Holiday to Death Valley in Dec 2015

At the end of the year, just after Christmas we headed back to Death Valley. We loved it the last time we went and we wanted to do more in this amazing place.

A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

Blog - Month Archive for November 2023

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The mural on the wall in the T5 South Lounge complex

Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023: Day 1 – London Heathrow LHR to New York JFK

By Nige on December 14, 2023 at 11:23 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | JFK | LHR | London | New York | Trips | USA

I decided to go Flight Connections route for a change. It seemed to cause a stir as the staff didn't really know what they were looking for on my boarding pass and were getting confused between domestic connections and international connections.

Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023: Day 1 – Dublin DUB to London Heathrow LHR

After a quick dash to passport control, it was fairly evident it was a quiet time for the airport. There were no other aircraft sat at the 200 gates and the corridors were empty. I think I woke up some of the border team when I got there.

Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023: Day 1 – London Heathrow LHR to Dublin DUB

Heathrow T5 was fairly quiet after taking the lift up to Departures on level 5. I thought about popping into The First Wing (TFW) check in area to get my boarding pass validated, but due to the queue, I decided to head straight through security.

Getting the Long Stay shuttle bus to Heathrow T5

Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023: Day 1 – Home to London Heathrow

By Nige on December 14, 2023 at 9:16 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London Heathrow | Trips

The start of another trip beckons and another few days away from home. Hopefully, the Vickster can shake the cough that she now has, and fit in some exciting stuff to keep her mind off me not being at home.

Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023: Day 1 – Prep

By Nige on December 14, 2023 at 8:00 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | California | DUB | Dublin | JFK | LHR | London | New York | Palm Springs | Phoenix | PHX | PSP | Trips | USA

It's all been relatively straightforward for this trip. I originally booked this trip back in June, on the basis that I was almost guaranteed to see an AA flight change sufficient to allow me to better manage my time on this trip.

Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023

To continue the build of my Tier Points in my next British Airways Executive Club membership year, I am heading over to Palm Springs to (hopefully) see some sun!

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 2 – Photos

Photos from Day 2.

Waiting for the shuttle bus to T3 Business Parking

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 2 – London Heathrow to Home

By Nige on December 12, 2023 at 11:03 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London Heathrow | Trips

The benefit of arriving into one of the central gates at T3 is obvious - it's much closer to Arrivals and Flight Connections.

A view of Sofia after take off on the way back to Heathrow

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 2 – Sofia SOF to London Heathrow LHR

The cabin crew lead had proactively checked who was getting back on board before I mentioned it to him. He wanted to find out how easy it was and noted there are not many 80 TP-places like Sofia now.

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 2 – London Heathrow LHR to Sofia SOF

T3 was not as busy as normal, possibly due to it being a Tue. But T3 Fasttrack Security was now back in its normal place, having had the new 3D scanners installed.