Introduction
Introduction Part Two
Planning & Booking
Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel
Turkish Airlines 777-300ER Business Class New York (JFK) to Istanbul
Turkish Airlines Istanbul Arrivals Lounge
St. Regis Istanbul
Turkish Airlines CIP Lounge Istanbul
Turkish Airlines A330-300 Business Class Istanbul to Male
Transfer from Male to Conrad Maldives
Conrad Maldives
Transfer from Conrad Maldives to Male
Singapore Airlines 777-200 Business Class Male to Singapore
Crowne Plaza Changi Airport Singapore
Singapore Airlines SilverKris Business Class Lounge to Singapore
Singapore Airlines 777-300ER Business Class Singapore to Tokyo (HND)
Andaz Tokyo
ANA Suite Lounge Tokyo (NRT)
ANA 777-300ER First Class Tokyo (NRT) to Houston
American Express Centurion Lounge Houston (IAH)
We are just a few weeks away from our RTW adventure to Istanbul, Maldives, Singapore, and Tokyo. This will be our second RTW trip in the last year and we're really excited about how this trip came together. If you're interested in reading in previous updates,
check out the latest introductory post.
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Lots of flying but looks worth it |
Hotels:
As it stands now, we have 9 hotel nights planned.
We needed a Newark overnight and I ended up booking the Marriott Renaissance Newark Airport for 25,000 Marriott Rewards points. This ended up being a phenomenal use of points as the the hotel is selling for $249/night which comes to $288/night with taxes. Getting more than 1 cent per Marriott point is amazing.
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Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel Rates |
In Istanbul,
we ended up booking the St. Regis through American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts since we really need the ability to check-in early and in theory, we should be able to get in the room at noon or earlier. The rate came to $251 USD with taxes. That includes the early check-in, likely room upgrade, and $100 food and beverage credit. While we could have certainly saved money by staying at the Park Hyatt ($180 USD/night) or a few other options, we wanted to checkout a new property in Istanbul and
figured the rooftop Spago would be a nice way to end the day and burn our $100 credit.
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St. Regis Istanbul Rooftop Views |