Welcome to my subsequent journey report sequence, protecting my latest overview journey to Oman, which didn’t play out precisely as I had hoped. In whole, I flew seven segments, and lined simply over 16,500 miles.
You’ll be able to count on flight opinions of Air Canada’s A220 enterprise class, SWISS’ A330 enterprise class, Helvetic’s E190-E2 enterprise class, Oman Air’s 787 enterprise class, Oman Air’s A330 enterprise class, and Singapore Airways’ 777 enterprise class. There will even be opinions of a number of lounges, plus a overview of 1 resort.
On this put up I’ll define all of the fundamentals of the journey, after which I’ll publish the whole journey report sequence within the coming days and weeks.
Why I took this journey
This was a pure overview journey, plain and easy. That’s to say that I took this journey solely to have the ability to overview sure premium airline merchandise, all whereas being away from dwelling for as little time as attainable. On this case, the journey took round 80 hours, so I used to be mainly gone for a protracted weekend.
The only factor that originally motivated me to take this journey is that I needed to attempt Oman Air’s “previous” A330 top quality, because it has been on my radar for a very long time. This cabin is accessible on solely a few jets, and it’s such a cool retro product, with simply six top quality seats, plus a sofa within the cabin. Whereas I had flown Oman Air’s “new” 787 top quality, I couldn’t wait to attempt the older product.
So whereas I booked this expertise between Muscat and Frankfurt, sadly that didn’t work out, as there ended up being an plane swap. Nonetheless, I acquired to overview a number of different attention-grabbing experiences, so it wasn’t a complete loss.
The airways I flew on this journey
I booked this journey with Air Canada Aeroplan factors, which is certainly one of my favourite factors currencies. In whole, I booked the award portion of this journey as three separate one-way itineraries, which ended up being essentially the most environment friendly based mostly on my itinerary.
To kick off the journey, I booked the whole outbound from Miami to Muscat as one itinerary, which included Air Canada’s A220 enterprise class, SWISS’ A330 enterprise class, Helvetic’s E190-E2 enterprise class, and Oman Air’s 787 enterprise class. I booked the next for 110,000 Air Canada Aeroplan factors plus $154.44 in taxes and charges:
1/11 AC1207 Miami to Montreal departing 8:00AM arriving 11:36AM
1/11 LX87 Montreal to Zurich departing 4:50PM arriving 6:15AM (+1 day)
1/12 LX1622 Zurich to Milan departing 5:40PM arriving 6:40PM
1/12 WY144 Milan to Muscat departing 9:30PM arriving 6:45AM (+1 day)
Subsequent up, I booked Muscat to Frankfurt in Oman Air’s A330 top quality. I booked the next for 65,000 Air Canada Aeroplan factors plus $62.57 in taxes and charges:
1/13 WY115 Muscat to Frankfurt departing 2:20PM arriving 6:50PM
Nonetheless, that is the section that ended up getting downgraded, so I really flew this in enterprise class. Due to this fact I obtained a refund of 20,000 Aeroplan factors, reflecting the usual enterprise class value of 45,000 Aeroplan factors for enterprise class on this routing.
Subsequent up, I flew Singapore Airways’ 777 enterprise class. I booked the next for 60,000 Air Canada Aeroplan factors plus $184.30 in taxes and charges:
1/14 SQ26 Frankfurt to New York departing 8:20AM arriving 11:15AM
Final however not least, I simply booked an inexpensive money ticket from New York to Miami on American, which I received’t be reviewing this time round.
Along with flight opinions, I additionally checked out a number of lounges. You’ll be able to count on opinions of the next airport lounges:
- The Turkish Airways Lounge Miami (MIA)
- The Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge Montreal (YUL)
- The Air France Lounge Montreal (YUL)
- The SWISS Arrivals Lounge Zurich (ZRH)
- The SWISS Enterprise Lounge Zurich (ZRH)
- The Oman Air First Class Lounge Muscat (MCT)
- The Oman Air Enterprise Class Lounge Muscat (MCT)
The resort I stayed at on this journey
This was a really fast journey, and solely had one evening in a resort. Particularly, on the return portion of the journey, I had a fast in a single day at Frankfurt Airport.
I made a decision to combine issues up for overview functions. There are 4 lodges related on to the airport, and I made the selection to take a look at the one which I haven’t reviewed lately — I’m speaking concerning the Hilton Backyard Inn Frankfurt Airport.
In any other case, I’ve not too long ago reviewed the Hilton Frankfurt Airport, Marriott Frankfurt Airport, and Sheraton Frankfurt Airport. I spend too many nights close to Frankfurt Airport, eh?
Backside line
This 12 months is off to an thrilling begin with regards to overview journeys, so it’s time for my subsequent journey report sequence. You’ll be able to count on opinions of a number of premium airline merchandise, lounges, and one resort. Whereas this journey didn’t fairly go the best way I hoped, it was nonetheless an attention-grabbing expertise all-around, with some actual highs and lows.
Keep tuned, and thanks for studying!
