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)”
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Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 8-1 London Heathrow’s Terminal 5 Galleries First Lounge
My primary airline status is Gold Status through British Airways. This status provides me with Oneworld Emerald status when flying on any Oneworld airline. The two big perks of Oneworld Emerald status are access to First Class check-ins and First Class lounges. These are incremental perks over the lower Oneworld Sapphire perks that include accessContinue reading “Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 8-1 London Heathrow’s Terminal 5 Galleries First Lounge”
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 5-2 (Etihad First Class Part 2: the flight)
With my introduction to Etihad being that lounge, I was pretty unimpressed at this point. However, that started to change as soon as Scott and I turned left and were led to our first class apartments: 3A and 4A, respectively. The immediate impression, of course, was how huge the space was on an airplane scaleContinue reading “Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 5-2 (Etihad First Class Part 2: the flight)”
Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 5-1 (Etihad First Class Part 1: the ground)
After the short, uneventful flight from Frankfurt to London, Scott and I took a connection bus from Terminal 2 to Terminal 4. There was a bus already waiting when we arrived at the bus stop, which was awesome. The ride was not short over to T4 (which is on the other side of Heathrow fromContinue reading “Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 5-1 (Etihad First Class Part 1: the ground)”
Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 4 (Frankfurt lounges + FRA – LHR)
Upon arrival in Frankfurt off my economy class flight from Venice, I made my way through the Schengen exit checks. Scott had already arrived that morning and was relaxing in the Maple Leaf Lounge. Since I was departing Frankfurt on a Lufthansa (international) business class flight, I was eligible to use the lounge under Star AllianceContinue reading “Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 4 (Frankfurt lounges + FRA – LHR)”
Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 3 (VCE-FRA: Marco Polo Lounge + an Economy flight)
After a long weekend in Venice with my friend (whose name is also Michael), it was time to begin the most chaotic part of my trip: the journey from Venice to Cairo via Frankfurt, London, and Abu Dhabi. Scott and I were unable to book my flight to Cairo as starting in Venice, so IContinue reading “Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 3 (VCE-FRA: Marco Polo Lounge + an Economy flight)”
Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 2 EuroBiz (LHR-VCE)
At the end of the last post, I was just about to start my connection in London. And you know, what? I had probably the smoothest connection in Heathrow I’ve ever had. I got off the plane, walked directly to transfers, scanned my boarding pass, and then cleared security. It worked exactly how it was supposed to. There were plentyContinue reading “Thanksgiving 2023 EuroTrip: Part 2 EuroBiz (LHR-VCE)”
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)”
