As I stated in a previous post, I have achieved the glorious distinction of being a 1K Frequent Flyer.  I am currently sitting in the Narita, Japan Star Alliance lounge and wanted to give you an update of the differences between flying as a non-1K member and a 1K member.  There is almost no difference.  I am still in the back of the bus, the flight time from Singapore to Japan is still 6 hours, and the time remaining to home is still 16 hours away.  I have decided to start taking pictures of the folks on the plane that probably should not be flying, with my cell phone.  Unfortunately, my cell phone doesn’t work in Japan, so that will have to wait until I am back in the States.

There was once improvement, I did not wait in any lines before getting onto the plane (OK, there were lines, but they were very short).  But I have to say, that time saved (maybe 15 minutes) compared to the 23 hours it is going to take home, is like “a fart against thunder” to use a phrase of the day.

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