Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam and Singapore
For 2025, I wanted to visit Vietnam’s central coast and debated various cities before committing to visit Da Nang. It took me a few months to decide what part of central Vietnam to visit so I didn’t pay attention to the fact that the government would be celebrating Reunification Day in the month I was visiting. For the history buffs, this marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam conflict with America. I was using a number of itineraries to make this travel work. The complications came from booking an extra seat for the transpacific flight and using miles and promotions for the shorter legs. My flight path was one short trip to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and then three seats for a party of two from SFO to Changi Airport (SIN) and then miles from SIN to Da Nang International Airport (DAD)/Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN). I basically had three round trip itineraries for this trip! I did this because I have found that booking an extra economy seat ...