Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jun 2023

Every year there tends to be a route that offers good value for money when chasing BA Executive Club Tier Points (TPs). For a while now, Sofia (SOF) has been a great place to earn (relatively) low cost TPs.

A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

Year Archive for 2020

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The bar at The Cheesecake Factory in Honolulu

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 3 – Photos

Photos from Day 3.

The Hilton Hawaiian Village resort in Honolulu

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 3 – Honolulu

By Nige on November 13, 2021 at 10:26 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Tags: Hilton | Honolulu | Trips | USA

On check in, the desk asked to see my Safe Travels ticks. They assigned me room 1456 which was a bog-standard city view room. No upgrade. I couldn’t be bothered pushing – I really wanted to crash at this point. After a quick shower, I decided to head out and revisit a few haunts. I […]

One of my favourite views in any airport: Los Angeles LAX TBIT

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 3 – Los Angeles LAX to Honolulu HNL

By Nige on November 13, 2021 at 6:09 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Tags: American Airlines | HNL | Honolulu | LAX | Los Angeles | Trips | USA

Into the AA lounge and I found that the Flagship Lounge isn’t open right now – so it’s just a standard Admiral’s Club. I scanned my boarding card and up the steps to the Hawaii pre-clear desk, which ended up being a bit of a struggle. I showed the guy all of my details including […]

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 3 – New York JFK to Los Angeles LAX

I slept ok for about 4 hours, but by the time New York hit midnight I was wide awake. I decided not to fight it – I struggle sleeping in at the best of times, so when I have critical timed stuff to do, there’s no chance. It’s the third day and I haven’t gone […]

The view from seat 7A on the way to New York JFK

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 2 – Photos

Photos from Day 2.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 2 – New York JFK

For once, the Hilton Digital Key worked like a dream. I was prompted that it was available; it allowed me to use the lift up to my room and allowed me access to my room as well – it was dead easy to use. Really useful if only it worked consistently across all Hilton properties! […]

Waiting for the AirTrain at New York JFK

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 2 – London LHR to New York JFK

By Nige on November 12, 2021 at 5:15 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Tags: British Airways | JFK | LHR | London | New York | Trips | USA

The CCR was very quiet. I had just short of 2 hours before my flight to New York. My Starbucks was really satisfying and I caught up with the Vickster who had been partying in my absence. Flight: BA0115 Equip: 777-200Sched Depart: 14:00 Actual: 14:02Sched Arrival: 17:10 Actual: 17:00Takeoff: 14:26 Landing: 16:45 After writing up […]

Waiting at Gate A45 for my BA flight back to Heathrow

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 2 – Paris CDG to Heathrow

When the sun rose, it became clear that the mist had stuck around overnight. I wondered whether that might have an impact on flights. As it happens it seemed to have absolutely no effect on flights into or out of CDG. Perhaps partly due to having fewer scheduled flights just now? I wandered back to […]

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 2 – Early Morning in Paris

Woke at 6am – I had set my alarm for 7am. Felt fairly rested even considering the very soft mattress. The hotel is fairly worn, but has big rooms. It doesn’t seem too busy, but there were a lot of rooms on floor 4 which were being used – I could tell by all of […]

A view from the CCR Terrace at London Heathrow

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 1 – Photos

Photos from Day 1.