A particularly strong year for country counting – powered more by trains than planes.
Overview: DMV24
Through points and perks, I was able to join a friend at the opera – in Washington DC!
Year in Review 2023
Sizing up another busy year of travel.
Hotel Katajanokka
My birthday adventures ended with a night in prison.
Bern 2023: IFSC World Championships
Another climbing-inspired trip to Switzerland, this time for the World Championships.
Three nights in… Stockholm
An unusual return to Sweden, exploring a series of tunnels and tubes in Stockholm.
ETF: The flights
Yerevan the long way: LHR-DXB-EVN-DXB-CDG-LHR on a mix of BA, Flydubai and Air France.
Two nights in… Oslo
The chance to join Norse Atlantic’s first flight from London to Oslo seemed an ideal excuse to revisit one of my favourite countries.
36 hours in… Boise, Idaho
A brief side-trip from Salt Lake City let me claim another US State – my seventh new one of the year.
Chicago – the flights
Comparing BA’s new Club Suite to the familiar Club World; plus first class on Alaska Airlines.
Year in Review 2021
Another heavily disrupted year, but some hopes of a return to (new) normal.
The A380 (re)familiarisation flights
An oversized return to BA, joining one of a special series of flights to Madrid.
Year in Review 2019
Where and how I found myself travelling in 2019.
Year in Review 2018
Looking back at 2018’s travels by crunching the numbers.
Three nights in… Malta
A pile of bonus avios gave me an excuse for one last trip abroad – returning to Malta for a dose of winter sun and a nostalgic wander around some favourite spots.
The Arctic Club Seattle and our Hotelosaur project
Our final hotel for the trip went above and beyond in meeting an unusual special request…
The End of an Era
Taking stock at the end of a five year streak of flying only business class for longhaul – without paying!
Five nights in… Valencia
The EURO conference series lead me to Valencia, Spain, where despite a busy schedule of talks and unforgiving heat I was able to fit in a bit of sightseeing.
Year in Review 2017
Taking stock of 2017’s travels.
Two nights in… Madrid
A hotel voucher to burn, a new camera to test out, and a quirk of BA’s scheduling combined to send me to Madrid – where I was happy to find that this unfamiliar city was an architectural delight, soaking in winter sunshine.