Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2017

Hawaii again? Needed to keep my TPs ticking along so that I hit Gold for Life in the next 12 months or so (GfL).

A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

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Waiting for the shuttle bus to T3 Business Parking

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 2 – London Heathrow to Home

By Nige on December 12, 2023 at 11:03 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London Heathrow | Trips

The benefit of arriving into one of the central gates at T3 is obvious - it's much closer to Arrivals and Flight Connections.

A view of Sofia after take off on the way back to Heathrow

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 2 – Sofia SOF to London Heathrow LHR

The cabin crew lead had proactively checked who was getting back on board before I mentioned it to him. He wanted to find out how easy it was and noted there are not many 80 TP-places like Sofia now.

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 2 – London Heathrow LHR to Sofia SOF

T3 was not as busy as normal, possibly due to it being a Tue. But T3 Fasttrack Security was now back in its normal place, having had the new 3D scanners installed.

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 2 – Home to London Heathrow

By Nige on December 12, 2023 at 10:31 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London Heathrow

Another calm start to the day. I've already finished for Christmas, which is great. The Vickster has been under the weather for a week and will be working through to Christmas Eve! Shame... :)

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 1 – Photos

Photos from Day 1.

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 1 – London Heathrow to Home

By Nige on December 2, 2023 at 11:30 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London Heathrow | Trips

After a quick walk using the travelators back to Passport Control and only waiting a few mins for a shuttle bus to take me to Business Parking, I had to find my car!

Gate B6 at Sofia waiting for the flight back to Heathrow

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 1 – Sofia SOF to London Heathrow LHR

It was just 30 seconds after getting off the aircraft before I ended up being first in the queue for getting back on. Another 30 seconds later and gate staff arrived and they started filling the boarding pen up as we watched the remaining passengers continued walking up the jet bridge.

A first class breakfast in the BA First Lounge

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 1 – London Heathrow LHR to Sofia SOF

The friendly bus driver dropped me at Heathrow T3 and I headed into Fast Track Security. The access point had been moved - I guess as a temporary measure whilst they make changes. It certainly wasn't fast today either!

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 1 – Home to London Heathrow

By Nige on December 2, 2023 at 11:11 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London Heathrow

Another chilled out start to the day, although I was up earlier than I would have hoped. Too many thoughts about performance issues that are a big challenge at work and which need to be sorted by midday on Tue, with no clear way of resolving them at this point.

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023: Day 1 – Prep

This seems to be a common theme now: I book the BA flights which are timed early in the morning and as a result of their seasonal adjustments, BA changes the flights to the afternoon. If they know that's likely to happen, why not just set those times to start with?