We are on our travels again! This time we are heading over to Canada to do a mini road-trip from Toronto up to Montreal and on to Quebec City. It should be a warm break at this time of the year.
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Trips are jaunts that we have taken that are not considered holidays
By Nige
on January 22, 2022
at 6:16 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to San Francisco in Jan 2022
Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London | Trips
I had set my alarm for 4:30am, on the basis that the first train to T5 would be leaving Hatton Cross at 5:05am. In the end I was awake about 20 mins early, but thought I might as well get up and have a leisurely start to the day. As a result of the refresh, […]
By Nige
on January 21, 2022
at 5:59 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to San Francisco in Jan 2022
Category: Travel
Tags: AMS | British Airways | LHR | London | Netherlands | Trips
Photos from Day 1.
By Nige
on January 21, 2022
at 5:52 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to San Francisco in Jan 2022
Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London | Trips
I have not stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn for a very long time – a symptom of covid and the pandemic I guess. Whilst I have been away, they have refurbished the place – looks much nicer in the public areas and even the guest rooms have had a bit of a makeover. My […]
By Nige
on January 21, 2022
at 4:47 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to San Francisco in Jan 2022
Category: Travel
Tags: AMS | British Airways | LHR | London | Netherlands | Trips
I wandered up and down an empty concourse at Amsterdam and then headed back to Gate D18 to wait for boarding to commence. On the way back to Heathrow, I was back in my normal seat (01F). When I walked through the galley, the cabin crew did a double-take and immediately asked whether I was […]
By Nige
on January 21, 2022
at 8:43 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to San Francisco in Jan 2022
Category: Travel
Tags: AMS | British Airways | LHR | London | Netherlands | Trips
I arrived on the bus from POD parking into bus stop 28, just outside the lifts, which I took up to level 5 and departures. T5 didn’t appear to be too busy and within 3 or 4 mins I was standing outside The First Wing (TFW). I already had my two boarding cards for the […]
By Nige
on January 21, 2022
at 8:24 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to San Francisco in Jan 2022
Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London | Trips
Another trip that I am looking forward to immensely began with a relatively mundane drive to Heathrow. Left home just before midday and I had to take Vick’s car due to the missus needing to drive up to see her dad in Lichfield on Sat with her brother. Not a big deal to me, but […]
By Nige
on January 2, 2022
at 7:51 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to San Francisco in Jan 2022
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | AMS | British Airways | JFK | LAX | LHR | Los Angeles | Netherlands | New York | San Francisco | SFO | Trips | USA
Preparations Managed to sneak this trip in during Jan. It was originally a June booking that was impacted by flight cancellations, so at the start of Jan I decided to take advantage of my ability to rebook my trip avoiding all of the original restrictions: as long as there is flight availability. That allowed me […]
By Nige
on January 2, 2022
at 12:00 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Las Vegas in Feb 2022
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | AMS | Amsterdam | Announcements | British Airways | Hilton | LAS | Las Vegas | LAX | LHR | London | Los Angeles | Trips | USA
Enjoying getting back into flying after the awful last few years. Managed to sneak in another trip in Feb with Las Vegas in my sights.
By Nige
on January 1, 2022
at 7:42 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to San Francisco in Jan 2022
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | AMS | Announcements | British Airways | JFK | LAX | LHR | Los Angeles | Netherlands | New York | San Francisco | SFO | Trips | USA
Managed to sneak in another trip in Jan. San Francisco is a great place to visit!
By Nige
on November 20, 2021
at 9:21 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | British Airways | CDG | France | LAX | LHR | London | Los Angeles | New York | Paris | Trips
I’ve enjoyed my first significant trip in over 18 months: Using Verifly to manage all of the covid-related requirements worked really smoothly and airlines were happy to review the app during check in. Wearing masks all through my flights was a real chore. I experienced the new BA Club World suite for the first time […]
