My regular TP run to Helsinki over two weekends. Just before lockdown started in the UK. Eerily quiet in Helsinki!
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USA is a major tourist destination for us and a whole load more people around the globe
By Nige
on November 10, 2025
at 8:03 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday Washington DC in Nov 2025
Category: Travel
Tags: Hilton | Holidays | USA | Washington DC
Photos from Day 2 including multiple visits to Starbucks, a failed visit to the Washington Monument and some good food.
By Nige
on November 10, 2025
at 6:32 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday Washington DC in Nov 2025
Category: Travel
Tags: Hilton | Holidays | USA | Washington DC
After the disappointment of the Washington Monument, but the warming outcome of another visit to Starbucks, we headed back to the hotel to consider our options.
By Nige
on November 10, 2025
at 12:29 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday Washington DC in Nov 2025
Category: Travel
Tags: Hilton | Holidays | USA | Washington DC
We were looking forward to our trip up the Washington Monument. We had booked our tickets 30 days ahead and secured a visit at 10am.
By Nige
on November 10, 2025
at 8:59 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday Washington DC in Nov 2025
Category: Travel
Tags: Hilton | Holidays | USA | Washington DC
We turned the light off at around 7:30pm last night. Vick has conked out laying on the bed, and I was feeling fairly tired too, having had to focus hard to scoffing down my lemon raspberry cheesecake whilst watching an old episode of Law & Order SVU.
By Nige
on November 9, 2025
at 10:03 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday Washington DC in Nov 2025
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Hilton | Holidays | IAD | LHR | London | USA | Washington
Photos from Day 1 when we drove to Heathrow, flew with BA to Washington DC and enjoyed some good food at The Cheesecake Factory.
By Nige
on November 9, 2025
at 8:02 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday Washington DC in Nov 2025
Category: Travel
Tags: Hilton | Holidays | IAD | USA | Washington
After leaving the aircraft, we walked about 50 yards down the corridor of the satellite terminal building into the Mobile Lounge.
By Nige
on November 9, 2025
at 4:56 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday Washington DC in Nov 2025
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Hilton | Holidays | IAD | LHR | London | USA | Washington
When we arrived at The First Wing (TFW), we found it fairly quiet. We had received an email from BA advising of changes being made to TFW and the First Lounge. So, we were quite interested to find out what they were changing.
By Nige
on November 9, 2025
at 8:30 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday Washington DC in Nov 2025
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Hilton | Holidays | IAD | LHR | London | USA | Washington
We always look forward to a holiday in the US. But we have grown accustomed to flying with lots of leg room! This time it would be another BA flight, which pains me nowadays due to their betrayal of their most loyal travellers in pursuit of corporate profits.
By Nige
on November 1, 2025
at 1:28 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday Washington DC in Nov 2025
Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | British Airways | Hertz | Hilton | Holidays | IAD | LHR | London | USA | Washington
We haven't been back to Washington DC for years, so we decided it was time for another visit. Following the debacle of the BA Executive Club demolition, we decided to blow some Avios and a Companion Voucher.
By Nige
on October 8, 2024
at 6:23 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Tucson in Oct 2024
Category: Travel
Tags: AGP | American Airlines | Arizona | British Airways | DUB | Dublin | JFK | LAX | LHR | London Heathrow | Los Angeles | Malaga | New York Kennedy | Trips | Tucson | TUS | USA
The end of another exciting TP run; exciting for me anyway! My first time in Tucson, Arizona and I was pleasantly surprised.
