We were going to visit family after our trip so instead of flying back to Chicago, we took the direct flight from London to Phoenix. It meant we had some extra time to fully experience first class. We were seated in seats 4E and 4F in the middle of the cabin. These were probably the […]
Tag: British Airways
Elemis Spa and Cathay Pacific First Lounge Heathrow
We took the train to the airport and arrived a little over 90 minutes before departure. We had some issues at check-in for unspecified reasons with a lot of running between computers and frantically looking at watches. Eventually the issue was resolved and we headed through security. We stopped in the British Airways lounge in […]
British Airways B747 Club World – Chicago to London
After a short delay boarding, we were onboard and walked up the steps to the upper deck. This was especially exciting for me as I have always wanted to sit on the upper deck on the Boeing 747. Sure it is just another seat on the plane, but there is something special about having to […]
Introduction – Western Europe Trip
At the beginning of February, we took a trip to London, Paris, and Amsterdam. We were not even sure we would be able to squeeze this in with a baby on the way and job obligations. We originally planned a British Isles cruise in May, but this was just a few weeks after the due […]
British Airways Terraces Lounge – O’Hare Terminal 5
Given the unreliability and unavailability of flights leaving our home airport, we decided to fly out of Chicago O’Hare Airport to be safe. We parked the car and arrived at the airport about 2 hours before the flight. Security was the normal mess you find at O’Hare with the chaos compounded by non-English speakers being barked […]