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Another Bucket list item checked – I had both 1st class 747 nose seats
Holy cow…I think I could live forever in Lufthansa 1st class. From the Porsche ground service, to the SWANKY SWANK lounges, and then the in flight experience – I’m in love. It was my first time flying Lufthansa 1st class and I was BLOWN away. My original booking had me flying from Dublin to Frankfurt to Houston to Los Angeles, but around 11pm the night before, a direct flight from Frankfurt to Los Angeles opened up on the 747-8. After a lengthy call with Singapore Airlines and $20 later, my flight was confirmed and booked. I was lucky enough to land seat 1A and by SWEET SWEET fortune no one took 1K so was able to use both during my flight. Another bucket item checked – I had both 1st class 747 nose seats alllllll to myself. One as a living room and the other as my bedroom all for 80k Singapore Miles and roughly $300.
The full review is coming later, but it was so amazing that I had to pipe out some preview pix
From the ground services in a Porsche Cayenne…It was raining but a drop never hit my head. Door to door in a Porsche. RIDICS!
To the beauty of the cabin
The Grand Siecle welcome champagne and 4 windows!!
The Bose headphones
The cool amenity kit
And devouring caviar at 35k!
And last but not least…no one sitting in 1K. I had a living room and a bedroom
I’ve read so many reviews about people having two seats to themselves and thought it was the SICKEST looking thing. To be able to use points, fly like a BALLER, and then have two seats?!?!?! ARE YOU KIDDING…that was a bucket list wish. And the Bucket list wish was fulfilled. LOVE LOVE LOVE and hope everyone reading this gets to experience it. Only thing I would change is that I did it alone…would have been even cooler to fly with a friend or loved one to experience the utter luxury of Lufthansa 1st.
I’m really excited to write the entire review, but this was incredible. So lucky to have found the space avail and also that both nose seats were free. It’s the best 80k points and $300 I’ve ever spent. KILLER!
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
$300 Chase Travel℠ Credit + Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- $300 Chase Travel℠ Credit + Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
- That’s worth $750 when redeemed through Chase Travel℠. Plus, get up to $300 in statement credits on Chase Travel℠ purchases within your first year
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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