Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Dec 2022

This is another one of those mad dashes across the Atlantic, starting in Budapest, to Heathrow, then onto New York and Los Angeles, before a final hop over to Honolulu.

A mighty view in Yellowstone National Park

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Tier Point Run to Tucson in Oct 2024: Day 7 – Helsinki HEL to London Heathrow LHR

By Nige on October 8, 2024 at 10:11 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Tucson in Oct 2024
Tags: Finnair | HEL | Helsinki | LHR | London Heathrow

Always a great experience being on the Finnair A350 flying between Helsinki and London Heathrow. It might also give me an opportunity for a half-decent kip!

The Salah VIP Lounge at Malaga Terminal 3

Tier Point Run to Tucson in Oct 2024: Day 7 – Malaga AGP to Helsinki HEL

By Nige on October 8, 2024 at 8:00 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Tucson in Oct 2024
Tags: AGP | Finnair | HEL | Helsinki | Malaga

Another chance to experience the Malaga to Helsinki Finnair red-eye on a uncomfortable A320. I could only hope I had time to pick up a Starbucks before my follow-on flight.

The A350 that brought me home to Heathrow

Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024: Day 8 – Helsinki (HEL) to London Heathrow (LHR)

I jogged most of the way to Passport Control. A number of the Schengen gates along the way were very busy, but Passport Control was dead.

Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024: Day 8 – Malaga (AGP) to Helsinki (HEL)

Malaga airport looked OK. Nothing special, but it had a Starbucks and a Giraffe restaurant, and that's just based on what I could see around Gate D42.

The bar in Finnair's Platinum Wing at Helsinki airport

Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024: Day 7 – Photos

Photos from Day 7.

Heading up to the Platinum Lounge at Helsinki airport

Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024: Day 7 – Helsinki (HEL) to Malaga (AGP)

I had forgotten how nice the Platinum Wing is at Helsinki. That's the top Finnair lounge, located close to the 50+ gates in the non-Schengen area of the airport.

Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024: Day 7 – London Heathrow (LHR) to Helsink (HEL)

I whizzed through to T5 Flight Connections and got on the first T3 bus. It stopped at T5B, but by that stage, it was a squeeze to get anyone else onboard.

Walking through a bright and airy Budapest Terminal 2b

Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024: Day 2 – Photos

Photos from Day 2.

As close as I got to Starbucks at Helsinki airport

Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024: Day 2 – Helsinki (HEL) to London Heathrow (LHR)

Passport Control (allowing access to the non-Schengen gates) was really busy with a long queue tailing around a tensa barrier structure.

An airy-feeling Budapest Terminal 2B Airside

Tier Point Run to Los Angeles in May 2024: Day 2 – Budapest (BUD) to Helsinki (HEL)

Having turned off the light at around 1:30 a.m., I was awake at around 6:30 a.m., thinking about whether Mango had allowed her mum to get some sleep last night.