One of the stranger parts to me about flying into an American airport is that you are dumped straight into the terminal and can wander around freely. I know it’s not unusual, but I don’t often do it on the European flights that I take. It also means one can access the lounge on arrival,… Read More A Golden Trip Part 6 – A day in New York
As most of my flying originates in London, I rarely go through flight connections. I arrived at Terminal 5 on the bus from Terminal 3 and was quickly through fast-track security, only to be dumped at the top of the escalator into standard security. In the middle of the holidays, there were lots of families… Read More A Golden Trip Part 3 – First Class across the Atlantic and the USA
A few years ago, America was an excellent place for Tier Point runs because flights under 2000 miles earned 60 tier points and those over 2000 earned 210 tier points. This was in line with First class earnings but the equivalent to business class prices in Europe because American sold their classes as First and… Read More American Airlines A321T Flagship First New York to Los Angeles
Once through security, the lift to the American Airlines lounge complex is ahead to the left. These lounges are accessible to passengers flying in business and first, as well as oneWorld Sapphire and Emerald. As I was flying on American’s flagship First service from New York to Los Angeles on the Airbus 321T, a single… Read More American Airlines Flagship First Dining and Ground Transfer
The first long haul section of the trip was perhaps the most eagerly awaited flight for me. I have flown on a 747, and in First class, before but I had not been able to do so in row one as this was the first time that I had done so as a Gold member… Read More Review: London to New York in First class on British Airways 747
In looking for a hotel for my school trip, I needed to find one with as many separate beds in a rooms as possible to reduce costs. Many American hotels will have 2 doubles, but I wanted more, and the Yotel was the answer to my searching. Located on 42nd and 10th, it is in… Read More Review: Yotel New York
More often than not, flight reviews on this site and others are for premium cabins. Given the lower number of seats and therefore smaller turnover of passengers, it means that Business of First flights seem more special and worth writing about, compared to an Economy leg. However, in planning for this trip, I realised that… Read More Review: American Airlines London – New York in Economy
After a pretty busy week, it was time to head home. An early flight from Las Vegas to New York meant that I had to return my hire car to the airport at around 0530. Getting through security was a fairly quick process and I was soon at the gates. Having had a successful night… Read More Vegas2017 – Part 4: Homeward-bound
We purchased a 5 day New York Pass for think $299 each (There is currently $50 off here). DaddyAirmiles reckoned we saved $150 each on entrance fees so it was well worth it. We bought them months ago and they arrived a week later in the post. This allowed Daddyairmiles to work out a full… Read More GUEST POST: MummyAirmiles’ buys an Access (almost) All Areas NYC Pass
MummyAirmiles got in touch recently to ask about some hotels for her late summer jaunt to New York. She has clearly been paying attention to some of the advice I give her, as she booked an exCPH fare in Club World using 30,000 Avios per person to fly both her and Dad for an outlay… Read More MummyAirmiles’ hotel dilemma
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