all night and we wake up to a winter wonderland.Perfect timing with xmas only a couple of days away.

I'm not sure they are equivalent despite sharing the name silver It looks like Skywards Silver is a lot harder to attain than QF Silver https://www.emirates.com/au/english/skywards/membership-tiers/ Emirates would require 8 one-way flights regular economy Sydney to London (3200 Tier miles...

And back to Austria. We soon arrive in the town of Seefeld, located in what they call Tirol's high plateau. The town itself is at 1200m and offers a range of attractions. It's actually best known for nordic skiing (ie: cross country) but it also has downhill, plus tons of other things to do...

Off the livecam: Lapland just now -38C

Yes, the German Rail app (DB Navigator) had notified us the day before and provided the details. I was pretty happy with how it was handled.

We fly from Helsinki to Munich, spend the night at a hotel by the train station and the next morning hop on a train to Austria. This entails a train to Garmisch, where we change trains for our destination: Seefeld in Tirol The first train is really busy, and the passengers appear to be almost...

For dinner one evening, we visit a bit Kappelli, a restaurant that is a local institution. It's in the Esplanadi park and has been there for 150 years or so. https://www.discoveringfinland.com/destination/31525/ That wraps up our brief time in Helsinki and we make our way to Austria for...

Have you tried the Emirates site?

Seoul has some good options Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul The Ambassador Seoul

Haha, classic. I believe afl developed a following amongst night owls in the USA in that era also due to the late night ESPN broadcasts.

Ice Hockey is a massive sport in Finland. The national completion is called the Liiga. There was a match on during our stay in Helsinki so I got some tickets. It was between the local Helsinki team "IFK" and Vaasan Sport, from the city of Vaasa. None of us had ever seen a game of Hockey...

To be honest, if the flights are there now, and are broadly what you are looking for, I would probably just suck it up and book them as separate flights. We often see on this site that by the time someone has posted and gotten some feedback from other users, they go back to book. And the award...

We arrive in Helsinki in the later afternoon and make our way to the hotel Our digs for the next few days: the Hotel U14, a smallish hotel near the waterfront. Everything in Helsinki is pretty walkable, so it doesn't matter too much where you stay, within reason...

How long is the layover?

1. Flex fares are already available that allow low fee or free changes or cancellations 2. Would be super difficult in practice 3. Ditto 4. There are some regulatory hurdles here 5, 6,7 would all be ok I think you missed the main one. Better award seat availability

These can be easily booked while you are there on the ground. Via the website: https://www.levi.fi/en/activities/activity-search/ Or just walk in to the “Safari Market” in the village (tour operator) https://www.scandinavian-travel-group.com/destinations/levi Map link Scandinavian Travel...

For those curious about skiing a less well known destination, I've posted a few photos and comments in the Trip Reports area, of our recent ski adventures in Lapland last month. Early to mid december, well inside the Arctic circle...

That's a great question. Since we had planned to do a bit of skiing, we used our ski gear. However dedicated ski gear isn't really required. I would suggest as follows. Basically layers: From the skin outwards start with: 1) a long sleeved and long legged set of thermal underwear layer...