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When I had the opportunity to use frequent flyer miles for an overseas trip, I decided to use them to go over a different sea than usual for a trip to Asia in November 2002. Here is a report on that trip to Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, and Cambodia.
TRIP TO ASIA, NOVEMBER 2002
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Barra Nova. These are restaurants specializing in the fusion of Portuguese and Chinese cuisine; I had a nice seafood and rice dish. I took another cab back to the ferry and returned to Hong Kong.
My week in Hong Kong came to an end and I was booked to fly to Vietnam. For public transportation between the HK airport and city hotels, one could take the bus or the Airport Express train. The bus was almost one-third the cost of the train, would go door-to-door, and would be more scenic, while the train would be faster. I would have four single airport-city trips, and I decided I would use the train for this one, because it would be my one chance to use in-town check-in; I like to experience different services offered in transportation. I checked out of the hotel at 6 a.m. and went to the stop for the bus connecting to the train; this line was to start at 6.15. It didn’t reach my hotel until 6.30; it proceeded to the remote Kowloon Airport Express station. I was able to check my bag and get my boarding pass at this station for my Cathay Pacific (CX) flight to Saigon. This service was offered only by some airlines and not for U.S.-bound flights. This was an expensive flight considering its 2.5-hour duration and the economic standards of the area; when I asked about it during my planning, Judy’s travel agent helpfully located a cheaper afternoon-evening connection through Bangkok, but I was so determined to take the morning non-stop that I stayed with the more expensive flight. The flight was operated by CX but also available as a code-share on Vietnam Airlines (VN). I believe I paid $3 more to get a CX rather than VN ticket, both because I thought it might ease complications to be ticketed on the flying airline, and because CX was a frequent flyer partner of American Airlines, so I was expecting to get miles. The check-in agent told me that because the flight was operated as a code-share, I was not eligible for partner miles. I could understand this if
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See photographs from:
Vietnam Gallery
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Macau Gallery
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Hong Kong Gallery
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Cambodia Gallery
