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Our connection within Asia after a wonderful Airbus A380 flight was also on Asiana Airlines on their older Boeing 767 product. One of Asiana Airlines best features is the consistency of their in flight service. It is always flawless in execution, even if the hard product is not. While we had a bit of an older aircraft on this route, we drifted off after we took a shortcut from North America to… Read More

Asiana Airlines is a member of Star Alliance and is considered the “other” South Korean carrier. As a great way to connect across South East Asia, our travels today took us on their unique Airbus A380 aircraft. Asiana Airlines maintains a fleet of 6 Airbus 380 aircraft, which have been used on a mix of regional and international destinations including, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Los Angeles, New York, Sydney and Tokyo. We… Read More

Our connecting flight from South Korea to Vietnam had us on an Asiana Airlines Airbus 321 narrow body. International air traffic in Asia has set wide body jets as the gold standard for international travel between countries, unlike in Europe and parts of North America where this function is fulfilled almost exclusively with narrow body jets. How would our experience be flying a narrow body jet around Asia? Stay tuned to find… Read More

Our departure from Seoul, Incheon International Airport in South Korea entitled us to visit the Asiana Airlines Business Class Lounge. Asiana Airlines always puts out an excellent product and is admirable competitor to the major class leader Korean Airlines in South Korea. Our visit to the Asiana Business Lounge had us take in a reasonable breakfast in advance of our early morning flight down to Vietnam. Review: Asiana Airlines Business Lounge, Terminal… Read More

We ended up mis-connecting in Seoul Incheon as a result of mechanical problems from our Air Canada flight. Instead of continuing onwards on a connection, we happened upon the Nest Hotel, a member of Design hotels as our temporary home for the night. Our stay ended up being in a hotel which was a hip urban contemporary property. It was something surprising and a stark contrast from the usual drab cookie cutter… Read More

Our Air Canada Business Class International Departure had us on one of the newest Air Canada configurations in the Boeing 787-8 long haul aircraft. It featured the newest Business Class reverse herringbone suites; which are incredibly private and comfortable for working. Despite a mostly comfortable flying experience, and some somewhat absent service, unfortunately, our flight was set by a two hour delay that made us mis connect. Review: Air Canada Business Class… Read More

Thai Airways is one of the more unique carriers to grace the Star Alliance network. It generally has great reward seat availability, a unique in service product that involves elaborate costume changes on the part of it’s flight attendants, and world class transfer services at Bangkok Survharnabhumi airport that include massages for all Business Class and First Class travelers. This flight certainly set the mood for our inbound flight connecting through Bangkok… Read More

Asiana Airlines operates a very consistent and reliable product. Our brief stop through Incheon had us experiencing another one of their quality Asiana Business Lounges. The Asiana Business Lounge in the Terminal One Concourse featured many of the same qualities as their Asiana First Class Lounge and Asiana Business Lounge in the main terminal. It was a quiet restful area, prior to the start of our flight. This post is one chapter… Read More

Asiana Airlines is like an old friend to us. They offer generous award availability to its Star Alliance partners and they offer a pretty reliable product between North America and to cities too and from South East Asia. We were able to get seated in the Asiana First Class cabin for our short international flight from Japan to South Korea where we experienced the usual excellent Asiana Airlines service. This post is… Read More

We had a comfortable international connection from our Asiana First Class flight onto another international connection with Asiana to China. The short flight was highlighted with great food and a reasonable wine list. This post is one chapter in our Around the World in Star Alliance First Class via China, Thailand and Spain. This trip was booked using Air Canada Aeroplan miles. For more information on how this trip was booked, please… Read More

The Asiana First Class Lounge in Seoul Incheon was a classy and tranquil space, much like it’s Asiana First Class first class product. During our visit, I resisted the urge to play the grand piano; believed to be the only grand piano in the Star Alliance Lounge system. This post is one chapter in our Around the World in Star Alliance First Class via China, Thailand and Spain. This trip was booked… Read More

Asiana First Class offered among the most attentive service ever. It’s likely the highest service levels in First Class amongst Star Alliance carriers with traditional and elegant service delivery. This post is one chapter in our Around the World in Star Alliance First Class via China, Thailand and Spain. This trip was booked using Air Canada Aeroplan miles. For more information on how this trip was booked, please see our trip introduction… Read More