Airline/ Railway Journeys& Travel Tips… Excellent Travels Worldwide
Flight: NZ614 (A320)Route: Queenstown (ZQN)- Auckland (AKL)Time: 9:35- 11:25Duration: 1h50min (1274 miles)Seat& Class: 13F (Economy Class) Even if the booking class from Queenstown to Auckland (or domestic flight) is Economy, you are entitled to use their Lounge if you are going to depart from Auckland Airport with Business Class on the same day. I was…
Train: Lithuanian Railways 878Route: Kaunas Railway Station to Vilnius Railway Station Time: 8:10- 9:49Duration: 1h39min Seat& Class: Coach 1, Seat 11 (1st Class) The price of commodities in Lithuania is relatively cheap in the Euro currency area. For example, the second class from Kaunas to Vilnius costs only 3.6 Euro (the same for vice versa); you…
Train: Limited Express Marine Express Odoriko 76 (East Japan Railway)Route: Atami to TokyoTime: 17:57- 19:20Duration: 1h23min (105km)Seat& Class: Coach 5, Seat 11D (Ordinary Reserved Car) The limited Express ‘Marine Express Odoriko’ is the all-reserved train. Its name ‘Odoriko’ comes from the literature ‘Izu no Odoriko (The Dancing Girl of Izu)’ by Yasunari Kawabata, who received…
Train: Ltd Express Romance Car 23 (Odakyu Railway)Route: Shinjuku to OdawaraTime: 12:00- 13:14Duration: 1h14min (83km)Seat& Class: Coach 1, Seat 1A (Front Observation Deck Seat) There are several ways to go to Odawara from Shinjuku or Tokyo Metropolitan area: The Shinkansen (Japan Railway), the local trains (Japan Railway), the Romance Car (Odakyu Railway), the local trains…
Train: Limited Express Kamui 28 (Hokkaido Japan Railway)Route: Asahikawa to SapporoTime: 14:30- 15:55Duration: 1h25min (137km)Seat& Class: Coach 4, Seat 4A (Reserved U Seat, Ordinary Car) Between Asahikawa and Sapporo stations, four kinds of limited express trains are operated: Kamui, Lilac, Okhotsk (two direct services from Abashiri/ East) and Soya (one direct service from Wakkanai/ North)….
Train: Rapid Airport 162 (Hokkaido Japan Railway)Route: Sapporo to New Chitose Airport (CTS)Time: 16:20- 16:57Duration: 37min (47km)Seat& Class: Coach 4, Seat 10A (Reserved U Seat, Ordinary Car) Hokkaido is the furthest north of Japan. This Rapid Airport Train connects its central city, Sapporo, and its main gateway, New Chitose International Airport. It takes about 40 minutes…
Flight: Scandinavian airlines, SK610 (A320)Route: Zürich (ZRH)- Copenhagen (CPH)Time: 20:25- 22:10Duration: 1h45min (1182 miles)Seat& Class: 2A (Business Class) Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) offers unique service within European regional flights. Since they abolished business class, small aircraft has only SAS Plus (Premium Economy) and SAS Go (Economy). I booked the business class with an award ticket, but…
Flight: NH962 (77W)Route: Beijing (PEK)- Tokyo (HND)Time: 15:20- 19:45Duration: 3h25min (1313 miles)Seat& Class: 5A (Business Class) ANA premier class passengers are invited to Air China’s lounges at Beijing International Airport. If you have a Priority Pass, you can even access to Air China’s First Class Lounge. There is, however, little difference between the business class…
When I was staying in Vienna, I travelled Budapest for a few days. Although ÖBB, Austrian National Railways, operates direct trains hourly from Budapest East Railway Station (Budapest Keleti) to Vienna Central Railway Station (Wien Hauptbahnhof), I chose to enjoy different railway services: MÁV/ Hungarian National Railways and ÖBB/ Austrian National Railways. This is my…
When I was staying in Vienna, I travelled Budapest for a few days. Although ÖBB, Austrian National Railways, operates direct trains hourly from Budapest East Railway Station (Budapest Keleti) to Vienna Central Railway Station (Wien Hauptbahnhof), I chose to enjoy different railway services: MÁV/ Hungarian National Railways and ÖBB/ Austrian National Railways. This is my…