#261 From Liverpool to LA: Claire's Global Travel Stories

Staff Travel Stories with Claire: Bags, Lounges, and Non-Rev Adventures

Tyler and Lara record in LA with guest Claire from Liverpool, who works at Manchester Airport in ground operations, focusing on tracing delayed bags and auditing aircraft cleaning, and discusses how staff travel in the UK differs from US non-revving due to taxes, especially long-haul from London. Claire shares her aviation background starting with British Midland, love of travel and photography, and standout trips including frequent Vegas visits for shows, a whirlwind Shanghai-and-Japan trip with Golden Week crowds, app-based transport issues that sent her to the wrong Shanghai airport, and nearly missing ferries and flights. She recounts traveling to Brazil for Lady Gaga on Copacabana, leaving the crowd due to feeling unsafe, then struggling to get home by rerouting via São Paulo and Spain. The hosts also mention using tools like StaffTraveler to check loads and find routing options.

00:00 Welcome to Non Rev Lounge
01:09 Meet Claire from Liverpool
02:37 Getting to Heathrow
04:39 Claire’s Airline Career
09:12 Lost Bags and Cleaning Audits
16:35 Staff Travel Taxes Explained
20:05 Vegas Trips and Shows
26:13 Shanghai During Golden Week
30:25 Translate and Getting Around
31:04 Flights and Airline Perks
31:55 Alipay Taxi Airport Mixup
33:50 Shanghai Highlights in Golden Week
35:00 Japan Whirlwind and Rabbit Island
37:44 Osaka Airport Mistake and Escape
40:31 Nonrev Tools and Travel Community
54:32 Planning India Next
56:16 Wrap Up and Sponsor Plug