Author: Petter

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Review, Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 Bangkok – Hong Kong economy

Boarding was already starting when I arrived at the gate, and as the flight was no more than 30% full there was no queue for boarding, so I was able to proceed directly to my seat.

When I did the online check-in one day before departure, I was more interested in finding an empty part of the cabin, so I assigned myself seat 72A if I remember correctly, almost in the rear of the plane. From experience I like the seats in this area of the airplane, the fuselage is starting to narrow here, and the seat configuration goes from 2-4-2 to 2-3-2, so there is more space between the seats, and as the fuselage is not straight here, the seats are places a bit further from the windows, so the A-seats have more space than in the rest of the plane.

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Thailand suspends all incoming passenger flights to fight coronavirus

Effective midnight last night (Friday April 03 2020) and for 72 hours Thailand has announced that they are suspending all incoming passenger flights.

Anyone who arrives on a flight that took off before the ban came into force will be allowed to arrive, but will be quarantined for 14 days after arriving in Thailand.

They are also reporting that Phuket Airport will close for 3 weeks, from April 10 to April 30, but his is not yet confirmed.

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Review, Oman Air Business and First Class lounge, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi

Check-in and Immigration was quick and efficient at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, and after security was cleared I headed towards my gate with about 90 minutes spare before boarding was supposed to be starting.

Oman Air First And Business Class Lounge.

I am a MasterCard LoungeKey member, and I was surprised to see that they had several lounges around Bangkok airport, normally my experience is that they are sharing Priority Pass lounges, but here they were using several different airline lounges.

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Pattaya – Mostly Harmless

I last visited Pattaya in 2008 or 2009, and at the time I felt it was mostly a dump, and had no plans of ever visiting it again. But after a few of my colleagues had told me that it was quite nice nowadays and with a lot of things to do for kids, I thought I would give it another shot, and also have a look at it for a possible vacation spot with my kids?

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Confirmed: Hong Kong to temporarily ban all tourists, including transit passengers effective Wednesday March 25

Listening to the ongoing press conference by Mrs Carrie Lam, it is now confirmed that Hong Kong will ban all tourist, including transit passengers, for 2 weeks. In addition, all residents returning to Hong Kong will have to home quarantine for 2 weeks, including travelers coming from Macau and Taiwan.

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Rumor: Hong Kong to temporarily ban all tourists, including transit passengers!

According to South China Morning Post , Hong Kong is to ban all tourists, including transit passengers.

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Emirates changes their minds, will now keep a few destinations open

As I wrote about yesterday, Emirates announced that they are suspending all passenger flights effective March 25, 2020.

Emirates is now backtracking on this decision , and will now continue to operate flights to 13 destinations/countries.

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Emirates suspends all passenger flights effective March 25, 2020.

Update: the correct date should be March 25, nor March 23 as originally posted.

Emirates has put the following statement up on Twitter today:

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Review, Discovery Beach Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand

The driver dropped me off outside the main entrance of the hotel just before 2 pm, and there was a bellboy there to carry the suitcases inside for me. Arriving at the reception I was the only customer there, and the receptionist completed the check-in formalities and then asked me to take a seat while she would try to locate an available room for me.

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Christmas holiday in Norway

So after clearing Immigration and getting our bags, we headed in the direction of Hertz to collect the Rav 4 I had booked. Upon arriving at the counter they offered me an upgrade to a Tesla Model S instead, for the price of 200 NOK per day. Considering it would give me free parking, free recharging and avoid paying the toll fees on the highways I decided to take it – it basically cost me nothing extra considering the extras that are included.

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