After a short stay in Boston, I joined my parents in Miami to sit by the beach and play some tennis. Generally when I travel, I’m either staying at a friend’s place or only around for a day or two, so I don’t usually write hotel reviews. We stayed at the Ritz-Carlton in Key Biscayne. Continue reading “MIA-LAX Flagship Business Transcontinental”
Category Archives: First class (in North America)
Quick bonus post: EWR-RIC!
After clearing customs in Newark, I made my way to the United Club in Newark’s C gates. I’ve been to this one a few times now. It’s in a hexagon shape, around the food court, which makes the lounge feel open and airy. However, it doesn’t have a great bathroom situation, and seating can beContinue reading “Quick bonus post: EWR-RIC!”
The one true domestic first class in the US: American Airlines’ Flagship First service from LAX to JFK
At the end of my trip to the US in April, I needed to get from Los Angeles to London. The disastrous passport control queues at London’s Heathrow Airport have been making headlines for the last couple months, but Krister had had a relatively quick experience (around 30 minutes) after his flight from New YorkContinue reading “The one true domestic first class in the US: American Airlines’ Flagship First service from LAX to JFK”
An Autumn Escape (part 7: positioning flight to NYC)
When I had originally planned this trip, I had anticipated either going to Boston before returning to the UK or to just buy a separate, one-way ticket to JFK airport from Richmond. The Boston part ended up not happening, and American Airlines had cancelled its RIC-JFK service (which never has been a very big hitContinue reading “An Autumn Escape (part 7: positioning flight to NYC)”
An Autumn Escape (part 6C: finally to Richmond)
One more flight to go to get to Richmond! I opted to do this post separately, as this flight had enough substantive differences to be worth its own post, compared to the previous two flights. After arriving in Dallas, I made my way from the A terminal to the C terminal by means of theContinue reading “An Autumn Escape (part 6C: finally to Richmond)”
An Autumn Escape (part 6A/B trying to get to Richmond)
After a great three days of hiking in Utah with my friends Alex and Ben, it was time to go see my family in Virginia. Like with many things these days, finding a convenient flight was not the easiest task. Since we were in southern Utah, St. George (SGU) was the closest airport, but it’sContinue reading “An Autumn Escape (part 6A/B trying to get to Richmond)”
An Autumn Escape (part 5: to Vegas! briefly…)
After a nice two days in San Francisco, it was, unfortunately, time to bid farewell to my friend Valerie and make my way to Las Vegas. No, not to go gamble, but rather to get picked up by my friends Alex and Ben and go visit Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park in southern Utah. Continue reading “An Autumn Escape (part 5: to Vegas! briefly…)”
Flight #1 from New Mexico back to Liverpool!
I’m back in the UK now after the trip to New Mexico to collect some rocks! Annique and I brought back over 200 lbs of rocks in 5 checked bags between the two of us (all free!). Amazingly, at the premier access check-in at El Paso airport, they didn’t even bat an eye. The TSAContinue reading “Flight #1 from New Mexico back to Liverpool!”
Flight #3 to New Mexico!
We’ve finished day 8 and are almost done with our field work! And I’m just now getting around to part 3… just in time in 2 days to travel back to the UK and have 3 more flights to review… My bad. Good news though, my complimentary upgrade for the flight from El Paso toContinue reading “Flight #3 to New Mexico!”
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