Am I crazy thinking of squeezing a trip to LA a few days before my next booking?
Jan 18, 2020, 8:01 pm
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I can understand the temptation. I like Los Angeles, too. I think people who live there take it for granted.
It looks like you would still be back home for two full days to rest in between trips. If you had to go back to work those two days, I'd say forget it. But that's enough time for you to do laundry, re-pack, etc., as well as get plenty of rest, since you're just hanging out.
Sounds like you're still pretty young--you should go. Invest in experiences before it gets too hard for you.
It looks like you would still be back home for two full days to rest in between trips. If you had to go back to work those two days, I'd say forget it. But that's enough time for you to do laundry, re-pack, etc., as well as get plenty of rest, since you're just hanging out.
Sounds like you're still pretty young--you should go. Invest in experiences before it gets too hard for you.
Jan 18, 2020, 9:50 pm
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Jan 18, 2020, 9:56 pm
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For anyone curious about prices flying Wednesday 22/1 and coming back Saturday 25/1 (arrive 26/1) flight only is between £700-900 which is expensive.
Interestingly BA holidays brings up those same flights and staying at Knotts Berry Landing at £492 - I realise that hotel is rubbish so the nicest one I can find that isn't what I consider over priced is The Beverly Hilton which is £991 for flights and 3 nights.
If I were to use Avios I am looking at all of my avios plus £360 roughtly; I also have 115,000 Hilton points so I could stay at the H Hotel LAX for all my points and about £250. Which is clearly cheaper.
But neither seems a particularly good deal to me...
One comment on BA Holidays is the hotels now coming up seem to be much better overall than I have seen before. I am getting the Santa Monica Proper where I stayed in November which is fantastic and the brand new West Hollywood Edition (for £5,000! definitely cheaper to book room separately here) as well as the added Mr and Mrs Smith Hotels and the usual luxury hotels.
Really for me to go I need to be sure that I don't have US immigration issues and I want a good deal. £500ish would be acceptable but my avios and hilton points is coming out a bit above that.
Interestingly BA holidays brings up those same flights and staying at Knotts Berry Landing at £492 - I realise that hotel is rubbish so the nicest one I can find that isn't what I consider over priced is The Beverly Hilton which is £991 for flights and 3 nights.
If I were to use Avios I am looking at all of my avios plus £360 roughtly; I also have 115,000 Hilton points so I could stay at the H Hotel LAX for all my points and about £250. Which is clearly cheaper.
But neither seems a particularly good deal to me...
One comment on BA Holidays is the hotels now coming up seem to be much better overall than I have seen before. I am getting the Santa Monica Proper where I stayed in November which is fantastic and the brand new West Hollywood Edition (for £5,000! definitely cheaper to book room separately here) as well as the added Mr and Mrs Smith Hotels and the usual luxury hotels.
Really for me to go I need to be sure that I don't have US immigration issues and I want a good deal. £500ish would be acceptable but my avios and hilton points is coming out a bit above that.
Jan 18, 2020, 10:03 pm
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On Thursday night, go see the Preservation All Stars with Charlie Gabriel at Preservation Hall. Then, if you've never see the Soul Rebels at Le Bon Temps Roule on a Thursday night, you're going to want to do that (though it's an 11pm start, and will go to 2am, so nap during the day).
Meschiya Lake is at the Starlight Lounge and Walter "Wolfman" Washington is at the Maple Leaf on Friday night. You might be able to hit both.
Meschiya Lake is at the Starlight Lounge and Walter "Wolfman" Washington is at the Maple Leaf on Friday night. You might be able to hit both.
Jan 18, 2020, 11:03 pm
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You are bored, so to relieve it you are thinking of spending over 11 hours sitting on a plane to fly across the atlantic to then 2 days later spend over 11 hours sitting on a plane overnight
I think that the answer to the question posed is Yes
I think that the answer to the question posed is Yes
Jan 19, 2020, 2:54 am
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I’d definitely do the trip, but not in Y. I would look at cash bookings in W and use a few Avios to bring down the cost if no reward seats in W.
Might even be able to UUA to J if seats available.
Might even be able to UUA to J if seats available.
Jan 19, 2020, 6:10 am
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Indeed. It's a shame that there's nothing in Berlin, Stockholm, Rome, the Swiss Alps, the Mediterranean or Peloponnese to compare with the culture and attractions of Los Angeles. I really don't know how you'd fill a whole weekend in Europe.
Jan 19, 2020, 8:11 am
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No I wouldn’t regret it. I find nothing more relaxing that sitting on that beach in Santa Monica and the perfect weather of California. (Even if it’s not that perfect maybe right now).
But I am definitely sensitive to the cost considering I just returned from Nashville and off to New Orleans. The timing and that cost is all that are making me unsure. If it was a case of no other trips planned I’d book it without even thinking.
But I am definitely sensitive to the cost considering I just returned from Nashville and off to New Orleans. The timing and that cost is all that are making me unsure. If it was a case of no other trips planned I’d book it without even thinking.
Jan 19, 2020, 8:16 am
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Jan 19, 2020, 8:25 am
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I have a week in New Orleans booked for 29th January. I just returned on Wednesday from Nashville (Chicken bone gate lol).
I am currently in a jobless limbo waiting for my new job to start in February and I am incredibly bored.
I potentially could make an avios booking for next Wednesday to Saturday in Economy to LA but I think that’s a bit crazy.
(Love the weather in California).
As just a few days later I am off again. I am thinking I will feel unwell from travelling that much in that short a time period.
But with nothing else to do it is definitely something that I am tempted to do. I have travelled quite a bit over the last 2 years but I am by no means the most travelled here so is it a good idea or a stupid one?
I am currently in a jobless limbo waiting for my new job to start in February and I am incredibly bored.
I potentially could make an avios booking for next Wednesday to Saturday in Economy to LA but I think that’s a bit crazy.
(Love the weather in California).
As just a few days later I am off again. I am thinking I will feel unwell from travelling that much in that short a time period.
But with nothing else to do it is definitely something that I am tempted to do. I have travelled quite a bit over the last 2 years but I am by no means the most travelled here so is it a good idea or a stupid one?