Headed off for a weekend on a Tier Point to take me over the 7,000 TP level to earn another GUF2.
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By Nige
on December 12, 2023
at 11:10 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
Photos from Day 2.
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.
By Nige
on December 12, 2023
at 9:55 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
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.
By Nige
on December 12, 2023
at 5:21 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
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.
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... :)
By Nige
on December 2, 2023
at 11:45 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
Photos from Day 1.
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!
By Nige
on December 2, 2023
at 10:00 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
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.
By Nige
on December 2, 2023
at 6:38 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
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!
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.
