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Spent first London night at sisters in Woodford. As I expect with most family reunions, it wasn't an early-to-bed one. A bit of to and from about what to do the next day but eventually all agreed to the Cabinet War Rooms. I know Chuchill is a bit on the nose in Aus given he was the big backer...

So a generic offer. That seems pretty appealing. As @cruiserelite says the travel insurance is good for most. And add in Centurion/Plaza.Premium that's a lot of people you can make happy. My professional personal Charge is limited in its supps so if I'm eligible, I'd be signing up for sure. I'd...

Next travel mistake. Had booked a car at LHR from Green Motion. Not as classy as the big chains but often half the price. One of the issues is that they are a fair way from the terminal and the shuttle is infrequent. Decide to get an Uber but give directions to the wrong Holiday Inn. Bit of a...

Flight 3 SIN-LHR SQ Y B777-300 SQ award as above Pax: mr&mrsandye, mstrsandye3&4 SQ Y is always a decent option with reasonable seats and good service though sometimes exxy for revenue. Mrsandye doesn't think the food is as good as it used to be. IFE is pretty good (EK is the benchmark here)...

That's the most generous charity one I've seen in a while

Flight was good and SIN is always a decent transit (well except during the covid cattle-pen days) Have gifted my second Amex Priority Pass to mstrandye1 (who is in London and going off for Eurobreaks regularly) so instead of the other third party lounges, we took the skytrain to the Plaza...

Flight 2 DPS-SIN SQ Y B737-8 Max SQ award 55k KF + $32 pp (for whole DPS-SIN-LHR) Pax: mr&mrsandye mstrsandye3&4 DPS is a shocker for lounges so we settled into a coffee shop. My tendency to use NATO when spelling things out led to one of the boys finding the Antiphonetic alphabet which kept...

We had an early flight to leave. We had decided to cut short our Bali stay to give us another day in UK (award flights changed easily) but despite me letting them know, the transfer car didnt arrive. Needed several phone calls, eventually getting through to an LE bloke in Melbourne and it did...

We did go to the beach. It's not bad but I have several better on my doorstep. Boys had a bit of a surf. Although there the waves weren't huge, there were some very obvious (to us) rips. No red and yellow flags though signage to say dangerous current. Of course, time and time again, people would...

We went to another Accor Plus restaurant for dinner. The Moonlite Restaurant is at the top of a building overlooking the beach, with good sunset, posh by Seminyak standards and the food was pretty good. (cant find pics I'm afraid)

It probably would have worked but the UL agent was late and I got twitchy about my bag so ended up clearing immigration and picking bag up myself. All very smooth. Off to QR lounge on the skytrain as we speak.

Another LE inclusion was a free massage in the same building as the Indian restaurant. For some reason, mrsandye was quite sure that I wasn't going to be having my massage alone so we had our treatment side by side. I've managed to go 55 years without having a professional massage and it was...

On the way back we did some souvenir shopping then stopped off at another waterfall. Mrsandye and I decided our knees didnt need another trip down to a valley so had Bintangs while the boys went down. While waiting, there was a constant stream of young things coming back in swimsuits after...

Next day was another private 2-site snorkelling tour. The driver was even more manic than the last one and mrsandye spent most of the journey with her eyes closed. When we arrived, I went to pay and for some reason none of my cards would work. I have few cards with multiple issuers so odd...

In the evening went into Seminyak proper. It's pretty bustly. Lots of mopeds, tattoo parlours, cheap gift shops as you'd expect. All felt very safe though. Ever one to use an points perk, we ate at the Ocean Beach Bar which give 15% off F&B for Accor Plus. Throwing ourselves into the Bali vibe...

Next day off on a private tour to the monkey temple near Ubud and the Tegunungang waterfall. There is a lift back up with quite a swanky restaurant where you can have a drink. Mrsandye increasingly nervous of Balinese drivers and copping some stick for shrieking at the monkeys.

Walked through the winding streets to the Seminyak main street to get lie of land and had some nasi goreng and Bintang. In the evening went to the Frangipaani Indian restaurant next door to the main hotel building-another Luxury Escapes inclusion. Always been a curry fan, as a Londoner and...

We were staying in the Impiana Villas in Seminyak. There is a central building with restaurant attached. The villas themselves are a short minibus trip away but the buses are quickly available on request. Package included several complimentary coughtails. Never one to turn down a free drink but...

Turns out that the Bali villa auction prize was a Luxury Escapes package. Transfers were an inclusion so into the hustle and bustle, find the man with the sign and off we go. I had initially hired a car but the Bali traffic made me glad I cancelled it. I'd last stayed in Bali in 1993 and it has...

Landed in DPS. Walked smugly past the long queues for passengers getting their visas on arrival. Then Travel Mistake No 1. Mstrandye3 couldn't get through the electronic gates. The rest of us were already through staring at him on the other side. He went to the desk and it turned out I'd left...