Holiday to New England in Oct 2023

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.

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

Holiday to Sicily in Apr 2026: Day 1 – Prep

This holiday was designed to be nice and simple! BA will fly us from Heathrow to Palermo and back.

Holiday to Sicily in Apr 2026

Sicily is another place we have both wanted to go to for so long, and the opportunity just sprang up from nowhere.

RTW TP Run in Jan 2026: Successful GGL Renewal Achieved!

By Nige on February 18, 2026 at 9:30 am
Type: Post
Story: Round the World Tier Point Run in Jan 2026 Category: Travel
Tags: BA | British Airways | GGL | Gold Guest List

Job done! But it's not been that easy to secure those pesky Tier Points.

RTW TP Run in Jan 2026: A Summary of Phase 1

By Nige on February 10, 2026 at 3:17 pm
Type: Post
Story: Round the World Tier Point Run in Jan 2026 Category: Travel
Tags: AA | American Airlines | BA | British Airways | Cathay Pacific | CX | Fiji Airways | FJ | Japan Airlines | JL | Qantas Airways | Qatar Airways | QF | QR

I’ve just spent the last three weeks flying around the world. Well — to be completely accurate — I’ve flown around half of the world and then back again the same way.

RTW TP Run in Jan 2026: Day 22 – Photos from Day 22

Photos from Day 22, which included a morning in Los Angeles and my flight from Los Angeles LAX to London Heathrow LHR.

A lucky boy with an upgrade into First Class

RTW TP Run in Jan 2026: Day 22 – Los Angeles (LAX) to London Heathrow (LHR)

The countdown continued to me getting home. This was my last flight of the first phase of my trip and the last flight before I was reunited with my beloved wife and bestie.

RTW TP Run in Jan 2026: Day 4 – Photos from Day 4

Photos from Day 4 which included my flight from Heathrow to Los Angeles, a very tiring wait at LAX and my flight from Los Angeles back to New York JFK.

The A380 that was taking me to Los Angeles

RTW TP Run in Jan 2026: Day 4 – London Heathrow (LHR) to Los Angeles (LAX)

I was invited over to the First Check-in desk at counter 9 in The First Wing (TFW). I asked the agent to check my passport and then see whether she could change my seat assignment on the LAX–JFK flight.

RTW TP Run in Jan 2026: Day 1 – Photos from Day 1

Photos from Day 1, which started in Reading, and flight from Heathrow to Oslo and a walk to the airport hotel in the snow.

RTW TP Run in Jan 2026: Day 1 – London Heathrow (LHR) to Oslo (OSL)

The BA Lounge agent at Terminal 3 was perfectly polite, although she didn’t ask whether I wanted an invite into First Dining — supposedly one of the perks of being Gold Guest List.