We haven't been back to Washington DC for years, so we decided it was time for another visit. Following the debacle of the BA Executive Club demolition, we decided to blow some Avios and a Companion Voucher.
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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!
By Nige
on November 8, 2023
at 10:35 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to San Jose in Nov 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | British Airways | California | LHR | London | San Jose | SJC | Trips | USA
It's the start of my next British Airways Executive Club membership year and that means I need to start earning Tier Points again!
By Nige
on September 1, 2023
at 12:00 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to New England in Oct 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | BOS | Boston | British Airways | Holidays | LHR | London | New England
Looking forward to a tremendous holiday to watch the leaves fall in New England! Who knows whether we will get the timing right, but we are sure it will be amazing whatever happens.
By Nige
on August 18, 2023
at 5:06 pm
Type: Post
Story: Weekend in Stockholm in Aug 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | ARN | British Airways | LHR | London | Stockholm | Weekends
An amazing weekend away in Sweden is on the cards for us! Stockholm is a Scandinavian gem with plenty to offer and we are sure we are going to make the most of it.
By Nige
on July 1, 2023
at 1:57 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jul 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London | SOF | Sofia | Trips
This is the next installment in my multi-TP run to Sofia. Last month I did a nested TP run to Sofia and this month I am doing the same again.
By Nige
on June 21, 2023
at 9:53 pm
Type: Post
Story: Queen''s Club for the Tennis in Jun 2023
Category: Family
Tags: Announcements | London | Queen's Club | Sports | Tennis
As everyone knows, Vick is a mad tennis buff, so when the chance of going to Queens for the first time to watch the tennis, she jumped at it.
By Nige
on June 1, 2023
at 2:46 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jun 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London | SOF | Sofia | Trips
Every year there tends to be a route that offers good value for money when chasing BA Executive Club Tier Points (TPs). For a while now, Sofia (SOF) has been a great place to earn (relatively) low cost TPs.
By Nige
on May 29, 2023
at 4:08 pm
Type: Post
Story: Visit to Battersea Power Station in May 2023
Category: Family
Tags: Announcements | Battersea Power Station | London | Videos
We are always interested in a trip into London - it doesn't happen anywhere near enough. But when we do head in it's even better to take the opportunity of meeting up with James.
By Nige
on March 1, 2023
at 6:26 am
Type: Post
Story: Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | British Airways | LGW | London | Seville | SVQ | Weekends
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.
By Nige
on January 1, 2023
at 12:00 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Jan 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | Announcements | British Airways | BUD | Budapest | Hilton | HNL | Honolulu | LAX | LHR | London | Los Angeles | Trips | USA | Waikiki
This is the third in a trilogy of trips to Honolulu in the space of a little over 2 months. This is another trip starting in Budapest and follows the well-trodden path of flying over to Hawaii via London Heathrow, New York JFK and Los Angeles LAX
