So we are actually moving! This series of posts explains the approach we took and how things worked out.
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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 May 16, 2024
at 8:13 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: Hilton | JFK | LAX | Los Angeles | New York | Trips | USA
Having left the aircraft first, I was on my way up the airbridge, when I heard "Mr Billingham" from an AA rep that was now behind me. I had to double back and take a boarding pass from her.
By Nige
on May 16, 2024
at 3:49 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | JFK | LHR | London Heathrow | New York | Trips | USA
I was awoken abruptly by the alarm this morning - I was clearly in a deep sleep. I caught the 5am Hoppa Hotels bus and bypassed the e-ticketing system, which failed miserably over the last couple of days.
By Nige
on May 15, 2024
at 5:14 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: Finnair | HEL | Helsinki | Hilton | LHR | London | Trips
Passport Control (allowing access to the non-Schengen gates) was really busy with a long queue tailing around a tensa barrier structure.
By Nige
on May 15, 2024
at 2:32 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: BUD | Budapest | Finnair | HEL | Helsinki | Trips
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.
By Nige
on May 14, 2024
at 11:09 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: BUD | Budapest | LHR | London Heathrow | Trips
Photos from Day 1.
By Nige
on May 14, 2024
at 10:49 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Category: Travel
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.
By Nige
on May 14, 2024
at 6:11 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Category: Travel
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!
By Nige
on May 14, 2024
at 8:42 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Category: Travel
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.
By Nige
on May 11, 2024
at 12:00 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | Announcements | British Airways | California | Finnair | Hilton | LAX | LHR | London Heathrow | Los Angeles | Trips | USA
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.
