Sunday, December 10, 2006

A little bit of what you like...

On arrival at Hong Kong airport, after a very early start and a very late flight into Bangkok the evening before, we were pulled to one side as we disembarked by a lady with our two names on a very smart looking Cathay Pacific board. Just as we were wondering if Interpol had finally caught up with us, she surprised us with a free upgrade to business class for our flight from Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur. I think it is no exaggeration (and actually a completely accurate fact) to say that we jumped for joy, gleefully discarding our crummy economy boarding passes for the sparkly new posh ones. We thanked the lovely lady over and over again before skipping off to the delights of 3 hours browsing in Hermes, Tiffany and Chanel (we were getting into character) at HK International.
When the flight started boarding we arrived at the gate to find a queue of about 250 people already stretching back to the concourse. We self-importantly joined the queue of 2 people at the business class desk when a guy from the long queue spotted us and thought "aha! they're dressed like tramps so that must mean we can all push in at that queue". I thought at that point that I had lost my passport (duh!) so I missed all this whilst rummaging desperately in my security belt, but Andy got the satisfaction of seeing Mr Queue Jumper unceremoniously pushed back into the plebs queue whilst we marched on board (I'd found my passport in my pocket) to be greeted by a seat big enough to fit the flabbiest American and a glass of champers. Bliss! The stewardess even knew our names five minutes into the flight (I'm sure that's not just because we kept asking for top-ups) and we were soothed with hot towels, wine, proper nuts with our drinks, a proper three course meal with you own salt and pepper cellars (!!!), a tablecloth (!!!) and a choice of four wines (!!!), Haagen Dazs ice cream and a praline with coffee. It was luxury and we enjoyed every minute!!!
Andy and I eating Thai Green Curry in our hotel room near Bangkok Airport at about 1am.

4 Comments:

At Sunday, December 10, 2006 8:13:00 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

You jammy pair!!!! Dad and I spend a fortune for seats like that.

Dad wants to know why are you eating curry in Bangkok when we thought you were flying Hanoi-Bangkok-KL-Borneo. How did Hong Kong enter the mix???

Richard had fab day in Lapland. Enjoyed skidoos, rheindeer and husky sled rides etc. He was a star on the plane - so well-behaved he made me proud. In fact, he was excellent from the moment we set off. It was a long day - 19hrs door-to-door! Sarah and I were TOTALLY exhausted.

Will e you a photo asap.
Hugs and kisses
xxxxxxxxxx

 
At Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:23:00 am, Blogger Andy&Rach said...

ail.comWe had to fly via Hong Kong between BK and KL as its Cathay Pacific's hub.
Sounds like Richard had a great time. Not surprised you didn't bother with Santa, he was never a big fan!! How many Santas have had their beards ripped off in terror over the years? Must be quite a few...
Christmas music is playing everywhere here but as its 35 in the shade its hard to get into it!
xxx

 
At Sunday, December 17, 2006 9:51:00 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi guys, Ru still enjoying yourselves?You two look well suited to buisness class, it sounded fab. We stil dont know what you two did for that stil its best not to tell us!!!! Relax and enjoy lots of love wendy xxx

 
At Sunday, December 17, 2006 11:23:00 am, Blogger Andy&Rach said...

Hi Wendy!
Pure chance! We're enjoying ourselves even more than we were in SE Asia now. Borneo is one of the best places so far, as you can see there's loads of wildlife and things to do. Looking forward to Christmas!
Rach x

 

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