I’ve wanted to do a Round the World (RTW) trip for as long as I can remember. It was always one of those “one day” ideas — something the Vickster and I might build into a future Australia trip, or perhaps save for a milestone year.
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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 June 10, 2023
at 10:10 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jun 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London | SOF | Sofia | Trips
Sofia is one of the easiest places to do a B2B at. Arriving passengers are decanted into the departures area, so departing and arriving passengers mix.
By Nige
on June 10, 2023
at 5:38 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jun 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London | SOF | Sofia | Trips
Having checked in online, I headed up to Fast Track Security where there was a minimal queue. The 3D scanners had not arrived at T3 as yet, so it was the normal "everything out" approach and the slow move of trays through the scanner.
By Nige
on June 10, 2023
at 12:01 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jun 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London | Trips
The day got off to a fine and chilled start: coffee in the cafe, whilst I reviewed the footage of our first test of a wildlife 4K outdoor camera.
By Nige
on June 2, 2023
at 11:56 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jun 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London | SOF | Sofia | Trips
In doing final prep for this trip, I noticed that BA had changed not only the times of both flights I was due to be on today, but also the Heathrow terminal I was due to depart from.
By Nige
on June 1, 2023
at 2:46 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jun 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London | SOF | Sofia | Trips
Every year there tends to be a route that offers good value for money when chasing BA Executive Club Tier Points (TPs). For a while now, Sofia (SOF) has been a great place to earn (relatively) low cost TPs.
By Nige
on May 29, 2023
at 6:31 pm
Type: Post
Story: Visit to Battersea Power Station in May 2023
Category: Family
Tags: Battersea Power Station | London | Videos
Photos from our visit to the Battersea Power Station.
By Nige
on May 29, 2023
at 4:08 pm
Type: Post
Story: Visit to Battersea Power Station in May 2023
Category: Family
Tags: Announcements | Battersea Power Station | London | Videos
We are always interested in a trip into London - it doesn't happen anywhere near enough. But when we do head in it's even better to take the opportunity of meeting up with James.
By Nige
on March 22, 2023
at 11:45 pm
Type: Post
Story: Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LGW | London | Seville | Spain | SVQ | Weekends
Photos from Day 5.
By Nige
on March 22, 2023
at 11:30 pm
Type: Post
Story: Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: LGW | London | Weekends
Getting through Passport Control was the standard tragic comedy. Everyone other than little old me managed to get through the automated kiosks.
By Nige
on March 22, 2023
at 9:03 pm
Type: Post
Story: Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LGW | London | Seville | Spain | SVQ | Weekends
From the hotel, we dragged our trolley bags down towards the cathedral to pick up a taxi to head to the airport. It was about 5pm and it was still warm, so we tried to stick to the shade of the buildings. The taxi rank was full of taxis, so no problem in picking one […]
