My first trip to Hawaii in more than 12 months - I'm getting withdrawal symptoms! This trip starts in Amsterdam and follows the well-trodden path of flying over to Hawaii via London Heathrow, New York JFK and Los Angeles LAX. I start with an initial positioning flight from Heathrow to Amsterdam.
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Nige is one of the co-founders of The Billingham Blog and works as a freelance management consultant. He loves to fly in his spare time!
By Nige
on December 15, 2013
at 12:27 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | GCM | Grand Cayman | MIA | Miami | Trips
Skype call using my headphones didn’t work properly - first second worked fine but then it cut out - I think this is a known issue with the microphone on the headset not working properly with Skype.
By Nige
on December 14, 2013
at 11:45 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | DUB | Dublin | Hilton | JFK | LAS | Las Vegas | MIA | Miami | New York | Trips
Photos from Day 2.
By Nige
on December 14, 2013
at 11:31 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | LAS | Las Vegas | MIA | Miami | Trips
I’ve pre-booked 4 day WiFi vouchers with GoGo which are available from midnight on 14 Dec, so if I don’t immediately fall asleep on the next flight I can always connect to the internet and do some surfing. I’m expecting to use two on this trip and two on our holiday starting next week.
By Nige
on December 14, 2013
at 6:20 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | JFK | LAS | Las Vegas | New York | Trips
Well after I left my Global Entry interview at T4 I worked my way back to T8 and used the Fast Track to get through security. Found the Admiral’s Club and the Flagship Lounge. Thinking about popping out to get a Starbucks.
By Nige
on December 14, 2013
at 12:38 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | DUB | Dublin | Hilton | JFK | New York | Trips
Woke at 05:30 just before my alarm was due to go off, having slept pretty well. The Hilton bed was very comfortable, but otherwise the Hilton wasn’t anything special.
By Nige
on December 13, 2013
at 11:08 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | DUB | Dublin | LHR | London Heathrow | MAN | Manchester | Trips
Photos from Day 1.
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.
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).
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.
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.
