Tokyo – London in British Airways FIRST Class With our bags already waiting in the hotel lobby area, we climbed into a taxi and our bags were loaded in. We’d be flying out of Narita Terminal 1 back to London, so the hotel staff explained this to the driver, and we were off. It was...

>Planning The TripIt was 1st April 2006, and Alex and I were sitting at a blackjack table in a casino on the Isle Of Man. It was approaching 2am, and Alex was all out of chips (having lost a huge £10). I on the other hand was £43 up, and a small crowd was gathering; this is big money over...

London Stansted – New York JFK on EOS I’ve done the trip from London to New York a few times for work. Company policy gave me the choice of Premium Economy in BA or Business Class in AA, so I always chose AA. I even earned a few miles along the way that I’m saving for a...

>IntroductionFirst things first… this Bonanza was a lot crammed into a little time. The write up however is a lot with no cramming… sorry! So rather than the usual single post write up, I’ve split it up into days.Select which section you’d like to see:All SectionsIntroduction /...

>London Heathrow – Boston in British Airways First ClassFollowing a clear run in the taxi to Heathrow Terminal 4, I met Phil in the First Check In area, and we went to collect our boarding passes from the desk. As always, we’d checked in 24 hours before hand online, and had secured the...

>Boston – San Francisco in American Airlines First ClassThanks to the 5 hour time difference, getting up at 5:30 am felt more like having a lie-in. As our eager taxi driver sped into the drop off zone, a guy was about to step onto the crossing just in front of us, but then thought better of...

>The Sheraton Princess Kaiulani, HonoluluAs we’d booked 5* hotels for the rest of the trip, we thought we’d stay on a budget when booking the Hawaii nights (so long as we got miles or points for the stay!). Most of the hotels in the area were fully booked, or extremely expensive. However...

>Honolulu – Los Angeles in American Airlines First ClassAt 5:30am we checked out of our hotel, and drove back to the airport to return our car to Avis, and then took the courtesy bus to the main terminal.To be honest, the time wasn’t really a problem because of the time difference… in...

>Still Out in San FranciscoOur flight back to Boston wasn’t until 1pm, so when I got up I decided to hire a taxi to go to the Golden Gate Bridge. It was about 20 minutes drive from the hotel, and when we reached the bridge we drove over it and pulled up at a look out point.While the lookout...

>Out in BostonWe went down to have a chat with the concierge about Bus tours, and he recommended Old Town Trolley Tours. There’s also a tour on an amphibious bus/boat, but that didn’t cover nearly as much. We bought our tickets from him for $26 each (he convinced us we looked like...