I headed away to Phoenix for one night via Bucharest, Helsinki, Heathrow and Philadelphia.
Welcome to The Billingham Blog! This is a record of Nigel and Vicky Billingham’s journey through life, primarily focusing on holidays, trips and events.
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This is an archive showing all posts assigned to category: Home.
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By Nige
on March 1, 2025
at 12:00 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to Indian Wells in Mar 2025
Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | British Airways | California | DUB | Dublin | Hertz | Hilton | Holidays | Indian Wells | LAX | LHR | London Heathrow | Los Angeles
This holiday is all about the tennis at Indian Wells: well two evening sessions of tennis anyway! The back story to us booking this one is the focus of some heated discussion!
By Nige
on November 8, 2024
at 8:12 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Nov 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
Is it a daft idea to book eight B2Bs to Sofia over 29 days? I guess we will find out!
By Nige
on September 1, 2024
at 7:07 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Tucson in Oct 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: AGP | American Airlines | Announcements | Arizona | British Airways | DUB | Dublin | JFK | LAX | LHR | London Heathrow | Los Angeles | Malaga | New York Kennedy | Trips | Tucson | TUS | USA
Back in the air, to continue adding to my Tier Point pot. Somewhere new for me this time: Tucson in Arizona. The only time I have ever come across Tucson in the past is courtesy of Chandler in Friends.
By Nige
on August 1, 2024
at 1:00 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to Canada in Aug 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | British Airways | Canada | Hertz | Hilton | Holidays | LHR | London Heathrow | Toronto | YYZ
We are on our travels again! This time we are heading over to Canada to do a mini road-trip from Toronto up to Montreal and on to Quebec City. It should be a warm break at this time of the year.
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.
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.
By Nige
on February 1, 2024
at 12:00 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | AMS | Amsterdam | Announcements | British Airways | Hawaii | Hilton | HNL | Honolulu | JFK | LAX | LHR | London Heathrow | Los Angeles | New York | Trips | USA | Waikiki
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.
By Nige
on January 14, 2024
at 6:30 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jan 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
This is another installment of my series of TP runs to Sofia. In June, July and Dec of 2023, I did a number of trips out to Sofia, just to collect TPs. There was another opportunity in Jan 2024 to collect more cheap TPs, so here I am!
By Nige
on December 13, 2023
at 9:55 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Palm Springs in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | British Airways | California | LHR | London | Palm Springs | PSP | Trips | USA
To continue the build of my Tier Points in my next British Airways Executive Club membership year, I am heading over to Palm Springs to (hopefully) see some sun!
By Nige
on December 2, 2023
at 10:28 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
This is another installment of my series of TP runs to Sofia. In June and July of 2023, I did a number of trips out to Sofia, just to collect TPs. There was another opportunity in Dec 2023 to collect more cheap TPs, so here I am!
