Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles
Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada
Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal
Day 3: A Day of Sightseeing in Lisbon
Day 4: An Unexpected Extra Day + New Years in Lisbon
Day 5: 12-Hour Bus Trip from Lisbon to Algeciras, Spain via Seville
Day 6: Monkeying Around in British Gibraltar + Ferry to ...
Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles
Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada
Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal
Day 3: A Day of Sightseeing in Lisbon
Day 4: An Unexpected Extra Day + New Years in Lisbon
Day 5: 12-Hour Bus Trip from Lisbon to Algeciras, Spain via Seville
Day 6: Monkeying Around in British Gibraltar + Ferry to ...
Time for another trip report!
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Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles
Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada
Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal
Day 3: A Day of Sightseeing in Lisbon
Day 4: An Unexpected Extra Day + New Years in Lisbon
Day 5: 12-Hour Bus Trip from Lisbon to Algeciras, Spain via Seville
Day 6: Monkeying ...
I had the chance to join Lucky for some mileage running over the weekend and was able to snag a great fare to Seattle. The only catch: I had to get up to Newark or LaGuardia to start the run. I chose Newark because it was easier to get to from Philadelphia's 30th Street Train Station.
Saturday morning I hopped on a SEPTA regional train to Trenton with a connection on NJTransit directly to EWR. The whole journey took about two hours and I was able to get some work done onboard, despite ...
-Philadelphia to Moscow Domodedovo in United Business
-Transit at DME + Austrian Airlines Lounge
-Moscow to Dulles on United + A Bump on United Express
Part III
There was an additional security check at the United gate: another bag search and pat-down. The Russian man doing the check was very apologetic, thanking each passenger profusely for complying and apologizing for the delay.
The purser, who turned out to be a gem, greeted me as I boarded and ...
-Philadelphia to Moscow Domodedovo in United Business
-Transit at DME + Austrian Airlines Lounge
-Moscow to Dulles on United + A Bump on United Express
Part II
The runway was littered with Russian aircraft--Tupolevs and Ilyushins as far as the eye could see. I thought that TU-134s were being phased out, but there were quite a few of them on the ground that seemed to be in active service. DME is a hub for an airline I had never heard of, S7, but it seems that ...
