Emirates First Class for $80 – Part Two

This is the continued report on our Emirates First Class journey home from our Honeymoon. This piece will focus on some of the unusual and great pieces of the Emirates experience. It really is an experience in and of itself. With no further ado, what else did I get myself into on this flight?

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Just How Ridiculous is Emirates First Class? Completely, in a Good Way – Part One

In the last part of our Honeymoon journey, I will be taking you along for our ride home in Emirates blinged out First class. The trip took us from Cape Town through Dubai and on to New York. When we planned this trip, we knew we had something to look forward to, even though our Honeymoon was coming to an end. And boy, Emirates did not disappoint.

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Trip Report: Exploring Cape Town for our Final Honeymoon Days

As in the previous post, our base camp was the Westin. From there, we started our last minute adventures. As you can imagine, you could easily spend more than five days in Cape Town and sure enough, at the end of our stay, we longed for more. Below you will find some of the activities we got ourselves into. Continue reading “Trip Report: Exploring Cape Town for our Final Honeymoon Days”

Getting around South Africa with South African Airways (SAA)

In this trip report installment, we are focusing on two flights we took within South Africa. These flights were to get us to and from our Safari in Sabi Sands. The first flight was from Johannesburg to Hoedspruit. The second one took us from Nelspruit to Cape Town. The first flight was on a propeller Bombardier Dash 8-Q400, while the second flight was operated by an A319. Continue reading “Getting around South Africa with South African Airways (SAA)”

Trip Report – Air France Business Class from Chicago to Johannesburg

In this post, we actually get started on our trip review. To set the stage, we got married on Saturday and left on Monday night for our honeymoon. Our flight left from Chicago O’Hare’s International Terminal 5.  Our route would take us from Chicago to Paris, have a 12 hour layover and then continue on to Johannesburg. This would also mean two nights back-to-back on a plane.

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