Holiday to Pacific West Coast in Jun 2012

In Jun 2012, Vick and I went on our second US West Coast road trip in a convertible Mustang. We had a great time and you can read up about our amazing trip here.

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Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Summary

By Nige on Sat 20 Nov 2021 at 09:21
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
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 […]

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Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 6 – New York JFK to London LHR

By Nige on Tue 16 Nov 2021 at 20:04
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Tags: British Airways | JFK | LHR | London | New York | Trips | USA

When I got to T7, I checked in with BA who gave me new boarding passes.  The AA boarding passes won’t work with TSA Pre-Check for some reason, even though the TSA Pre-Check isn’t much to talk about in T7.  I’ve never understood why they don’t implement it properly.  Security was a joke as usual, […]

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Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 6 – Los Angeles LAX to New York JFK

By Nige on Tue 16 Nov 2021 at 08:56
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Tags: American Airlines | JFK | LAX | Los Angeles | New York | Trips | USA

That special place is of course Starbucks in the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT).  When I got there the queue was enormous and the staff seemed to be working really slowly.  I thought I would end up using all of the available 2 hours (before my next flight) queueing for a coffee! Luckily things seemed […]

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Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 5 – Honolulu HNL to Los Angeles LAX

By Nige on Mon 15 Nov 2021 at 12:39
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Tags: American Airlines | HNL | Honolulu | LAX | Los Angeles | Trips | USA

I ordered an Uber at 5:30pm – I always get to the point of thinking I may as well get on my way.  Why wait any longer?  Glad I did.  The Uber was fine and got me to the airport at around 6pm.  I headed to AA check in since I couldn’t check in online […]

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