Weekend at the Tennis ATP Finals in Nov 2015

Another of our regular trips down to the O2 to see the ATP World Tour tennis finals.

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

Blog - Tag Archive for British Airways

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British Airways is one of the biggest airlines in the UK and a principle One World partner

Taking off from Sofia
Taking off from Sofia

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

By Nige on June 17, 2023 at 8:32 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jun 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London | SOF | Sofia | Trips

Sofia was wet and horrible.  I could see that on final approach as rain drops started streaming across the aircraft windows.

The BA First Lounge at Heathrow T3
The BA First Lounge at Heathrow T3

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

By Nige on June 17, 2023 at 7:13 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jun 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London | SOF | Sofia | Trips

T3 felt quite busy from the outside and fast track security was busier than last week as well. But it was still only about 5 mins before I was into departures and walking through towards the lounges.

The BA aircraft waiting to take me back to Heathrow
The BA aircraft waiting to take me back to Heathrow

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

By Nige on June 10, 2023 at 10:10 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jun 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London | SOF | Sofia | Trips

Sofia is one of the easiest places to do a B2B at. Arriving passengers are decanted into the departures area, so departing and arriving passengers mix.

Welcome to Happy Bulgaria
Welcome to Happy Bulgaria

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

By Nige on June 10, 2023 at 5:38 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jun 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London | SOF | Sofia | Trips

Having checked in online, I headed up to Fast Track Security where there was a minimal queue.  The 3D scanners had not arrived at T3 as yet, so it was the normal "everything out" approach and the slow move of trays through the scanner.

Sofia
Sofia

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jun 2023: Prep

By Nige on June 2, 2023 at 11:56 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jun 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London | SOF | Sofia | Trips

In doing final prep for this trip, I noticed that BA had changed not only the times of both flights I was due to be on today, but also the Heathrow terminal I was due to depart from.

Sofia
Sofia

Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jun 2023

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.

A Ryanair aircraft at Seville airport
A Ryanair aircraft at Seville airport

Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023: Day 5 – Seville (SVQ) to London (LGW)

By Nige on March 22, 2023 at 9:03 pm
Type: Post
Story: Weekend in Seville in Mar 2023 Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LGW | London | Seville | Spain | SVQ | Weekends

From the hotel, we dragged our trolley bags down towards the cathedral to pick up a taxi to head to the airport. It was about 5pm and it was still warm, so we tried to stick to the shade of the buildings. The taxi rank was full of taxis, so no problem in picking one […]

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