Tier Point Run to Hawaii in May 2018

This is the BIG ONE! This one takes me to Gold for Life (GfL) with BA Executive Club. The Vickster is coming on her first ever Tier Point Run!

A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

Month Archive for January 2014

This is an archive showing posts published in month: January 2014.

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Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 3 – Photos

Photos from Day 3.

An early morning view of the Hilton near Los Angeles LAX

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 3 – Los Angeles LAX to Honolulu HNL

I woke earlier than I had planned to - 3:30am - so I had over 4 hours kip, and as long as I don’t get any more screaming babies, I might be able to catch up on a few Zs on the flight to HNL.

A nice BA pudding on the way to New York JFK

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 2 – Photos

By Nige on February 27, 2014 at 11:05 pm
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Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014
Tags: American Airlines | British Airways | EWR | Hilton | JFK | LAX | LCY | London | Los Angeles | New York | Shannon | SNN | Trips | USA

Photos from Day 2.

A gorgeous view on the BA flight on the way to New York JFK

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 2 – New York EWR to Los Angeles LAX

So I now had the challenge of getting across New York from JFK to EWR. If you look at a map, the two airports are (roughly) equidistant from Manhattan and (roughly) on the same level.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 2 – Shannon SNN to New York JFK

By Nige on February 27, 2014 at 10:47 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014
Tags: British Airways | JFK | New York | Shannon | SNN | Trips | USA

Once we got the call to reboard, we were back on the plane within a minute, and it was only another 5 or 10 mins before we were taking off for JFK. I didn’t notice the time, but it felt like we were about on time.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 2 – London City LCY to Shannon SNN

The hotel bed was very comfortable – I woke at 5:30 – a touch later than my normal time of waking – although I had two beers the previous night, and that’s a lot for me on a school night.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 1 – Photos

Photos from Day 1.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 1 – Brussels BRU to London Heathrow LHR

I spent about an hour in the lounge at Brussels Airport - it’s an ok lounge but there’s nothing much going on - the views aren’t that great and the food/drink isn’t that good either.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 1 – London Heathrow LHR to Brussels BRU

I found my way to the Galleries First Lounge at T5. I had enjoyed my first Starbucks of the trip. Jim is my Starbucks name!

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014: Day 1 – Manchester MAN to London Heathrow LHR

Woke up just after 4am and after some last-minute packing I was ready for my taxi ride to MAN airport (well Vick was taking me). BPs had been printed off, laptop bag was packed, and we would be off very soon. I was starting to get excited…