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Old Sep 8, 2025 | 4:18 am
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TL;DR

Europcar were better than I'd thought.
LHR T5 is still impressive, particularly when you're used to LTN.
BA Galleries lounge was good, but you can feel the cutbacks.
BA's A350 product was good, but suffers from light and sound pollution.
AM to AM overnight flights are a nightmare, but hell is other people.
HND is good in all aspects except a confused immigration process.
The Villa Fontaine Grand Haneda has a great 24-hour product, amazing breakfast, but very thin futons.
Airporter and Yamato are just great.
KIX is one of my favourite airports, shame it's sinking (even if it was planned). I can cope with the duty free maze.
CX is a reminder of how good flying used to be.
HKG is as good as it's ever been, both in terms of arrivals and departures.
The QF lounge at HKG has some of the loveliest people running it.
AF were outstanding throughout - both in terms of the A350 hard and soft product.
CDG was shockingly good, given my previous experiences, but this was probably the easiest transfer possible.
BHX is a very easy airport to arrive in, at the right time.
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