Spent Christmas in 2013 driving around the US South West: Las Vegas, Palm Springs, San Diego and Death Valley.
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USA is a major tourist destination for us and a whole load more people around the globe
By Nige
on February 27, 2014
at 3:03 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | EWR | Hilton | LAX | Los Angeles | New York | Trips | USA
So I now had the challenge of getting across New York from JFK to EWR. If you look at a map, the two airports are (roughly) equidistant from Manhattan and (roughly) on the same level.
By Nige
on February 27, 2014
at 10:47 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | JFK | New York | Shannon | SNN | Trips | USA
Once we got the call to reboard, we were back on the plane within a minute, and it was only another 5 or 10 mins before we were taking off for JFK. I didn’t notice the time, but it felt like we were about on time.
By Nige
on February 26, 2014
at 8:11 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | British Airways | BRU | Brussels | EWR | Hilton | HNL | Honolulu | JFK | LAX | LCY | LHR | London City | London Heathrow | Los Angeles | MIA | Miami | New York | San Juan | SJU | Trips | USA
Well just days to go now, and I’m getting prepared for my long trip. Itinerary has been printed; flight bookings printed; hotel bookings printed; maps to get me across London, and across NYC printed; and I’ve got my ESTA, Global Entry and travel insurance details printed as well.
By Nige
on February 25, 2014
at 4:03 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014
Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | British Airways | BRU | Brussels | EWR | Hawaii | Hilton | HNL | Honolulu | JFK | LAX | LCY | LHR | London | Los Angeles | New York | Shannon | SNN | Trips | USA
Shouldn’t be scary this one - I’ve done overseas trips on my own before (well once), and I’ve worn the t-shirt, and watched the video, and read the book etc. No big deal.
By Nige
on December 13, 2013
at 7:32 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | British Airways | DUB | Dublin | GCM | Grand Cayman | Hilton | JFK | LAS | Las Vegas | LHR | London Heathrow | MAN | Manchester | MIA | Miami | New York | Trips | USA
Time to chill and earn some serious miles with BA and AA. This trip will take me from Manchester to Heathrow, over to Dublin where I stay at the airport Hilton, then it’s on to JFK in the morning where I have my interview to complete my Global Entry application.
By Nige
on December 1, 2013
at 7:25 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013
Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | Announcements | British Airways | DUB | Dublin | GCM | Grand Cayman | Hilton | JFK | LAS | Las Vegas | LHR | London | MIA | Miami | New York | Trips | USA
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.
By Nige
on August 24, 2013
at 11:00 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to Hawaii in Aug 2013
Category: Travel
Tags: Hilton | HNL | Honolulu | IAD | LAX | Los Angeles | USA | Washington
Photos from Day 3.
By Nige
on August 24, 2013
at 2:00 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to Hawaii in Aug 2013
Category: Travel
Tags: Hilton | HNL | Honolulu | IAD | LAX | Los Angeles | USA | Washington
We took one 5mg tablet of melatonin last night and we both felt the effect early in the morning - we both felt drowsy around 2am, but still found it difficult to turn our brains off.
By Nige
on August 23, 2013
at 11:00 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to Hawaii in Aug 2013
Category: Travel
Tags: Belgium | British Airways | BRU | Brussels | Heathrow | Hilton | London | Mai Thai | Sheraton | USA | Washington
Photos from Day 2.
By Nige
on August 23, 2013
at 6:00 pm
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to Hawaii in Aug 2013
Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | Heathrow | Hilton | London | Mai Thai | USA | Washington
The flight from LHR was pretty good. Upper deck was comfy and I had plenty of legroom in 62K, good selection of films and food was pretty decent as well.
