Virgin Atlantic Los Angeles to London for February and March departure dates is as low as $766 round trip. That is not a particularly low fare to Europe, but it is a good deal for nonstop flights to London from LAX. Norwegian Airlines also flies nonstop to London Gatwick for as low as $500 to…
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British Airways Goldilocks transatlantic temperatures LHR-SFO
Kelley was forewarned. The common factor was cold air in all four of my British Airways flights between California and London in September and October on either a Boeing 744 or Airbus 388. I kept my sweater on nearly all the time on each long-haul flight. The British Airways 744 flight San Francisco to London…
Review: British Airways LHR T5 Galleries First Lounge

Our trip to London for Thanksgiving week provided two opportunities to visit the British Airways London Heathrow Terminal 5 Galleries First Lounge. My September and October trips around Europe included several visits to the British Airways T5 North Galleries Club lounge. Just like when flying, there are several different lounge classes at London Heathrow and…
British Airways hand baggage only fare trumps Oneworld Emerald elite benefits
British Airways had the best deal for flying London Heathrow LHR to Stockholm ARN for a positioning flight and our return home from Thanksgiving week in London. I organized our trip around flying on AAdvantage MileSAAver economy class one-way award tickets from Monterey MRY to Los Angeles to London LHR for 20,000 miles + $5.60…
AAdvantage Executive Platinum Diary Day 35 – the nightmare ends or is just beginning?
Poor despicable elite me! Here is the story of my airport nightmare today. *** I am in a conversation with this older man about how frantically rushed people appear inside the airport lounge as I notice he is dressed in a fashionable London tailored business suit. Then, there is me, wearing black jeans with some…
Feeling lucky punk? Definitely not in LHR Terminal 4 Security
Quick post as I wait to board Air France London to Paris. London Heathrow LHR Terminal 4 is a trip. Etihad and Qatar fly out of the terminal along with several SkyTeam Alliance airlines. This is a great place for people watching with many cultures mingling together in a cosmopolitan space of Terminal 4. Sikh…
Back in LHR British Airways lounge
About an hour to go before I board my next transatlantic flight to Chicago. Back in the London LHR British Airways lounge, which looks to be my home base for another 16 hours over the next two weeks as I transit through LHR a couple more times. Oneworld lounge access on international travel is the…
American SFO and LAX to London $672 to $700 over holidays
American Airlines continues low fares to Europe today with San Francisco and Los Angeles to London as low as $672 round trip with one or two stops or $700 round trip to fly British Airways nonstop flights, even during Thanksgiving week and Christmas holiday week. Departure dates: Low fare flights are available seven days of…
Air New Zealand $812, Virgin Atlantic $868 LAX to London Xmas and New Year’s weeks
Award tickets from Los Angeles to London are difficult to get at this late date for travel over Christmas and New Year’s holiday weeks on low level award rates. This sale is for travel during those two holiday weeks with Air New Zealand or Virgin America nonstop flights. Air New Zealand $812.20 fares are available…
American Airlines Executive Platinum Challenge routing ticketed and six intra-Europe flight choices

Three trips to Europe to earn American Airlines AAdvantage Executive Platinum elite status are ticketed. Six airline tickets for intra-Europe travel are ticketed. This is a long piece detailing in part how I created a multi-faceted European itinerary for September 2015 while pulling in some 40,000 EQM and 70,000 redeemable miles in American Airlines AAdvantage,…