I’m currently sitting in the somewhat-decrepit US Airways terminal here at LAX, waiting for my flight. As usual, I overbudgeted somewhat on time to get to the airport, so I have a little time to kill. I think I’ll try to rustle up a light supplement to my dinner while I wait. Afterwards I think …
Category Archives: Travel
Another Day of Flight
That’s right…I’ll be doing another mileage run shortly. In my idle moments, I worked out a fare that will net me 7,052 EQM (elite qualifying miles) at a rate of just about $0.03/EQM. I’ll actually get some additional redeemable miles (RDM), as my status nets me a 25% bonus, and, subsequently, a rate of $0.024/RDM. …
Getting married, brb
Me and Sandy are getting married this weekend in Vegas. 🙂
The Day of Travel is Over
I’m back home again after my mileage run’s final leg back to Orange County. All flights went smoothly, with no changes or unexpected problems, although for a while it looked like the flight from Charlotte to Phoenix would be bump city because an earlier flight was cancelled. I should be getting a shade under 6,000 …
Hitting the wall
I am definitely tired now. I slept practically the whole way from Charlotte to Phoenix. I am also getting confused about where I am, and what time it is, which was to be expected. Just one more leg of the trip to go… I also realized that I forgot to take a picture in Charlotte. …
Entertainment Update
I’ve finished reading Phil Jackson’s The Last Season, and Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air. I’ve also finished a bunch of Sudoku puzzles in Brain Age. I haven’t used my MP3 player yet, but I have been keeping up on the day’s news with my phone. The question now is: Charles Petzold’s Code or Nick Hornby’s …
Greetings from NC
I’m currently sitting in the food court here at the Charlotte airport. It gets high marks from me for having a wide variety of choices and great service. The flight here, however, was extremely uncomfortable because I was stuck in between the stereotypical two obese dudes. Unpleasant. Thank heavens the flight was only a little …
And now, the waiting begins…
I’m currently sitting in a random departure lounge at Baltimore Washington International Airport, staring down a four and a half hour wait before my next flight. I am somewhat tempted to see if I can hop on an earlier flight, but I worry that doing so would mess up my carefully calculated mileage run. Oh …
The City of Brotherly Love
So I’m here in Philadelphia after the redeye flight from Las Vegas. I was surprised — the flight looked to be completely full. I wonder how many people are headed straight to work after a 4-day weekend in Vegas… BTW, final tally from Vegas is a $2 loss from playing Deuces Wild video poker. I …
Welcome to Las Vegas
I’m on the ground here in Las Vegas. No surprises here, since I’ve been here several times before. I’ve always come at peak times, though — it’s pretty quiet here now, which seems strange to me. Anyway, what I wanted to comment on about SNA was that it was extremely hot in the terminal, even …