To Baltimore... Ahead of Schedule!
Thanksgiving '24 Travelog #2
37,000' over Iowa - Sat, 23 Nov 2024, 12:15pm
Well, our flight from Oakland actually did leave on time today. Right now we're somewhere over Iowa and still on track for an early arrival in Baltimore, Maryland. I had to look out the window to make sure blurry vision wasn't causing me to misread the flight map....
Of course this is one time I don't care if we get in 30 minutes late. My schedule works either way. I took the hit on catching an early flight today, including going out of my way to drive to Oakland airport at oh-dark-thirty and then pay through the nose for parking, to prevent against an all-too-likely flight delay scrambling my evening plans.
If this flight does arrive early it'll have another benefit: it's shorter. The scheduled time of 5h10m is a long flight with Southwest. They don't offer meals onboard, even for purchase. The only food is a small bag of pretzels or cookies, and soda served one small cup at a time. Knowing this I packed a few protein bars and filled a water bottle at the airport. Though today the cabin crew has been generous and brought us the full can to drink!
We'll see if this flight continues to track to an early arrival. I have every confidence that Southwest, or air traffic control, or ground operations at BWI, will find some way to delay us before we get to the gate.
37,000' over Iowa - Sat, 23 Nov 2024, 12:15pm
Well, our flight from Oakland actually did leave on time today. Right now we're somewhere over Iowa and still on track for an early arrival in Baltimore, Maryland. I had to look out the window to make sure blurry vision wasn't causing me to misread the flight map....
Of course this is one time I don't care if we get in 30 minutes late. My schedule works either way. I took the hit on catching an early flight today, including going out of my way to drive to Oakland airport at oh-dark-thirty and then pay through the nose for parking, to prevent against an all-too-likely flight delay scrambling my evening plans.
If this flight does arrive early it'll have another benefit: it's shorter. The scheduled time of 5h10m is a long flight with Southwest. They don't offer meals onboard, even for purchase. The only food is a small bag of pretzels or cookies, and soda served one small cup at a time. Knowing this I packed a few protein bars and filled a water bottle at the airport. Though today the cabin crew has been generous and brought us the full can to drink!
We'll see if this flight continues to track to an early arrival. I have every confidence that Southwest, or air traffic control, or ground operations at BWI, will find some way to delay us before we get to the gate.