Tier Point Run to Phoenix in Mar 2018

A short excursion to Arizona and Utah, taking advantage of the Bucharest to Phoenix cheap deal.

A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

Month Archive for May 2024

This is an archive showing posts published in month: May 2024.

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As close as I got to Starbucks at Helsinki airport

Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024: Day 2 – Helsinki (HEL) to London Heathrow (LHR)

Passport Control (allowing access to the non-Schengen gates) was really busy with a long queue tailing around a tensa barrier structure.

An airy-feeling Budapest Terminal 2B Airside

Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024: Day 2 – Budapest (BUD) to Helsinki (HEL)

Having turned off the light at around 1:30 a.m., I was awake at around 6:30 a.m., thinking about whether Mango had allowed her mum to get some sleep last night.

Taking off from Heathrow on my way to Budapest

Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024: Day 1 – Photos

By Nige on May 14, 2024 at 11:09 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Tags: BUD | Budapest | LHR | London Heathrow | Trips

Photos from Day 1.

A snackette enjoyed in the BA Lounge at Heathrow T3

Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024: Day 1 – London Heathrow (LHR) to Budapest (BUD)

By Nige on May 14, 2024 at 10:49 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Tags: BUD | Budapest | LHR | London Heathrow | Trips

It eventually took two hours from leaving home to walking into the BA Lounge at Heathrow T3. The drive itself took the normal hour. Waiting for the Hoppa bus and the journey to Heathrow T5 took another 25 mins, then waiting for a tube to T3 and walking to T3 added another 25 mins or so.

Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024: Day 1 – Home to London Heathrow

By Nige on May 14, 2024 at 6:11 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Tags: Hilton | LHR | London Heathrow | Trips

It's been really busy for both of us in the Billingham household just recently. So, Day 1 has arrived at both exactly the right time, but also at exactly the wrong time!

Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024: Day 1 – Prep

By Nige on May 14, 2024 at 8:42 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Tags: British Airways | BUD | Budapest | California | HEL | Helsinki | JFK | LAX | LHR | London Heathrow | Los Angeles | New York | Trips | USA

This trip is based on one of the latest good value trips, originating somewhere in Europe and ending in Spain. For some reason, this open jaw arrangement reduced an already relatively cheap trip by a few hundred pounds.

Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024

Another entertaining TP Run is on the cards: this time to Los Angeles. LA is not a normal destination for me, since it is usually just a connection point on the way to another US city.