I took my father to New York City back in December 2017, and he’d loved the city and I knew he’d like a return visit. But rather than just repeat the same trip, I decided to weave in a short…
Category: Boeing 747-400
AA Flagship Lounge Airbus A319 Airbus A320 Boeing 737 Boeing 747-400 Dublin Heathrow T5 JFK Las Vegas
Back to Vegas, Part 1
AA Re-routing…again! Most of the multi-segment itineraries I book in advance with American Airlines seem to end up being subject to schedule change and re-routing, and this Vegas run is no exception. A few days before the trip, when going…
Airbus A319 Airbus A320 Airbus A321 American Airlines BA Boeing 747-400 Bucharest Club Europe Club World Embraer E-145 JFK Philadelphia Phoenix
Phoenix Run Part 10, Trip Summary
BA Tier Points Earned LHR-OTP 80 OTP-LHR 80 LHR-PHL 140 PHL-PHX 140 PHX-PHL 140 PHL-JFK 20 JFK-LHR 140 LHR-OTP 80 OTP-LHR 80 Total: 900 Costs Accomodation £50.13 – One night, Vienna House Hotel, Bucharest £123.53 – Two nights, Comfort Suites,…
Phoenix Run Part 8, JFK to Heathrow
JFK Layover Our tiny Embraer E-145 lands at JFK Terminal 8. By contrast the terminal is huge, bigger than most airports in its own right. It takes an age to walk from our gate to the exit, but as the…
Vegas Part 7, Back to the UK
Philadelphia to Heathrow (140 TP) The traffic on the highway from downtown Philly to the airport is busy, but it’s free flowing. My Uber driver is noted for her “great conversations”, but aside from her initial curiosity as to what…
Vegas Part 3, Heathrow to New York
Queen of the Skies There’s something just “right” about seeing a BA Boeing 747-400 parked up at the gate at Heathrow T5; the shape is unarguably majestic. Whilst other more modern aircraft such as the A380 and 787 Dreamliner, with…