I will be traveling for about 3 weeks for my yearly family visit to India starting mid-December 2013. Towards the end of the trip I will stop by at Bangkok and Phuket for 4 days. I earned 2 Marriott Category 5 certificates during our Portland and Fort Lauderdale trips with the Marriott quarterly promotions. I will be using those to stay at the Renaissance Phuket Resort for 2 nights.
I will be doing several reviews on both airlines and hotels during this trip.
- Airline Review – ANA Business Class – Los Angeles to Tokyo (Haneda)
- Airline Review – Singapore Airlines Business Class – Tokyo (Haneda) to Singapore
- Airline Review – Singapore Airlines Business Class – Singapore to Kolkata
- Trip Report – Visakhapatnam and Araku Valley Trip in India
- Trip Report – 2 Days in Phuket
- Hotel Review – Radisson Suites, Bangkok
- Hotel Review – Renaissance Phuket Resort & Spa, Phuket, Thailand
- Hotel Review – JW Marriott Hotel, Bangkok
- Airline Review – Thai Airways Business Class – Bangkok to Seoul
- Airline Review – Singapore Airlines Business Class – Seoul to San Francisco
Cost (Total for 1 traveler):
- Hotel: $ 55
- Airfare: $ 189
Miles/Points/Certificates Redeemed:
- 125,000 Lifemiles (TACA Avianca) for round trip flight in Business Class from Los Angeles to Kolkata and Bangkok to San Francisco (Miles purchased at cost of $1940).
- 2 Free night Marriott Category 1-5 certificate at Renaissance Phuket Resort & Spa, Phuket, Thailand (earned during our Portland and Fort Lauderdale trip in 2013)
- 25,000 Marriott Rewards points for 1 night at JW Marriott, Bangkok
Miles/Points/Cash-back Earned:
- 282 Southwest points