After arriving into Helsinki, I proceeded directly to my next flight. I did not run through the airport, but I did walk with purpose. If I missed the flight, they would’ve (probably) just rebooked me onto the flight to New York and all would’ve been fine, so I wasn’t bothered if I missed it. IContinue reading “April Europe Weekend/Review Trip! Part 4: Helsinki to Los Angeles”
Category Archives: Business class (intercontinental)
April Europe Weekend/Review Trip! Part 1: Finnair
Upon arrival into Chicago, my original plan had been to go to T3 and check out the American Flagship Lounge. That wasn’t possible because when you’re in T5, you’re trapped because you can’t take the airside bus unless you have a connection, and you can’t enter another terminal with a T5 boarding pass. So thatContinue reading “April Europe Weekend/Review Trip! Part 1: Finnair”
Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 8-2 London to San Francisco (The End)
After exiting the Galleries First lounge, it was time to return to the United States finally. At this point, I had flown just over 14 000 of the total nearly 20 000 miles of the trip, and so I was ready for my final flight. And this flight was actually simple unlike the previous ones:Continue reading “Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 8-2 London to San Francisco (The End)”
Egyptair A321 Business Class CAI-MAN (Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 7)
Ok, so this flight is a very sore/touchy subject for Scott and me. We arrived at Cairo airport at around 9 pm for our 12:50 am flight. We were supposed to be flying Emirates First Class from Cairo to Dubai to London. However, Air Canada had messed up our tickets and so we couldn’t checkContinue reading “Egyptair A321 Business Class CAI-MAN (Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 7)”
Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 6 (Etihad narrow body business to Cairo)
At this point, I realize that I’ve really been powering through all these flight reports, but it’s March and I’m still working through my last 2023 flights. Next year, I think I will just do my “plans for 2025” posts at the beginning of the year even if I haven’t finished the 2024 flights. OrContinue reading “Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 6 (Etihad narrow body business to Cairo)”
Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 1 (SFO-LHR)
It’s time to begin the trip! As is often the case now, I started my journey at SFO. It’s not my favorite airport (that falls to LAX actually), but it is set up very efficiently, which is important in an airport. British Airways uses International Terminal A, which shares an entry hall with International Terminal G, but theyContinue reading “Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 1 (SFO-LHR)”
Back to Europe for the first time in a year! (SFO-LHR)
It is finally time: my first trip to Europe since moving out in August 2022. I scheduled my trip to take place between a flex day at work and a federal holiday (Juneteenth). I was able to leverage these two free days off to schedule an 11-day vacation for only 5 days off work. WhenContinue reading “Back to Europe for the first time in a year! (SFO-LHR)”
Memorial Day/Jubliee trip to the US
One of the things I’ve found interesting living in the UK is that there are two bank holidays in May—one at the beginning (roughly corresponding to May Day) and one at the end (usually overlaps with Memorial Day in the US). For the Early May Bank Holiday, I went to Portugal. This year, however, theContinue reading “Memorial Day/Jubliee trip to the US”
British Airways Club World on the A380 upper deck: London to Miami (2022)
For spring break this year, my parents invited me back to Miami. Before COVID, my parents and I used to go to Palm Springs each March to go watch the Indian Wells tennis tournament. Because of COVID, we haven’t been able to, so instead we decided to go to Miami because a) it was lessContinue reading “British Airways Club World on the A380 upper deck: London to Miami (2022)”
Washington Dulles (IAD) Polaris lounge review
The first trip report of 2022 is going to be a bit different from the others! This report covers my trip from Washington DC to London, and I decided to do something a bit different because I slept for the entire flight and so can’t comment on the inflight service. Originally, I had been planningContinue reading “Washington Dulles (IAD) Polaris lounge review”
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