RTW TP Run in Jan 2026: A Summary of Phase 1

I’ve just spent the last three weeks flying around the world. Well — to be completely accurate — I’ve flown around half of the world and then back again the same way.

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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!

Waiting at Gate A45 for my BA flight back to Heathrow
Waiting at Gate A45 for my BA flight back to Heathrow

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 2 – Paris CDG to Heathrow

By Nige on November 12, 2021 at 6:54 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | CDG | France | Hawaii | LHR | London | Paris | Trips

When the sun rose, it became clear that the mist had stuck around overnight.  I wondered whether that might have an impact on flights.   As it happens it seemed to have absolutely no effect on flights into or out of CDG.  Perhaps partly due to having fewer scheduled flights just now? I wandered back to […]

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The station at Roissypole
The station at Roissypole

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 2 – Early Morning in Paris

By Nige on November 12, 2021 at 6:42 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: CDG | France | Hawaii | Hilton | Paris | Trips

Woke at 6am – I had set my alarm for 7am.  Felt fairly rested even considering the very soft mattress. The hotel is fairly worn, but has big rooms.  It doesn’t seem too busy, but there were a lot of rooms on floor 4 which were being used – I could tell by all of […]

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My BA aircraft waiting at the gate
My BA aircraft waiting at the gate

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 1 – London LHR to Paris CDG

By Nige on November 11, 2021 at 7:38 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | CDG | France | Hilton | LHR | London | Paris | Trips

The First Lounge was fairly busy – about as busy as I remember it pre-covid. On entering the CCR, I didn’t need to show my CCR card, so that was available from a scan of my boarding pass. The CCR has been spruced up a little with new, slightly more modern furniture. Again, it felt […]

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Parking at T5 Meet & Greet
Parking at T5 Meet & Greet

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 1 – Home to London LHR

By Nige on November 11, 2021 at 6:21 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London | Trips

I said my goodbyes to Vick and the cats just before 1:30pm and drove down to Heathrow T5 Meet & Greet. I was a little apprehensive having not really travelled in the post-covid world, other than a brief visit to Italy about a year ago. Not exactly in the same league of complexity however. T5 […]

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Heathrow T5
Heathrow T5

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Prep

By Nige on November 10, 2021 at 7:02 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | British Airways | CDG | France | Hawaii | HNL | Honolulu | JFK | LAX | LHR | Los Angeles | New York | Paris | Trips | USA

Preparations Nice quiet day today ahead of the start of my first trip in 18 months or so. Not flying until late in the day, but decided to take the day off to avoid any last-minute stress and to make sure I’ve got everything in order, including all of the covid testing procedures. I took […]

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