Flying East for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving '22 Travelog #1
SFO Airport - Fri, 18 Nov 2022, 10:15pm
Tonight I'm flying east for Thanksgiving. I'm taking a redeye flight tonight to Virginia, where I'll visit with relatives tomorrow through Wednesday. Thursday morning I'll pick Hawk up at the airport (she's taking a Wednesday night redeye) and we'll spend the holiday weekend with her parents in Pennsylvania.
The trip so far today has been easy. Of course I've only gotten as far as the airport, 35 minutes by car from home! And now I'm in one of the United lounges enjoying a gin and tonic.
The journey hasn't been all smiles, though. After I booked this tip six months ago United Airlines changed the schedule, then canceled the flight and booked me onto another, then changed the schedule on that flight, then inexplicably kicked me out of the nice seat I'd reserved six months in advance and into an inferior one. I was able to get back into a better seat, though not quite as good as the original.
For all that fuss, the hard part comes next. In 20 minutes I put down my gin and tonic(s), board the aircraft, then try to see how many hours (or minutes 😰) of sleep I can get while crammed aboard a 5 hour overnight flight in coach class.
At least there's free food and drink to relax with for now. And the flight's not delayed- yet. 😅
SFO Airport - Fri, 18 Nov 2022, 10:15pm
Tonight I'm flying east for Thanksgiving. I'm taking a redeye flight tonight to Virginia, where I'll visit with relatives tomorrow through Wednesday. Thursday morning I'll pick Hawk up at the airport (she's taking a Wednesday night redeye) and we'll spend the holiday weekend with her parents in Pennsylvania.
The trip so far today has been easy. Of course I've only gotten as far as the airport, 35 minutes by car from home! And now I'm in one of the United lounges enjoying a gin and tonic.
The journey hasn't been all smiles, though. After I booked this tip six months ago United Airlines changed the schedule, then canceled the flight and booked me onto another, then changed the schedule on that flight, then inexplicably kicked me out of the nice seat I'd reserved six months in advance and into an inferior one. I was able to get back into a better seat, though not quite as good as the original.
For all that fuss, the hard part comes next. In 20 minutes I put down my gin and tonic(s), board the aircraft, then try to see how many hours (or minutes 😰) of sleep I can get while crammed aboard a 5 hour overnight flight in coach class.
At least there's free food and drink to relax with for now. And the flight's not delayed- yet. 😅