Any advice gratefully received.
I am in the midst of booking a long overdue holiday to France and the Netherlands in May. My travel companion has a mobility disability; uses stick, maximum walking pace is just average, can do steps but not too many, gets tired easily and usually needs slow start to day and not too much pressure. To balance that however is a great travel companion (goes anywhere I want!) and a very good friend.
We got premium economy to SYD-LHR in the recent QF 2 for 1 sale with 24 hours stopovers in Bangkok on way over (QF01) and Singapore on way back(QF32).
My questions are:
1. Arrive and leave Bangkok middle of the night. Options are either to go with an airport located hotel or go into town. I'd prefer to head for town so could do some walking around etc the next day. I did think staying by river might be nice. Happy to pay up to A$250 but would like late checkout, even wondered if I should book for two nights at a cheaper hotel. But it's 30 years since I was in Bangkok so don't know anything about taxi fares, traffic, decent hotels etc. I also thought that I should hold off on this booking to see if there are any good deals. What do you recommend?
2. BKK-LHR and LHR-SIN are overnights. Is it worth it to try for points upgrades to Business given that they are not on A380? This is first time in Premium economy so don't know what the seats are like, also I am not a fan of Skybed (I like to sleep flat!).
3. Arrive LHR early Friday morning and need to be in Lyon by that evening. Choices seem to be wait at LHR till 4pm and go BA direct to Lyon. I am SG and friend is PS&QP, presumably we can use a BA lounge? Would we be able to to check-in in the morning or would we have to wait till 3 hours before? Slightly cheaper option is to fly BMI with a short turnaround in Mancester (and no lounge access!). The option that appeals to me is get the Eurostar to Lille and then TGV to Lyon. Any comments on how tiring this would be?
4. The evening before LHR-SIN we will be flying in to LHR from Amsterdam. What hotel would you recommend at LHR? Assuming flight leaves middle of next day from T4 the Hilton seems an obvious choice (not cheap though!). Is it worth it to stay away from airport?
5. Stopover in SIN, arrive in morning and leave 9.30 next morning. Options are either to stay in city (which means a very early start in morning) or stay at airport at the new hotel. This would allow us to dump bags and head out for the day and give a bit more time in the morning. However reading on FT there was mention of the room access being exposed and slippery when wet. Any comments?
Sorry for the long post.
Thanks in advance.
I am in the midst of booking a long overdue holiday to France and the Netherlands in May. My travel companion has a mobility disability; uses stick, maximum walking pace is just average, can do steps but not too many, gets tired easily and usually needs slow start to day and not too much pressure. To balance that however is a great travel companion (goes anywhere I want!) and a very good friend.
We got premium economy to SYD-LHR in the recent QF 2 for 1 sale with 24 hours stopovers in Bangkok on way over (QF01) and Singapore on way back(QF32).
My questions are:
1. Arrive and leave Bangkok middle of the night. Options are either to go with an airport located hotel or go into town. I'd prefer to head for town so could do some walking around etc the next day. I did think staying by river might be nice. Happy to pay up to A$250 but would like late checkout, even wondered if I should book for two nights at a cheaper hotel. But it's 30 years since I was in Bangkok so don't know anything about taxi fares, traffic, decent hotels etc. I also thought that I should hold off on this booking to see if there are any good deals. What do you recommend?
2. BKK-LHR and LHR-SIN are overnights. Is it worth it to try for points upgrades to Business given that they are not on A380? This is first time in Premium economy so don't know what the seats are like, also I am not a fan of Skybed (I like to sleep flat!).
3. Arrive LHR early Friday morning and need to be in Lyon by that evening. Choices seem to be wait at LHR till 4pm and go BA direct to Lyon. I am SG and friend is PS&QP, presumably we can use a BA lounge? Would we be able to to check-in in the morning or would we have to wait till 3 hours before? Slightly cheaper option is to fly BMI with a short turnaround in Mancester (and no lounge access!). The option that appeals to me is get the Eurostar to Lille and then TGV to Lyon. Any comments on how tiring this would be?
4. The evening before LHR-SIN we will be flying in to LHR from Amsterdam. What hotel would you recommend at LHR? Assuming flight leaves middle of next day from T4 the Hilton seems an obvious choice (not cheap though!). Is it worth it to stay away from airport?
5. Stopover in SIN, arrive in morning and leave 9.30 next morning. Options are either to stay in city (which means a very early start in morning) or stay at airport at the new hotel. This would allow us to dump bags and head out for the day and give a bit more time in the morning. However reading on FT there was mention of the room access being exposed and slippery when wet. Any comments?
Sorry for the long post.
Thanks in advance.