Wednesday, 8 June 2005
Leaving on a Jet Plane
Tomorrow morning (early - I really should be in bed right now) I leave for a weekend trip to the U.S. for my friend Anton's wedding. I'm feeling more than a little nonplussed about the travel portion, but I'm really looking forward to the time - short as it will be - to spend with friends.
The last time I flew back, for the holidays, I had a great experience on my return flight. At check-in, I was happy to find that I could get seats behind the frontmost bulkhead in cattle class. Then, I got business class on my Minneapolis to Detroit flight. Score!
While waiting for my connection to Paris, I heard my name among a few called to the counter. Oh no, I thought. There had been a line of people even before I'd arrived - two hours earlier. Surely this was an overbooked flight.
Fortunately, it was. "Fortunately" for me, that is: upon arriving at the desk, I was handed a paper ticket. I thought it was just a reassignment, or something more "official" than my e-ticket. But no; apparently because I had the silver frequent flyer class (the lowest possible), I was bumped up to business class for the Paris flight.
Mmm. Motorized reclining chairs. Half-decent food. Leg room. More leg room. That was the first time I'd ever flown anything but economy class on a transatlantic flight.
All this to say, I really hope that I get bumped up to business class this weekend.
Comments
Yes, I still recall the time I got BusinessClass from Paris back to Seattle one year.. Ahhhhh. First time I ever really slept on a plane!
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