Recorded 13 July 2019 Written by: Geoff Dahl & Vinod Viswalingam Listen to this experience wherever you download your podcasts - including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play and Overcast. Listen to it on Apple Podcasts. Stream by clicking here. Download as an MP3 by right-clicking here and choosing "save as." In this very special experience, we join Vinny and Geoff while they both are on the road. Vinny joins the experience from the Super Lounge at Istanbul Airport (IST), while Geoff joins in from Kuala Lumpur's Sentral Station. We share some of our experiences that we have experienced while on our RTW adventures. Vinny shares initial impressions of the brand new gleaming white airport at IST and its massive lounge. He also lets us know about his unique arrival taking an airport bus from a parking location that he never experienced before. Geoff shares his interaction with the UA social media team, and a terrific customer experience with ANA for his neighbouring passengers. Geoff and Vinny both share their experience with The Jewel at SIN. If you have questions or an experience that you would like to share, please email us at stories(at)seat1a.org or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Patreon. Show notes are available online at http://podcast.seat1a.org/ SELECTED LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE EXPERIENCE Kuala Lumpur Sentral station (Wikipedia) Istanbul Airport (Formerly ISL, changed to IST on 06 April 2019) Turkish Airlines Lounge Business Turkish Airlines (TK) Seat 1A Experience 018 – Vinny and Geoff's separate RTW adventures (show notes and audio) EVA Air (BR) Singapore Airlines (SQ) Vietnam Airlines (VN) SilkAir (MI) Air India (AI) Istanbul Atatürk Airport (Formerly IST, changed to ISL on 06 April 2019) IST arrival schedule Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) Malé Velana International Airport (MLE) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) Frankfurt Airport (FRA) Vancouver International Airport (YVR) Lufthansa (LH) Air Canada (AC) Penang International Airport (PEN) Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) Tokyo Narita International Airport (NRT) United Airlines (UA) Boeing 777-300 (airliners.net) Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) @united Twitter ANA (NH) The Jewel Changi Airport Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) Berlin Tegel "Otto Lilienthal" Airport (TXL) Scoot (TR) Eurowings (EW) Norwegian Air Shuttle (DY, D8, DI, DU) Oslo Airport (OSL) New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) PODCAST CORRECTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS, CONFIRMATIONS The surface area at IST is 7,659-hectares (18,930-acres) (hurriyetdailynews.com | 3 May 2013) MAHB [Malaysia Airports Holdings BHD] to proceed with Penang International Airport expansion plan (thestar.com.my | 02 July 2019) SHOW NOTES What's in this experience? [00:00:48] Vinny's experiences [00:01:13] Vinny has a unique landing at Istanbul (IST) [00:02:55] Geoff shares his experiences [00:05:36] Shout out to United Airlines (UA) social media team [00:06:43] Terrific soft product experience with ANA (NH) [00:07:52] Vinny and Geoff share their thoughts about the Jewel at Singapore Changi (SIN) [00:08:18] Wrap-up [00:10:25]

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