Hi AFFers
Have been off the forum for a while because I moved back to England (boo). Apologies in advance for the long question.
Fortunately during my last six months in Aus I managed to accrue a pretty decent amount of velocity points. I am looking to book a trip to south korea in April 2017.
Since i'm looking to use these points, I thought this is a decent length trip to make the most of it (I know i will return to aus for at least a holiday, but I don't know if it will be next year or even the year after).
As both Etihad and Singapore fly to Seoul and are velocity partners and just so happen to have some of the best first class products around from what I have read, i'm very keen to make the most of it and try first class for one leg. Will return in business in order to save some points.
From what I have read, the Etihad apartment is maybe the best first class product around at the mo? Singapore sounds amazing too but Etihad seems to edge it overall. Would everyone agree? So it would seem that EY is a no brainer.
However my issue is that both SQ suites and EY apartments are only available on the A380. From LHR this means just under 7h to abu dhabi and then 9h to seoul on an a340 woth their old first class on EY. On SQ its a nice 13h on the a380 in a suite followed by a much shorter 6h to Seoul in a 777.
This means the experience of the famed EY apartment will "only" be for 6h whereas the SQ suite will be a lovely long 13h so I will really make the most of it.
Because I already have 50k krisflyer miles I will almost certainly do the other leg in SQ business rather than EY, regardless of what I choose.
So which option is worth going for? The miles/time frame isnt really an issue. Have enough points for either and current dates have some flexibility. Availability is there for both (at the moment) and i really don't mind a long layover if it means I can try out a first class lounge!
To give some context... i've flown business twice in my life (the first when our family got a free upgrade when I was 12!) and i've never flown first. I got into the points game this feb, having got fed up with so many long haul flights in Y and not having the bank balance to afford business outright.
In this respect, I'm fully aware that whatever option I choose I will easily have the best flight of my life!
Whilst I accrued an extremely healthy balance of miles in both velocity and qantas, now I'm back in England, the mile earning potential has dropped by about 75%! Will take a good year or more to get enough points for another long haul redemption.
So in that sense i'm saving my points going foreward for business redemptions only. This is likely to be the only first class flight I can see myself taking in the next 3years minimum! Maybe ever.
So which would people recommend? The short experience on the better apartment or the much longer experience on the excellent, but not as good, suite? This is assuming the apartment is definitely better as it seems.
Have been off the forum for a while because I moved back to England (boo). Apologies in advance for the long question.
Fortunately during my last six months in Aus I managed to accrue a pretty decent amount of velocity points. I am looking to book a trip to south korea in April 2017.
Since i'm looking to use these points, I thought this is a decent length trip to make the most of it (I know i will return to aus for at least a holiday, but I don't know if it will be next year or even the year after).
As both Etihad and Singapore fly to Seoul and are velocity partners and just so happen to have some of the best first class products around from what I have read, i'm very keen to make the most of it and try first class for one leg. Will return in business in order to save some points.
From what I have read, the Etihad apartment is maybe the best first class product around at the mo? Singapore sounds amazing too but Etihad seems to edge it overall. Would everyone agree? So it would seem that EY is a no brainer.
However my issue is that both SQ suites and EY apartments are only available on the A380. From LHR this means just under 7h to abu dhabi and then 9h to seoul on an a340 woth their old first class on EY. On SQ its a nice 13h on the a380 in a suite followed by a much shorter 6h to Seoul in a 777.
This means the experience of the famed EY apartment will "only" be for 6h whereas the SQ suite will be a lovely long 13h so I will really make the most of it.
Because I already have 50k krisflyer miles I will almost certainly do the other leg in SQ business rather than EY, regardless of what I choose.
So which option is worth going for? The miles/time frame isnt really an issue. Have enough points for either and current dates have some flexibility. Availability is there for both (at the moment) and i really don't mind a long layover if it means I can try out a first class lounge!
To give some context... i've flown business twice in my life (the first when our family got a free upgrade when I was 12!) and i've never flown first. I got into the points game this feb, having got fed up with so many long haul flights in Y and not having the bank balance to afford business outright.
In this respect, I'm fully aware that whatever option I choose I will easily have the best flight of my life!
Whilst I accrued an extremely healthy balance of miles in both velocity and qantas, now I'm back in England, the mile earning potential has dropped by about 75%! Will take a good year or more to get enough points for another long haul redemption.
So in that sense i'm saving my points going foreward for business redemptions only. This is likely to be the only first class flight I can see myself taking in the next 3years minimum! Maybe ever.
So which would people recommend? The short experience on the better apartment or the much longer experience on the excellent, but not as good, suite? This is assuming the apartment is definitely better as it seems.
!!
