Travel Dates
In 1999, the tides turned and Seth travelled extensively because he
became Asian Regional Manager of the Global Change Management Group within
the Bank. Tara was lucky enough to have LOTS of accrued vacation and compensation
time left over from 1998, so she was able to go with on the majority of
his business trips.
America | Europe | Asia | |
1999 | Chicago & Chicago
April 29 - May 16
Chicago Sept 12 - 20 (& Tara) New York Nov 7 - 14 |
London March 7 -13 | Sydney Feb 14 - 17
Melbourne Feb 18 - 19 Singapore April 10 - 14 Hong Kong April 14 - 18 Hong Kong July 21 - 25 Hong Kong Sep 21 - 26 Singapore Sep 26 - 29 Singapore Oct 13 - 15 Hong Kong Oct 15 - 20 |
Hong Kong - Singapore
- Sydney - Melbourne
Scheduled, but never traveled because of Seth's face being temporarily
paralyzed on Friday morning before departure (Bell's Palsy)
10 Jan - Japan Airlines 731 Tokyo to Hong Kong (Ritz Carlton)
13 Jan - Cathay Pacific 711 Hong Kong to Singapore (Ritz Carlton)
16 Jan - Singapore Airlines 219 Singapore to Sydney (Marriot BR Sydney)
20 Jan - Qantas 463 Sydney to Melbourne (Le Meridian at Rialto)
31 Jan - Qantas 21 Melbourne to Tokyo (I was planning on joining Seth
& flying to Fiji
London March 7 -13
Chicago & Chicago
April 29 - May 16
Since we both traveled, please see the BTDT Chicago
Page.
Hong Kong July 21 - 25
Chicago Sept 12 - 20 (& Tara)
Since we both traveled, please see the BTDT Chicago
Page.
New York Nov 7 - 14
Intrepid Sea Air Museum on Nov 12th at 1:40pm (3 people)
John Bacher - from Zurich - on the deck of the carrier "Travel is waking
up in the morning and now knowing you'll be standing on the deck of an
air craft carrier in the afternoon."
Itinerary Details
London March 7 -13
7 March British Airways Flight 8 departing Tokyo at 1:20pm. Club World
seat 66A.
13 March British Airways Flight 7 departing London at 2:10pm. Seat
18K.
Chicago & Chicago
April 29 - May 16
Since we both traveled, please see the BTDT Chicago
Page.
Hong Kong July 21 - 25
21 July Cathay Pacific flight 505 departing Tokyo at 6pm and arriving
Hong Kong at 9:30pm. Seat 30B.
25 July Cathay Pacific flight 508 departing Hong Kong at 4:20pm and
arriving Tokyo at 9:25pm. Seat 38C.
Tara bought her ticket on July 12th at No1 Travel in Shibuya for Yen
61,240.
Seth's cost the company JPY 142,950
Chicago Sept 12 - 19 (& Tara) See the BTDT Chicago trip since Tara went along and this became a "vacation".
Hong Kong Sep 21 - 26
21 Sep - Cathay Pacific 501 boarding in Tokyo at 10:20am. Seat 15A
26 Sep - Singapore airlines 859 boarding in Hongkong at 1pm and going
to Singapore. Seat 14A.
Perot Systems paid JPY 299,460 for Seth's tickets from Tokyo - Hong
Kong - Singapore - Tokyo
Singapore Sep 26 - 29
26 Sep - Singapore airlines 859 boarding in Hongkong at 1pm and going
to Singapore. Seat 14A.
29 Sep - home to Tokyo
Perot Systems paid JPY 299,460 for Seth's tickets from Tokyo - Hong
Kong - Singapore - Tokyo
Singapore Oct 13 - 15
We actually flew to Singapore on 1 October since we went to Mauritius
together before Seth had to work in Singapore
1 October - Singapore Airlines 11 boarding in Tokyo at 7:25pm. Seat
32A (Seth came back to sit with me :-)
After a night in the Singapore Airport Hotel, we headed to Mauritius.
See the BTDT Mauritius
page.
We arrived back in Singapore on 12 Oct
15 Oct - Cathay Pacific 734 boarding in Singapore at 6:50pm arriving
Hong Kong. seat 18D&G (Seth came back)
Hong Kong Oct 15 - 20
15 Oct - Cathay Pacific 734 boarding in Singapore at 6:50pm arriving
Hong Kong. seat 18D&G (Seth came back)
20 Oct - Cathay Pacific 504 departing Hong Kong at 9:55am arriving
Tokyo. seats 11A & 60K (Seth came back)
Perot Systems paid JPY 299,460 for Seth's ticket from Tokyo - Singapore
- Hong Kong - Tokyo
New York Nov 7 - 14
7 Nov - Japan Airlines 48 from Tokyo to New York. seat 30A
13 Nov - Japan Airlines 5 from New York to Tokyo. seat 37K
Perot Systems paid JPY 575,900 for Seth's ticket Tokyo - JFK - Tokyo
November 7 to 12 - Stamford Marriot. Room 637 at JPY 13,500 per night
November 12 - Millenium Hilton Hotel
Room Rate = USD 199 + taxes of 16.42 + 9.95 + 2 and phone charges ='d
total of USD259.06