Tier Point Run to Phoenix in Mar 2018

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

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A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park
A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

Blog - Author Archive for Nige

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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!

One of the photos on the wall of our hotel in Atlanta
One of the photos on the wall of our hotel in Atlanta

Holiday to Tennessee in Mar 2024: Day 2 – Atlanta to Tuscaloosa

By Nige on March 24, 2024 at 12:21 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to Tennessee in Mar 2024 Category: Travel
Tags: Alabama | Atlanta | Georgia | Hertz | Hilton | Holidays | Tuscaloosa | USA

In the end, I didn't watch that much of the F1 Grand Prix. Max retired on lap 4 with break failure, and it looked like the Ferraris were going to romp home. So I decided to go to sleep.

In the Cathay Pacific Lounge at Heathrow T3
In the Cathay Pacific Lounge at Heathrow T3

Holiday to Tennessee in Mar 2024: Day 1 – London Heathrow (LHR) to Atlanta (ATL)

By Nige on March 23, 2024 at 11:43 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to Tennessee in Mar 2024 Category: Travel
Tags: ATL | Atlanta | British Airways | Georgia | Hilton | Holidays | LHR | London | USA

After dropping the car at T5 Meet & Greet, we headed down to the tube for the short trip to T3. As often is the case, there was a bit of waiting around for the tube to leave.

Another daft selfie with Mango
Another daft selfie with Mango

Holiday to Tennessee in Mar 2024: Day 1 – Home to London Heathrow

By Nige on March 23, 2024 at 1:43 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to Tennessee in Mar 2024 Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London Heathrow

With our flight to Atlanta not leaving until after 3pm from Heathrow, it was a nice relaxing start to the day in the Billingham household! If it was me, I'd be queuing up at the door to T5 waiting for it to open, but that's not Vick's bag.

Newfound Gap in Tennessee
Newfound Gap in Tennessee

Holiday to Tennessee in Mar 2024: Day 1 – Prep

By Nige on March 23, 2024 at 8:26 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to Tennessee in Mar 2024 Category: Travel
Tags: ATL | Atlanta | British Airways | Georgia | Hilton | Holidays | LHR | London | Tennessee | USA

Finally our latest holiday has arrived! We have done our packing and we are desparately to get going.

Sams Gap in Tennessee
Sams Gap in Tennessee

Holiday to Tennessee in Mar 2024

By Nige on March 22, 2024 at 1:25 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to Tennessee in Mar 2024 Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | ATL | Atlanta | British Airways | Georgia | Holidays | LHR | London | Tennessee

We are on our travels again! This time we are heading to somewhere new in the US: Tennessee! On the way we will be stopping off in Georgia and Mississippi, which will also be new US states for us.

One of the things I was looking forward to!
One of the things I was looking forward to!

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2024: Day 6 – London Heathrow LHR to Home

By Nige on February 21, 2024 at 7:59 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2024 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LHR | London Heathrow | Trips

I jogged to passport control and on the way had to traverse a lot of passengers walking down the corridor leading to Arrivals and Flight Connections. I wondered how much of a queue I was going to have to deal with.

Impressive looking clouds on the way back to Heathrow
Impressive looking clouds on the way back to Heathrow

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2024: Day 6 – Amsterdam AMS to London Heathrow LHR

By Nige on February 21, 2024 at 5:07 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2024 Category: Travel
Tags: AMS | Amsterdam | British Airways | LHR | London Heathrow | Trips

Afer arriving into Gate D16, I walked around to the main gate area and joined the short priority boarding queue for getting back on the aircraft.

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