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Vegas (aftermath pending)
I've previously toyed with the idea of doing a Vegas journal (diary, if you will), and with my next trip out there creeping up on the horizon, and future trips very much up in the air due to personal circumstances (in a positive way), this seems like a good time to crack on with it.
I'm far from a Vegas veteran a la Tikay, but this will be my 6th time to Sin City. It really is paradise for those of us who love, like, or tolerate the game. The analogy of a kid at Christmas is very apt indeed and the end of the month can't come round quick enough.
Whilst I'll be spending plenty of time gambling, its not all about the poker. A boys gotta eat and drink too 
So expect tales from the tables coupled with plenty of off felt stuff.
So expect tales from the tables coupled with plenty of off felt stuff.I've got 7 days and 7 nights, from the 29th, to cram in as much as possible, and I'll be reliant on my phone (and battery life) to do updates, so they could be sparse, rambling, inebriated, disjointed, or maybe massively tedious.
Will kick off with the journey there, which isn't particularly straightforward, but as always there is a method behind the madness.....
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Shame you aren't out there the same time as us, would like to see what you are like in real life as you certainly divide opinion amongst the forum regulars!
Have a good time.
Cheers
Greg.
Let me guess - this will be his outbound journey.
Manchester - Dublin - Oslo - Paris CDG - London Heathrow - JFK New York - LAX Los Angeles - McCarron Las Vegas.
Takes 9 days, but saves £7.
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Looking forward to reading your exploits. Is there any chance you'll still be over there when the Sky lot arrive, you know passed out in a gutter somewhere?
Also any tips for good websites for sorting the flights out, so far NY followed by Vegas and then back to London looks like being the best part of £1,000 each for flights, is that reasonable? And no we don't really want five changes and a night in Kuala Lumpur!
Keep an eye out for American Airlines ones that are operated by British Airways. It usually tells you the aircraft and some of the AA ones are actually operated by BA and on Boeing 747's. They are not any more expensive in general but are a world apart on quality. On the way out last year I was on a bog standard AA flight, there were not even individual TV screens on one of the flights and on one of them the only food/beverages was a glass of Coke poured out of a large bottle.
On the way back we were on one of the B747 flights and had much more legroom, our own 'entertainment' consoles with games, TV series and loads of other stuff. There were also 4 toilets at the back and they brought round snacks and drinks almost as quick as you could eat them. It felt like 1st class on the way back on the 747 compared to the way out on the standard AA flight. There are loads of flights with AA which are operated by BA and use the 747's. Just keep an eye out for the aircraft type.
I guess if I had flew on some of the more plush airlines I might have a different take on things but most flights I have been on have been either (a) short haul or (b) standard AA or US airways flights. Compared to those and the ones I have seen on offer I personally would snap take the 747 option.
Are Virign the airline that do the Dreamliner? I have heard that is something else and probably puts the 747's in the shade. I also gather they are much faster although probably more expensive?
Better than a 747? In many ways, yes, but don't forget the 747 first entered service in 1970, whereas the Dreamliner (Dreamliner = 787) only entered service in 2011, so they come from a different era. Most 747's still in service (BA are now the largest operator) have been re-fitted.
They are not any faster, or not significantly so. The purchase cost to the airlines is almost identical (list price = some $225 milly each), & I would not imagine there is much difference to the consumer in seat cost per mile. They are much cheaper for the airlines to operate though, as fuel burn is massively lower.
Here's some splurge on the Virgin-Atlantic 787;
http://www.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/virgin-experience/our-fleet/787.html