Traffic to JFK is moderately busy, slow moving and stationary in places, but there are no severe hold ups. We arrive at Terminal 7 about 3 hours before our flight, the BA172. We collect boarding passes, and breeze through security…
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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…
New York, via Charlotte
This sounds like another tier point run; to get to New York, via a 9hr 30min flight to Charlotte North Carolina, followed by a 2hr connection to New York. But it’s not, and unlike the previous trips I wrote about,…
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 4, New York JFK to Las Vegas
Connecting at JFK BA international flights arrive at JFK Terminal 7, and to connect to my domestic American Airlines flight to Vegas I need to change to Terminal 8. There’s an elevated transit called the AirTrain which connects the terminals,…
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…