Travel x Ski
From disembarking a long-haul flight, I was pleased to be able to head quickly to the lounge which has their own side entrance closer to the re-entry point into the Terminal for transit passengers. As the largest airline flying out of Detroit, the Sky Club did occupy a central location and they took into account [...]
On the day of my departure from Beijing, I took a taxi ride from the hotel back to Beijing's older Terminal 2 since that is where all the Sky Team flights departs and arrives at until 2020. The cost was around RMB106 (~$15) but I was lucky to score a nicer taxi Dropped off in [...]
Normally I fly with other carriers for long haul flights since they usually have way more schedules and destinations. However I managed to find last minute redemption availability for Garuda Indonesia's direct flight between Jakarta and Beijing. This would thus be one of the longest flights I have with my home carrier and my first [...]
Getting to Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport from the city centre in Part Dieu is pretty easy with a direct train that drops passengers off at the train station which is connected to the airport terminal. The train station itself is an architectural showpiece making it even more worthwhile to get to the airport via train. However [...]
My arrival at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport was at Concourse F in the nicer part of this airport. That is to be expected since I am flying on Air France and will be connecting to a domestic flight. It was thus nice to have the Air France Salon close by to my arrival [...]
On my return flight, I had reserved a flight out of Lyon Airport as my initial plan was to ski in the French Alps. Due to the changes, I had to purchase an additional ticket from Zurich to Lyon. The cheapest fare turns out to be from Air France with a connection through Paris. With [...]
