Planning & Booking
Qantas First Class Lounge LAX
Cathay Pacific 777-300 ER First Class Los Angeles to Hong Kong
The Pier Cathay Pacific First Class Lounge
Le Meridien Bangkok
Thai Airways First Class Lounge & Spa
Thai Airways 747-400 First Class Bangkok to Hong Kong
Conrad Hong Kong
Singapore Airlines SilverKris Lounge Hong Kong
Air India 787-8 Business Class Hong Kong to Seoul
Asiana First Class Lounge Seoul
Asiana A380 First Class Seoul to Los Angeles
After a few amazing hours in Cathay Pacific's new First Class Lounge (The Pier) we made our way down to the gate for our quick hop to Bangkok. A bus gate meant an awesome ride across the tarmac to our waiting A330 - so many planes to check out! We boarded and waited for a large tour group to arrive. And waited. And then it started to pour. We ended up sitting on the tarmac for about an hour before we finally got going. Not a huge deal - it just made a long travel day even longer.
Le Meridien Bangkok lobby |
We arrived in Bangkok around 10:30 PM local time. We cleared immigration in about 5 minutes thanks to fast track passes and our bags were waiting on the carousel when we arrived. I hit the ATM and were quickly in a cab heading towards Bangkok. Our nearly 40 minute (thanks to Bangkok traffic) ride cost less than $13 USD. Pretty amazing.