Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023

It's Vicky's 60th birthday coming up, so we decided we would head out to enjoy some sun in Seville. We are going away with Andrew and Sam to celebrate this big event in style.

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A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park
A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

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Gate A2 at Heathrow T5
Gate A2 at Heathrow T5

Tier Point Run to San Francisco in Jan 2022: Day 1 – Home to London LHR

By Nige on January 21, 2022 at 8:24 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to San Francisco in Jan 2022 Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London | Trips

Another trip that I am looking forward to immensely began with a relatively mundane drive to Heathrow. Left home just before midday and I had to take Vick’s car due to the missus needing to drive up to see her dad in Lichfield on Sat with her brother.  Not a big deal to me, but […]

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Covid requirements for masks onboard flights continue
Covid requirements for masks onboard flights continue

Tier Point Run to San Francisco in Jan 2022: Prep

By Nige on January 2, 2022 at 7:51 am
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Story: Tier Point Run to San Francisco in Jan 2022 Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | AMS | British Airways | JFK | LAX | LHR | Los Angeles | Netherlands | New York | San Francisco | SFO | Trips | USA

Preparations Managed to sneak this trip in during Jan.  It was originally a June booking that was impacted by flight cancellations, so at the start of Jan I decided to take advantage of my ability to rebook my trip avoiding all of the original restrictions: as long as there is flight availability.  That allowed me […]

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The entrance to the AA Flagship Lounge at New York JFK Terminal 8
The entrance to the AA Flagship Lounge at New York JFK Terminal 8

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Summary

By Nige on November 20, 2021 at 9:21 am
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Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | British Airways | CDG | France | LAX | LHR | London | Los Angeles | New York | Paris | Trips

I’ve enjoyed my first significant trip in over 18 months: Using Verifly to manage all of the covid-related requirements worked really smoothly and airlines were happy to review the app during check in. Wearing masks all through my flights was a real chore. I experienced the new BA Club World suite for the first time […]

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The view of the houses on final approach into New York JFK
The view of the houses on final approach into New York JFK

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 7 – London LHR to Home

By Nige on November 17, 2021 at 9:17 am
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Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London | Trips

Even though I emailed the valet team the previous day, my car wasn’t prepared for me at T5 M&G, so I was walked to where it had been stored.  No apparent issue with the car considering the alarm went off on the day I dropped it and the window was reported as not being closed […]

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A view of business class with the new club suite on the BA flight back to London LHR
A view of business class with the new club suite on the BA flight back to London LHR

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 6 – New York JFK to London LHR

By Nige on November 16, 2021 at 8:04 pm
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Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | JFK | LHR | London | New York | Trips | USA

When I got to T7, I checked in with BA who gave me new boarding passes.  The AA boarding passes won’t work with TSA Pre-Check for some reason, even though the TSA Pre-Check isn’t much to talk about in T7.  I’ve never understood why they don’t implement it properly.  Security was a joke as usual, […]

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On the way back to New York JFK with AA
On the way back to New York JFK with AA

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 6 – Los Angeles LAX to New York JFK

By Nige on November 16, 2021 at 8:56 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021 Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | JFK | LAX | Los Angeles | New York | Trips | USA

That special place is of course Starbucks in the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT).  When I got there the queue was enormous and the staff seemed to be working really slowly.  I thought I would end up using all of the available 2 hours (before my next flight) queueing for a coffee! Luckily things seemed […]

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