Bit scary this - my first overseas trip by air on my own! At 47! I’ve always had someone in tow to rely on for finding my way around, or picking up things from hotel rooms when I have left them, and there’s no one but myself to rely on.
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Trips are jaunts that we have taken that are not considered holidays
By Nige
on February 17, 2024
at 2:29 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | Hilton | HNL | Honolulu | LAX | Los Angeles | Trips | Waikiki
I managed to turn off the light last night at half past midnight. Three hours later and I was awake and raring to go. The alarm was set for 4am, but there was no point in hanging around.
By Nige
on February 16, 2024
at 11:16 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | Hilton | JFK | LAX | Los Angeles | New York | Trips
When I finally got out of the baggage hall, I headed up the escalator to departures and popped into the First Checkin area to see whether I needed to exchange my BA boarding pass for an AA boarding pass in order to get me into TSA Pre-Check.
By Nige
on February 16, 2024
at 8:54 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | JFK | LHR | London Heathrow | New York | Trips
From Gate A21 I whizzed around into Arrivals and found the automated passport kiosks completely empty. Consequently, I was straight through. What was all the fuss about over the last few years?
By Nige
on February 16, 2024
at 12:00 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: AMS | Amsterdam | British Airways | LHR | London Heathrow | Trips
The D concourse at Schipol airport was chocker when we arrived at the end of the airbridge, with quite a few passengers waiting for the flight back to Heathrow.
By Nige
on February 16, 2024
at 9:34 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: AMS | Amsterdam | British Airways | LHR | London Heathrow | Trips
The shuttle bus arrived into stop 28 at Heathrow T5. The shuttle driver was a friendly woman who liked having her rock music on reasonably loud! Made a change to the usual shuttle drivers I've experienced.
By Nige
on February 16, 2024
at 5:21 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | LHR | London Heathrow | Trips
I've not had a very early start ahead of a trip for a long time. I often stay at a hotel the night before nowadays. Today I was up not long after 3am. That's an early start!
By Nige
on February 14, 2024
at 9:26 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: AMS | Amsterdam | British Airways | Hawaii | Hilton | HNL | Honolulu | JFK | LAX | LHR | London Heathrow | Los Angeles | New York | Trips | USA | Waikiki
Another exciting trip to Hawaii that I booked months ago to take advantage of a 180+ day low-cost fare basis. Out of all of the Hawaiian islands, I always choose O'Ahu if I am travelling on my own. There's so much to see and do in Waikiki and I don't need to book a hire car to get around.
By Nige
on February 1, 2024
at 12:00 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | AMS | Amsterdam | Announcements | British Airways | Hawaii | Hilton | HNL | Honolulu | JFK | LAX | LHR | London Heathrow | Los Angeles | New York | Trips | USA | Waikiki
My first trip to Hawaii in more than 12 months - I'm getting withdrawal symptoms! This trip starts in Amsterdam and follows the well-trodden path of flying over to Hawaii via London Heathrow, New York JFK and Los Angeles LAX. I start with an initial positioning flight from Heathrow to Amsterdam.
By Nige
on January 29, 2024
at 9:34 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jan 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Bulgaria | LHR | London Heathrow | SOF | Sofia | Trips
Photos from Day 4.
By Nige
on January 29, 2024
at 8:34 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Sofia in Jan 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: LHR | London Heathrow | Trips
At the tube station, I only had to wait for one minute for a train to arrive and then it was a short walk back to the HGI at Hatton Cross to pay for my parking and for me to get in the car to drive home.
