This is the third in a trilogy of trips to Honolulu in the space of a little over 2 months. This is another trip starting in Budapest and follows the well-trodden path of flying over to Hawaii via London Heathrow, New York JFK and Los Angeles LAX
By Nige
on Sat 20 Nov 2021
at 09:21
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Tags: American Airlines | British Airways | CDG | France | LAX | LHR | London | Los Angeles | New York | Paris | Trips
I’ve enjoyed my first significant trip in over 18 months: Using Verifly to manage all of the covid-related requirements worked really smoothly and airlines were happy to review the app during check in. Wearing masks all through my flights was a real chore. I experienced the new BA Club World suite for the first time […]
By Nige
on Wed 17 Nov 2021
at 09:17
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Tags: LHR | London | Trips
Even though I emailed the valet team the previous day, my car wasn’t prepared for me at T5 M&G, so I was walked to where it had been stored. No apparent issue with the car considering the alarm went off on the day I dropped it and the window was reported as not being closed […]
By Nige
on Tue 16 Nov 2021
at 22:12
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Tags: American Airlines | British Airways | JFK | LAX | LHR | London | Los Angeles | New York | Trips | USA
Photos from Day 6.
By Nige
on Tue 16 Nov 2021
at 20:04
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Tags: British Airways | JFK | LHR | London | New York | Trips | USA
When I got to T7, I checked in with BA who gave me new boarding passes. The AA boarding passes won’t work with TSA Pre-Check for some reason, even though the TSA Pre-Check isn’t much to talk about in T7. I’ve never understood why they don’t implement it properly. Security was a joke as usual, […]
By Nige
on Tue 16 Nov 2021
at 08:56
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Tags: American Airlines | JFK | LAX | Los Angeles | New York | Trips | USA
That special place is of course Starbucks in the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT). When I got there the queue was enormous and the staff seemed to be working really slowly. I thought I would end up using all of the available 2 hours (before my next flight) queueing for a coffee! Luckily things seemed […]
By Nige
on Mon 15 Nov 2021
at 22:51
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Tags: American Airlines | HNL | Honolulu | LAX | Los Angeles | Trips | USA
Photos from Day 5.
By Nige
on Mon 15 Nov 2021
at 12:39
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Tags: American Airlines | HNL | Honolulu | LAX | Los Angeles | Trips | USA
I ordered an Uber at 5:30pm – I always get to the point of thinking I may as well get on my way. Why wait any longer? Glad I did. The Uber was fine and got me to the airport at around 6pm. I headed to AA check in since I couldn’t check in online […]
By Nige
on Mon 15 Nov 2021
at 08:02
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Tags: Hilton | Honolulu | Trips | USA
Good quality sleep I did get, but just for about 4 hours or so. I was wide awake at midnight and decided to do some covid tests and see whether I could check in for my flights back home. By the time I had stopped messing around it was coming on for 4am and that […]
By Nige
on Sun 14 Nov 2021
at 22:57
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Tags: Hilton | Honolulu | Trips | USA
Photos from Day 4.
By Nige
on Sun 14 Nov 2021
at 07:48
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Tags: Hilton | Honolulu | Trips | USA
I woke at around 2am which wasn’t too bad for me. Earliest Starbucks to open is 4am and is the one I have visited a few times, normally on a walk to Diamondhead. That was the first planned event for the day. This was my rest day so I needed to take it easy! 😊 […]
Author Bio: About Nige
Nige is one of the co-founders of The Billingham Blog and works as a freelance management consultant. He loves to fly in his spare time!
