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 7: My Five Star Hotel Room in Marrakech
Day 8: Bartering for Mont Blanc Pens + RAK-MAD on Royal Air Maroc
Day 9: City Tour of Madrid on Foot
Day 10: Escape to the Madrid Airport Hilton
Day 11: MAD-FRA-CPH on Lufthansa
Day 12: CPH-IAD on SAS, IAD-PHX-BUR on US Airways
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Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada – 28 Dec 2009
I was apprehensive about flying three days after the alleged Christmas Day bombing attempt on Northwest Airlines not because I feared for my safety, but because I was not looking forward to additional security measures that were being discussed on the news, including further restricting hand baggage and pat-downs for everyone.
I arrived at LAX an hour and a half before my flight and waited about five minutes for an agent to check me in. She was pleasant, though she had trouble checking me in for my connection to London Heathrow. The security lines were fairly long at T2 and there was no special line for premium passengers. To my great delight, the TSA was pleasant and the security experience was no different than normal. 15 minutes later I was seated in Air Canada’s Maple Leaf lounge enjoying a light breakfast before the flight.
Quite an improvement from the old Maple Leaf Lounge at LAX
Great trip report! I wouldn’t hold your breath for the Silver line Metro going to dulles its going to be at least until 2016.
@Sean: Which probably means 2020, but hey, I’m still looking forward to it!
Did you have the chance to try out the Air Canada arrivals lounge at LHR?
@Rohan, I have now.
@Sean — well, 2016 would be nice…