So this trip involved flying on the Airbus A380 for a second time, and it was awesome as usual. Also, the return flight was on AA’s 777-300ER, which was a treat. It was my first time flying in a reverse herringbone seat. Points played a big role in all of the bookings, as usual.

The itinerary:
SEA-LAX: AS440
LAX-SEA: AS469
^these flights were covered by Citi Prestige’s annual $250 travel credit

LAX-LHR: BA282
LHR-LAX: AA135
^this was covered by the AARP and BA Avios promotion. Flying in business class across the pond cost $843 and 30k Avios points

LHR-GVA: BA730
GVA-LHR: BA725
^this was a business class award booking, costing 18k Avios points

In return, the points haul was:
British Avios points: 8,163
Alaska Mileage Plan points: 36,813

The OneWorld lounge at LAX was prettttty swank! It was pretty much the same as the Star Alliance lounge one floor below.

Flying with the A-Team

California hills

The usual BA seat and the usual upper deck stowages

I spy something that is not right.

LHR

SBB

AA’s reverse herringbone seat. Not bad! But you sit kind of far from the window…

LHR T3 gates don’t give you good views of the airplane. LAX’s satellite gates also give you shitty views of the airplane… airport designers, PLZ STOP DOING THIS!