Haven’t I just been to Tallinn? On a TP run to Estonia via Heathrow and Helsinki? Yes I have. This time I’m taking Vick to actually walk around the place and see whether it’s as nice as everyone says it is!
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Trips are jaunts that we have taken that are not considered holidays
By Nige
on December 12, 2023
at 11:10 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
Photos from Day 2.
By Nige
on December 12, 2023
at 11:03 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London Heathrow | Trips
The benefit of arriving into one of the central gates at T3 is obvious - it's much closer to Arrivals and Flight Connections.
By Nige
on December 12, 2023
at 9:55 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
The cabin crew lead had proactively checked who was getting back on board before I mentioned it to him. He wanted to find out how easy it was and noted there are not many 80 TP-places like Sofia now.
By Nige
on December 12, 2023
at 5:21 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
T3 was not as busy as normal, possibly due to it being a Tue. But T3 Fasttrack Security was now back in its normal place, having had the new 3D scanners installed.
By Nige
on December 2, 2023
at 11:45 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
Photos from Day 1.
By Nige
on December 2, 2023
at 11:30 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London Heathrow | Trips
After a quick walk using the travelators back to Passport Control and only waiting a few mins for a shuttle bus to take me to Business Parking, I had to find my car!
By Nige
on December 2, 2023
at 10:00 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
It was just 30 seconds after getting off the aircraft before I ended up being first in the queue for getting back on. Another 30 seconds later and gate staff arrived and they started filling the boarding pen up as we watched the remaining passengers continued walking up the jet bridge.
By Nige
on December 2, 2023
at 6:38 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
The friendly bus driver dropped me at Heathrow T3 and I headed into Fast Track Security. The access point had been moved - I guess as a temporary measure whilst they make changes. It certainly wasn't fast today either!
By Nige
on December 2, 2023
at 10:33 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Dec 2023
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
This seems to be a common theme now: I book the BA flights which are timed early in the morning and as a result of their seasonal adjustments, BA changes the flights to the afternoon. If they know that's likely to happen, why not just set those times to start with?
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!
