Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2022

Back into the routine of running for Tier Points at the start of my BA Executive Club membership year.

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Tag Archive for France

By Nige on Sat 01 Oct 2022 at 19:04
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This is an archive showing posts assigned to tag: France.

France is part of Europe and the European Union (EU).

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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
Type: Post 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 […]

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Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 2 – Paris CDG to Heathrow

By Nige on Fri 12 Nov 2021 at 06:54
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Type: Post Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | CDG | France | Hawaii | LHR | London | Paris | Trips

When the sun rose, it became clear that the mist had stuck around overnight.  I wondered whether that might have an impact on flights.   As it happens it seemed to have absolutely no effect on flights into or out of CDG.  Perhaps partly due to having fewer scheduled flights just now? I wandered back to […]

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Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 2 – Early Morning in Paris

By Nige on Fri 12 Nov 2021 at 06:42
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Type: Post Category: Travel
Tags: CDG | France | Hawaii | Hilton | Paris | Trips

Woke at 6am – I had set my alarm for 7am.  Felt fairly rested even considering the very soft mattress. The hotel is fairly worn, but has big rooms.  It doesn’t seem too busy, but there were a lot of rooms on floor 4 which were being used – I could tell by all of […]

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Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Day 1 – London LHR to Paris CDG

By Nige on Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 19:38
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Type: Post Category: Travel
Tags: British Airways | CDG | France | Hilton | LHR | London | Paris | Trips

The First Lounge was fairly busy – about as busy as I remember it pre-covid. On entering the CCR, I didn’t need to show my CCR card, so that was available from a scan of my boarding pass. The CCR has been spruced up a little with new, slightly more modern furniture. Again, it felt […]

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Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021: Prep

By Nige on Wed 10 Nov 2021 at 07:02
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021
Type: Post Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | British Airways | CDG | France | Hawaii | HNL | Honolulu | JFK | LAX | LHR | Los Angeles | New York | Paris | Trips | USA

Preparations Nice quiet day today ahead of the start of my first trip in 18 months or so. Not flying until late in the day, but decided to take the day off to avoid any last-minute stress and to make sure I’ve got everything in order, including all of the covid testing procedures. I took […]

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