Holiday to Hawaii in Dec 2018

After the BIG ONE in May, this is a more relaxed trip to our very favourite destination!

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A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park
A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

Blog - Month Archive for December 2013

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This is an archive showing posts published in month: December 2013.

Dublin airport
Dublin airport

Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013: Day 1 – London Heathrow (LHR) to Dublin (DUB)

By Nige on December 13, 2013 at 6:52 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | DUB | Dublin | Hilton | LHR | London Heathrow | Trips

Well having left about 10 mins late from Manchester, and arriving 10 mins early at Heathrow it was disappointing to have to sit on the apron for 15 mins whilst an aircraft got ready to leave the gate we were arriving at. Never mind.

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The BA aircraft taking me to Heathrow
The BA aircraft taking me to Heathrow

Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013: Day 1 – Manchester (MAN) to London Heathow (LHR)

By Nige on December 13, 2013 at 12:39 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LHR | London Heathrow | MAN | Manchester | Trips

The day has arrived - I’ve finished off my last bits of work before the weekend including attendance at the Service Review session this morning where one of my changes had caused a serious delay to financial reporting processing at a leading bank (I’m not proud of this by the way).

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A mural on the wall at Miami Airport
A mural on the wall at Miami Airport

Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013: Day 1 – Prep

By Nige on December 13, 2013 at 7:32 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013 Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | British Airways | DUB | Dublin | GCM | Grand Cayman | Hilton | JFK | LAS | Las Vegas | LHR | London Heathrow | MAN | Manchester | MIA | Miami | New York | Trips | USA

Time to chill and earn some serious miles with BA and AA. This trip will take me from Manchester to Heathrow, over to Dublin where I stay at the airport Hilton, then it’s on to JFK in the morning where I have my interview to complete my Global Entry application.

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Grand Cayman
Grand Cayman

Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013

By Nige on December 1, 2013 at 7:25 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013 Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | Announcements | British Airways | DUB | Dublin | GCM | Grand Cayman | Hilton | JFK | LAS | Las Vegas | LHR | London | MIA | Miami | New York | Trips | USA

Bit scary this - my first overseas trip by air on my own! At 47! I’ve always had someone in tow to rely on for finding my way around, or picking up things from hotel rooms when I have left them, and there’s no one but myself to rely on.

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