Welcome to my next trip report series, covering a trip that I just wrapped up. Usually when I travel, I write “live” updates, and then I publish a trip report two to three months later (just to space things out, and look at an experience from a couples of angles).
However, this time around I wrote almost nothing about the trip while I was on it (aside from a couple of rants about Royal Jordanian), while now I can share the full trip report shortly after returning home. This actually ended up being a two-part trip, with the first part being with Ford, and the second part being with my dad, as I sort of planned this trip as it evolved. Let me explain.
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To kick off the trip, I flew flew Qatar Airways’ Airbus A350-1000 Qsuites business class from Miami (MIA) to Doha (DOH), and then Qatar Airways’ Boeing 777-300ER Qsuites business class to Bangkok (BKK). I booked the following for 95,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios plus $298.10 in taxes & fees:
4/14 QR778 Miami to Doha departing 7:40PM arriving 5:50PM (+1 day)
4/16 QR836 Doha to Bangkok departing 3:30AM arriving 2:15PM
You of course can’t beat that value, and while some might say “great, another Qatar Airways review,” I actually hadn’t reviewed Qatar Airways Qsuites on the A350 since 2019, and a lot has changed since then, including the rollout of Starlink, so I thought it was time for an updated review.
Then we had to travel roundtrip between Bangkok (BKK) and Chiang Rai (CEI), and we ended up flying Thai Airways’ brand new Airbus A321neo business class in one direction, and the carrier’s recently retrofitted Airbus A320 in the other direction. We booked the following in business class for $330.24 in business class (that was about $50 more each direction than economy, at the time we were booking):
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.
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