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”
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TAP Air Portugal Porto to London
For the ‘Early May Bank Holiday’, I took a short trip to Porto for the Bachelor Party of a friend of mine. I booked flights from London to Porto on TAP Air Portugal. I had a few choices of carrier from London, including Ryanair (which my friends flew) from Stansted, British Airways from Heathrow, andContinue reading “TAP Air Portugal Porto to London”
Easter trip to Berlin (part 4: WAW-LHR)
After going the exact opposite direction of London from Berlin to Warsaw, I was ready to go to London. Once inside Warsaw airport, I made my way toward the non-Schengen border control. I stopped by the duty-free store and then had an extremely friendly and efficient border guard who gave me my first Poland stamp! Continue reading “Easter trip to Berlin (part 4: WAW-LHR)”
Easter trip to Berlin (part 3: BER-WAW)
I had a great long weekend seeing my friends in Berlin and getting to know some new friends of friends (who are now friends). Unfortunately, come Monday, it was time to leave them and return to work. They were staying a few more days to go to more events (and because they had much fartherContinue reading “Easter trip to Berlin (part 3: BER-WAW)”
Easter trip to Berlin (part 2: ZRH-BER)
After my chance to try out the A220, I connected directly onto a Swiss flight to Berlin. I had booked myself a 45-minute layover, since I’d read that Zurich airport was very efficient. The incoming flight was delayed by about 10 min, but I wasn’t too worried because I figured I’d either make it orContinue reading “Easter trip to Berlin (part 2: ZRH-BER)”
SwissAir A220 Business Class (Easter trip to Berlin part 1: LCY-ZRH)
While I was in Boston, the two friends I was visiting told me that they were heading to Berlin around the Easter weekend. I have a general policy that if any of my friends show up to Europe, I’ll join them for the weekend. Normally it’s because I haven’t seen them for a while, butContinue reading “SwissAir A220 Business Class (Easter trip to Berlin part 1: LCY-ZRH)”
Spring trip to the East Coast (round 4: back to London from DC)
At the end of my two weeks in the US, it was time to head back to London. I booked myself on another A380 flight, but this time it was from DC to London. I’m not very good at sleeping on planes, and flights from the East Coast of the US are just not longContinue reading “Spring trip to the East Coast (round 4: back to London from DC)”
Spring trip to the East Coast (round 3: little hop to DC)
After a long weekend in Boston visiting some friends, it was time to hop over to DC for another adventure. The flight from Boston to DC is one that I’ve done a few times in the past. Flights on this route (along with Boston – New York LaGuardia and New York LaGuardia – DC) haveContinue reading “Spring trip to the East Coast (round 3: little hop to DC)”
Spring trip to the East Coast (round 2B: JFK to Boston) in pseudo-Flagship First Class
I had originally planned to merge this report with the previous one, but I decided to split it. I’ve realized that I reference articles based on what type of seat they have, and the Miami to JFK post might need to be referenced later for American Airlines’ 777-200 business class seat. That was the firstContinue reading “Spring trip to the East Coast (round 2B: JFK to Boston) in pseudo-Flagship First Class”
Miami to JFK on a 777 in pseudo-Flagship Business Class (Spring trip to the East Coast round 2A)
After a delightful week in Miami having spring break and watching the Miami Open, it was unfortunately time to leave. But on the plus side, I was on the way to Boston to see a pair of friends! Normally, one would take a direct flight from Miami to Boston, which is also what the checkContinue reading “Miami to JFK on a 777 in pseudo-Flagship Business Class (Spring trip to the East Coast round 2A)”
