We had looked at booking with Air New Zealand again, the same as the year before, but their prices seemed to have shot up! So, we looked around and checked through some of the contenders against a number of websites giving passenger thoughts and criticisms.
Singapore Air turned out to have good reviews and cost about the same as Air New Zealand had the previous year - Result!
I booked us in to the ServisAir Lounge again, so that we could "recover" from the trip to the airport. It's lovely to sit in comfort (and in peace and quiet!) as a prep to getting on the plane. You have time to sit and gather your thoughts, have a few drinks, read a paper and get away from the hustle and bustle of the public areas.
The only problem we faced by going via and back through Singapore was the luggage restriction. If you go via the States you get 46kg allowance, but via Singapore it was only 20kg.
However, going via the States means being treated worse than Welsh lamb at a French border control manned by French farmers! I do appreciate that the Americans want to ensure that airline passengers aren't given the opportunity to turn into terrorists and rampage through their airports, or worse still escape out in to the countryside, but get a grip America! I for one, would definitely avoid
travelling via the States for virtually any reason!
20kg isn't too bad for a holiday, but taking all our bike gear (helmets, leathers, boots and wets) with us meant we had to be pretty careful on weight. Mind you, as we then had to carry all our luggage with us, maybe that wasn't a bad thing! Louise looked after this side mostly, it's amazing what she saved on weight and mass for the both of us!!
