Departing From: Washington Dulles (IAD)
Traveling To: Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW)
ETD: 5:30 PM EST
ETA: 8:08 PM CST
Est. Duration: 2 hr 25 min
Departure Gate: D14
Arrival Gate: B29
Seat:
Equipment: Boeing 737-300
Miles:
Other:
Full flight. Had a exit row seat on the aisle, so it wasn't too bad. Like many flights to a trade show, most of the people on flight are probably headed the same place, judging from the number of people reading the same types of materials.
737-300 for the equuipment, nothing interesting to say about that. United seems to only have two rows for 1st class on these planes now, which probably upsets everyone wanting to upgrade on the fight.
Very cloudy on take off and into the flight with a little turbulance. Not a nice night for flying. Probably just as well, need to read and work on some things this flight anyway.
At the airport I saw a plane painted for "Hooters Air". There's something absurd about seeing this as a real thing at an airport, since it looks like something out of a low budget comedy movie. Kind of like seeing a corporate jet marked "Van De Lay Industries" or a building for "Spacely Sprockets".
Silly waste of money.
Sunday, February 13, 2005
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Airport: Washington Dulles (IAD)
Airport Name: Washington Dulles International Airport
FAA Sign: IAD
Location: Herndon, Virginia USA
Airport Web Site: http://www.metwashairports.com/Dulles/
Created 2/3/05
(See Rant on Concourse G elsewhere)
The Washington DC area has three major airports convenient to it. DCA, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport; BWI, Baltimore Washington International Airport; and IAD, Washington Dulles International Airport.
DCA is the smallest, yet the most amazingly downtown major airport you'll likely use. Right across the river from the national capital federal buildings, the fact that they still use it in a post-9/11 era is amazing.
BWI is really Baltimore's airport, and has grown well past its useful size and its management team's ability to run it. It went through monstrous growth when Southwest moved into town, and is now mostly the airport for the low-budget tourist airlines.
IAD is the largest of the three, both in terms of passengers as well as physical presence as you go through it. Like most airports, it seems like it has gone through major construction since the beginning of time, with no end in sight. Recently there has been a major expansion of the primary terminal building, addition of new concourses for boarding, and the creation of two new parking decks. Still coming are still expanding concourses, the typically expansion in the new era of airport security, and huge disruption from the creation of a new subway system that ties the concourses to the main terminal. So, the airport is different every time you use it. On the plus side, you get to see some of the largest construction equipment ever when you use it.
Dulles was originally conceived in the 60's, and they brilliantly placed it 30 miles outside the city with its own interstate to get there quickly. Brilliant, since no one wants to live near the airport. Of course, since then there a whole giant suburb built right next to the airport, so you can frequently get trapped in DC Metro rush hour trying to catch a plane. You're OK once you're on the access road, as long as you can get over to the left quickly and get in the airport express lanes.
The airport main terminal is a wonderful swooping roof enclosed in glass, reminiscent of the TWA terminal at Kennedy Airport. Probably would be as renowned from an architecture standpoint if the TWA building wasn't built first. However, the cantilevered, cable hung roof is a wonderful combination of engineering and art, and I'm sure architecture students consider it an important work. Outside, its vaguely 60's tacky, yet inspiring and beautiful in a timeless way. The recent expansion extended it on both sides to probably twice its original width, and it ultimately makes it more impressive than the original size. The impact as you drive up to the airport is lessened by the gimoungous parking lot in front of it, the perennial construction signs, and by being surrounded by some of the most hideous support buildings. They're clearly on loan from some now defunct communist military.
The large parking lot out front is "hourly" and "valet". Too expensive to use for anything, especially since you're not really able to drop people off and accompany them in airports anymore. The fact that its always full is a testament to the salaries (or expense accounts) of DC based travelers. Expect about 30 a day in this bad boy.
There are two new "daily" parking structures. Daily 1 is directly across from the terminal and connected through an underground walkway with conveyor belts, as well as a frequent above ground shuttle. The Daily 2 lot is on your right as you approach, and connects with a bridge to the north end of the terminal. Use Daily 1 if you're on United, the other airlines its probably a shorter walk if you use Daily 2. About $15 a day.
Long term parking is above ground and removed from the terminal area, although still on Dulles ground. Generally about $6 a day, with shuttles running through the parking lots constantly. Prior to the construction of the daily lots, the shuttles came through so frequently that it was faster and cheaper than other airports "daily" lots. Since the Daily parking decks were built it seems that the shuttles come through less frequently now. However, your wait is usually less than 15 minutes, and the ride to the terminal is 5 or 10 minutes depending where in the lot you are. Not too bad if you arrive early enough.
The main terminal is a large expansive area, filled with airline agents for checking in. The security screening is behind for getting through. Generally, it is well staffed and well run, and the security wait time is rarely more than 15 minutes. There is little in the way of concession in the main terminal, but there's also little point to it these days when you get dropped off and want to get through security.
One unusual feature of Dulles, and one that's on its way out, are the shuttles that connect you from the main terminal to the concourses. These are specialty vehicles that pull head long and park attached to the terminal, with double doors that open to let passengers in. About 5 minutes after they open up, they close the doors and pull away with the driver now on the other side (a "push me pull you" kind of effect). These vehicles are somewhat a relic of the 60s, when the idea was to replace the outdoor steps with a covered transport to the plane out on the tarmac (you can see some of the older transports which can raise & lower to match the height of the aircraft for international flights). These were quickly replaced with the jetway concept which replaced transports like these everywhere but Dulles.
Most of the concourses have been redone recently, and contain typical food & shopping diversions.
United Red Carpet Club is located near gate D-6.
FAA Sign: IAD
Location: Herndon, Virginia USA
Airport Web Site: http://www.metwashairports.com/Dulles/
Created 2/3/05
(See Rant on Concourse G elsewhere)
The Washington DC area has three major airports convenient to it. DCA, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport; BWI, Baltimore Washington International Airport; and IAD, Washington Dulles International Airport.
DCA is the smallest, yet the most amazingly downtown major airport you'll likely use. Right across the river from the national capital federal buildings, the fact that they still use it in a post-9/11 era is amazing.
BWI is really Baltimore's airport, and has grown well past its useful size and its management team's ability to run it. It went through monstrous growth when Southwest moved into town, and is now mostly the airport for the low-budget tourist airlines.
IAD is the largest of the three, both in terms of passengers as well as physical presence as you go through it. Like most airports, it seems like it has gone through major construction since the beginning of time, with no end in sight. Recently there has been a major expansion of the primary terminal building, addition of new concourses for boarding, and the creation of two new parking decks. Still coming are still expanding concourses, the typically expansion in the new era of airport security, and huge disruption from the creation of a new subway system that ties the concourses to the main terminal. So, the airport is different every time you use it. On the plus side, you get to see some of the largest construction equipment ever when you use it.
Dulles was originally conceived in the 60's, and they brilliantly placed it 30 miles outside the city with its own interstate to get there quickly. Brilliant, since no one wants to live near the airport. Of course, since then there a whole giant suburb built right next to the airport, so you can frequently get trapped in DC Metro rush hour trying to catch a plane. You're OK once you're on the access road, as long as you can get over to the left quickly and get in the airport express lanes.
The airport main terminal is a wonderful swooping roof enclosed in glass, reminiscent of the TWA terminal at Kennedy Airport. Probably would be as renowned from an architecture standpoint if the TWA building wasn't built first. However, the cantilevered, cable hung roof is a wonderful combination of engineering and art, and I'm sure architecture students consider it an important work. Outside, its vaguely 60's tacky, yet inspiring and beautiful in a timeless way. The recent expansion extended it on both sides to probably twice its original width, and it ultimately makes it more impressive than the original size. The impact as you drive up to the airport is lessened by the gimoungous parking lot in front of it, the perennial construction signs, and by being surrounded by some of the most hideous support buildings. They're clearly on loan from some now defunct communist military.
The large parking lot out front is "hourly" and "valet". Too expensive to use for anything, especially since you're not really able to drop people off and accompany them in airports anymore. The fact that its always full is a testament to the salaries (or expense accounts) of DC based travelers. Expect about 30 a day in this bad boy.
There are two new "daily" parking structures. Daily 1 is directly across from the terminal and connected through an underground walkway with conveyor belts, as well as a frequent above ground shuttle. The Daily 2 lot is on your right as you approach, and connects with a bridge to the north end of the terminal. Use Daily 1 if you're on United, the other airlines its probably a shorter walk if you use Daily 2. About $15 a day.
Long term parking is above ground and removed from the terminal area, although still on Dulles ground. Generally about $6 a day, with shuttles running through the parking lots constantly. Prior to the construction of the daily lots, the shuttles came through so frequently that it was faster and cheaper than other airports "daily" lots. Since the Daily parking decks were built it seems that the shuttles come through less frequently now. However, your wait is usually less than 15 minutes, and the ride to the terminal is 5 or 10 minutes depending where in the lot you are. Not too bad if you arrive early enough.
The main terminal is a large expansive area, filled with airline agents for checking in. The security screening is behind for getting through. Generally, it is well staffed and well run, and the security wait time is rarely more than 15 minutes. There is little in the way of concession in the main terminal, but there's also little point to it these days when you get dropped off and want to get through security.
One unusual feature of Dulles, and one that's on its way out, are the shuttles that connect you from the main terminal to the concourses. These are specialty vehicles that pull head long and park attached to the terminal, with double doors that open to let passengers in. About 5 minutes after they open up, they close the doors and pull away with the driver now on the other side (a "push me pull you" kind of effect). These vehicles are somewhat a relic of the 60s, when the idea was to replace the outdoor steps with a covered transport to the plane out on the tarmac (you can see some of the older transports which can raise & lower to match the height of the aircraft for international flights). These were quickly replaced with the jetway concept which replaced transports like these everywhere but Dulles.
Most of the concourses have been redone recently, and contain typical food & shopping diversions.
United Red Carpet Club is located near gate D-6.
Airport: Portland, Maine (PWM)
Airport Name: The Portland International Jetport
FAA Sign: PWM
Location: Portland, Maine USA
Airport Web Site: http://www.portlandjetport.org/
A somewhat small airport, serviced by most major carriers. I saw counters for Northwest, Continental, US Air, and United, at least in their "express" varities. Like most small airports, its easy to get in and out of, with a basic configuration of a long terminal building with a multi-deck parking garage across the street.
There's a single security area to get to the gates, and there seems to be about 20 of them. There aren't a whole lot of food and shopping areas, but there is a nice little sit down resturant area in the gate area, and a Starbucks area also. The little gift and sundries shop is actually fairly large and well stocked.
Some of the building design is very bad. The parking deck (and rental car section below) are detached from the terminal building and exposed to the weather. I thought this should have been a little more enclosed, since I imagine that Maine gets somewhat harsh winters. And, you have to be careful which door you walk into. The ticket counters and baggage claim area are below grade from the entrance, and the door into the building across from the rental car area did not have any ramps down to this level!! An amazing cascade of tumbling luggage as I tried to get everything down the steps. Really surprising to have an airport entrance with only steps.
This terminal also is a little cruel to the business traveler. Hardly any electrical outlets to sneak in some battery recharges, no Internet access except for a "business center" that you have to swipe your credit card to get 35 cents a minute for ethernet access. And, no cables available! Surprising, since its so simple to set up a wireless LAN in a building this size.
On the plus side, like most small airports its is incredibly easy to get into town and back to the airport. The terminal is only about three miles away from Portland proper, and it seems somewhat impossible to get lost there (I tried).
Portland is a very nice town to visit, by the way.
FAA Sign: PWM
Location: Portland, Maine USA
Airport Web Site: http://www.portlandjetport.org/
A somewhat small airport, serviced by most major carriers. I saw counters for Northwest, Continental, US Air, and United, at least in their "express" varities. Like most small airports, its easy to get in and out of, with a basic configuration of a long terminal building with a multi-deck parking garage across the street.
There's a single security area to get to the gates, and there seems to be about 20 of them. There aren't a whole lot of food and shopping areas, but there is a nice little sit down resturant area in the gate area, and a Starbucks area also. The little gift and sundries shop is actually fairly large and well stocked.
Some of the building design is very bad. The parking deck (and rental car section below) are detached from the terminal building and exposed to the weather. I thought this should have been a little more enclosed, since I imagine that Maine gets somewhat harsh winters. And, you have to be careful which door you walk into. The ticket counters and baggage claim area are below grade from the entrance, and the door into the building across from the rental car area did not have any ramps down to this level!! An amazing cascade of tumbling luggage as I tried to get everything down the steps. Really surprising to have an airport entrance with only steps.
This terminal also is a little cruel to the business traveler. Hardly any electrical outlets to sneak in some battery recharges, no Internet access except for a "business center" that you have to swipe your credit card to get 35 cents a minute for ethernet access. And, no cables available! Surprising, since its so simple to set up a wireless LAN in a building this size.
On the plus side, like most small airports its is incredibly easy to get into town and back to the airport. The terminal is only about three miles away from Portland proper, and it seems somewhat impossible to get lost there (I tried).
Portland is a very nice town to visit, by the way.
Friday, February 04, 2005
Flight: United #7774 CMH-IAD
Departing From: Columbus, OH (CMH)
Traveling To: Washington Dulles (IAD)
ETD: 2:30 PM EST
ETA: 3:40 PM EST
Est. Duration: 1 hr (actual 1hr 10 min)
Departure Gate: B29
Arrival Gate: G something
Seat:15A
Equipment: Embraer 135/145
Miles:
Other:
Got to the airport sooner than expected, and there was a 2:30 flight out instead of 7776 at 4:50 which is what I was booked on. Was able to standby onto this flight, gaining two hours in my life. :-)
All the United's between IAD and CMH are regional jets, and I had the single seat side of the plane. Uneventful flight -- waited on the ground about 15 minutes due to air traffic hold from the DC area (which is typical now). They had beverage service (which we didn't on the way up), landed as expected. The only down was we landed at the dreaded Concourse G, but it wasn't real crowded this time and was able to get on the bus right away. Coming in this way isn't as confusing now, as some of the construction has finished in the main terminal, but it was a huge hassle getting to baggage claim since the security area was wrapping around the down escalator.
Bag was right there, and headed home.
The flight was in nice sunny weather, and was able to come in over what I am assuming is the corner of West Virgina, the Pittsburgh area, and over rural Virginia to Dulles. I thought it was interesting to see that all the hilltops as we came across Pennsylvania seemed to have roads and houses on top of them. I guess I expected to see some of the desolate areas you usually see when you fly over the western part of the country, but there really wasn't any land that seemed isolated as we came over. Every hilltop seemed to have a road cut across it with a few houses on top.
We had to fly past the airport and turn around to come in from the south. I wished I had kept my camera out because it was a great view of the whole airport complex from around 3000 feet up, watching the planes taking off and landing. Would have made an interesting picture.
Traveling To: Washington Dulles (IAD)
ETD: 2:30 PM EST
ETA: 3:40 PM EST
Est. Duration: 1 hr (actual 1hr 10 min)
Departure Gate: B29
Arrival Gate: G something
Seat:15A
Equipment: Embraer 135/145
Miles:
Other:
Got to the airport sooner than expected, and there was a 2:30 flight out instead of 7776 at 4:50 which is what I was booked on. Was able to standby onto this flight, gaining two hours in my life. :-)
All the United's between IAD and CMH are regional jets, and I had the single seat side of the plane. Uneventful flight -- waited on the ground about 15 minutes due to air traffic hold from the DC area (which is typical now). They had beverage service (which we didn't on the way up), landed as expected. The only down was we landed at the dreaded Concourse G, but it wasn't real crowded this time and was able to get on the bus right away. Coming in this way isn't as confusing now, as some of the construction has finished in the main terminal, but it was a huge hassle getting to baggage claim since the security area was wrapping around the down escalator.
Bag was right there, and headed home.
The flight was in nice sunny weather, and was able to come in over what I am assuming is the corner of West Virgina, the Pittsburgh area, and over rural Virginia to Dulles. I thought it was interesting to see that all the hilltops as we came across Pennsylvania seemed to have roads and houses on top of them. I guess I expected to see some of the desolate areas you usually see when you fly over the western part of the country, but there really wasn't any land that seemed isolated as we came over. Every hilltop seemed to have a road cut across it with a few houses on top.
We had to fly past the airport and turn around to come in from the south. I wished I had kept my camera out because it was a great view of the whole airport complex from around 3000 feet up, watching the planes taking off and landing. Would have made an interesting picture.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Flight: United #7835 IAD-CMH
Departing From: Washington Dulles (IAD)
Traveling To: Columbus, OH (CMH)
ETD: 5:05 PM EST
ETA: 6:20 PM EST
Est. Duration: 1 hr
Departure Gate: D4X
Arrival Gate:
Seat:16D
Equipment: Embraer 135/145
Miles:
Other:
Flight pulled out & boarded on time, but we sat on the taxiway for a long time. Flight ended up being about 45 minutes late.
Mostly an OK flight. Some turbulance from snowy weather coming into the region.
Traveling To: Columbus, OH (CMH)
ETD: 5:05 PM EST
ETA: 6:20 PM EST
Est. Duration: 1 hr
Departure Gate: D4X
Arrival Gate:
Seat:16D
Equipment: Embraer 135/145
Miles:
Other:
Flight pulled out & boarded on time, but we sat on the taxiway for a long time. Flight ended up being about 45 minutes late.
Mostly an OK flight. Some turbulance from snowy weather coming into the region.
Hotel: Marriott Residence Inn Columbus North
City: Columbus, Ohio
Chain: Marriott
Property: Marriott Residence Inn Columbus North
Address: 6191 Zumstein Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43229
Phone Number: 614-431-1819
Check Out: February 4, 2005
A different kind of place. Detached buildings with two floors, like garden apartments with walkways connecting them. Unusual for the weather in Columbus (ice was an issue while I was there) - more like something you might see in California or Florida. The target market for this chain is contractors living in the place for weeks or longer.
The rooms are more like small apartments, with a living area and kitchenette. More than I needed for this trip. A common building had free breakfast in the Hampton Inn style, and they had a happy hour kind of event at night. Real low key.
Hotel is not in an interesting area, next to the interstate highway with a strip mall behind it.
Rating:
Last Visit: February 4, 2005 ($85.21 with tax)
Chain: Marriott
Property: Marriott Residence Inn Columbus North
Address: 6191 Zumstein Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43229
Phone Number: 614-431-1819
Check Out: February 4, 2005
A different kind of place. Detached buildings with two floors, like garden apartments with walkways connecting them. Unusual for the weather in Columbus (ice was an issue while I was there) - more like something you might see in California or Florida. The target market for this chain is contractors living in the place for weeks or longer.
The rooms are more like small apartments, with a living area and kitchenette. More than I needed for this trip. A common building had free breakfast in the Hampton Inn style, and they had a happy hour kind of event at night. Real low key.
Hotel is not in an interesting area, next to the interstate highway with a strip mall behind it.
Rating:
- Safety: 1
- Dining: 0
- Bar: 1.5
- Internet: 1
- Wireless in Common Areas: 0
- Work Space, Power: 1
- Shower: 1
- Air Conditioning, Bed: 1
- Common Areas: 0
Last Visit: February 4, 2005 ($85.21 with tax)
Monday, January 24, 2005
United #7875: The Flight That Never Was
What was supposed to be a routine day out and back for a meeting ended up being 6 hours of frustration at Dulles International Airport.
The problem is how they lead you on, giving you hope that your flight might make it out. They delay 30 minutes, then 45 minutes, then 30 minutes. If they had told you up front that you would be more than 3 hours late at least you'd get a chance to go to another carrier and see if they had a flight heading out. The end result is that you end up leaving the airport and driving back to your office at a furious rate of speed to make sure you get a chance to get on the phone and hear what's going on, anyway.
The airline industry is making it almost a requirement that you travel the day before if you have an appointment. You have to leave yourself a buffer space of 12 hours or so to make sure you get there ahead of your appointment. Good for the hotel business, bad for everyone else.
On the good side, the agents at the United ticket counter gave me a full refund and were pleasant and helpful. Once I endured the tremendously long "Concourse G" bus ride back to the main terminal, and found the one gate agent who handles this.
The problem is how they lead you on, giving you hope that your flight might make it out. They delay 30 minutes, then 45 minutes, then 30 minutes. If they had told you up front that you would be more than 3 hours late at least you'd get a chance to go to another carrier and see if they had a flight heading out. The end result is that you end up leaving the airport and driving back to your office at a furious rate of speed to make sure you get a chance to get on the phone and hear what's going on, anyway.
The airline industry is making it almost a requirement that you travel the day before if you have an appointment. You have to leave yourself a buffer space of 12 hours or so to make sure you get there ahead of your appointment. Good for the hotel business, bad for everyone else.
On the good side, the agents at the United ticket counter gave me a full refund and were pleasant and helpful. Once I endured the tremendously long "Concourse G" bus ride back to the main terminal, and found the one gate agent who handles this.
Monday, January 17, 2005
Image: Saab 340F
Saab 340 - Photo from United's web site
Copied here in case United moves the picture from their site. Saab's product page is here.
Saturday, January 15, 2005
Equipment: Boeing 717
The Boeing 717 was originally created by McDonnell-Douglas as the MD-95 in 1995. In 1997 MD merged with Boeing, and the plane was renamed the Boeing 717 (more specifically, the Boeing 717-200).
The plane is a twin engine configuration with both engines at the rear of the aircraft on the fuselage. The plane is normally configured for 100 passengers, and was positioned in the market for short-haul/regional flights. The planes were mostly purchased by AirTran Airways, and their recent decision to purchase 100 Boeing 737's probably sealed the 717 line's fate. My observation has been that the Canadaire Regional Jets are everywhere for smaller regional flights (even some longer ones -- United runs a IAD-DFW non-stop on them which is a 1700 mile flight), and the 737's are the workhorse for the low-cost domestic flights.
As a side note, AirTran still promotes the 717 as part of their image.
I've been on a few of these, always AirTran, and they always seem nice because they're usually pretty new. The rear engines are very quiet -- usually when the engines are on the fuselage it seems to transmit noise into the cabin easier. The cockpit is also a modern "glass" cockit with modern avionics.
In January of 2005 Boeing announced that it was halting production of this aircraft. Boeing maintains that this plane continues to offer tremendous value to their customers, but that the market demand for the plane doesn't justify keeping production going.
Product Site: http://www.boeing.com/commercial/717/flash.html
The plane is a twin engine configuration with both engines at the rear of the aircraft on the fuselage. The plane is normally configured for 100 passengers, and was positioned in the market for short-haul/regional flights. The planes were mostly purchased by AirTran Airways, and their recent decision to purchase 100 Boeing 737's probably sealed the 717 line's fate. My observation has been that the Canadaire Regional Jets are everywhere for smaller regional flights (even some longer ones -- United runs a IAD-DFW non-stop on them which is a 1700 mile flight), and the 737's are the workhorse for the low-cost domestic flights.
As a side note, AirTran still promotes the 717 as part of their image.
I've been on a few of these, always AirTran, and they always seem nice because they're usually pretty new. The rear engines are very quiet -- usually when the engines are on the fuselage it seems to transmit noise into the cabin easier. The cockpit is also a modern "glass" cockit with modern avionics.In January of 2005 Boeing announced that it was halting production of this aircraft. Boeing maintains that this plane continues to offer tremendous value to their customers, but that the market demand for the plane doesn't justify keeping production going.
Product Site: http://www.boeing.com/commercial/717/flash.html
Image: 717 Cockpit Detail
717 Glass Cockpit. From AirTran Airways web site. See http://www.airtran.com/info/aircrafts/photos.jsp.
There is also a huge detail of this picture at http://www.airtran.com/info/aircrafts/photo_4.jsp. Print it up on a large scale printer and hang it over your desk!
Monday, December 20, 2004
Flight: United #5585 BOS-IAD
Departing From: Logan Airport, Boston (BOS)
Traveling To: Washington Dulles (IAD)
ETD: 4:40 PM EST
ETA: 6:30 PM EST
Est. Duration:
Departure Gate: C15
Arrival Gate: G
Seat:1C
Equipment: CRJ65
Miles:
Other:
Tried to get on the 3:00 PM flight down - got to the airport at 2:15, so there was time to catch it. But, I was 6th on the list and the flight was oversold, so no luck there. Spent the time in the Palm Pilot store and the Red Carpet Club.
Airport was very crowded. Friday afternoon, plus some holiday travel starting up. First time in the Boston Red Carpet Club (might be more than one). Not a real big one, but wasn't real crowded so it was OK. Kind of has two sides to it, with the bar on one side and just chairs on the other side.
Flight was a few minutes late but arrived on time at the dreaded concourse G. In the first row, which is usually not good since there isn't space for luggage under the seat in front of you. Since it was a short flight and I was tired of carrying around that gigantic Dell laptop I checked it at the side of the plane and just caught up on some reading on the flight back.
My bag was not there when I got to baggage claim. Apparently, they had placed it on the earlier flight and the baggage claim areas were not near each other for me to figure that out. My bad made it on the earlier flight but I didn't!
Traveling To: Washington Dulles (IAD)
ETD: 4:40 PM EST
ETA: 6:30 PM EST
Est. Duration:
Departure Gate: C15
Arrival Gate: G
Seat:1C
Equipment: CRJ65
Miles:
Other:
Tried to get on the 3:00 PM flight down - got to the airport at 2:15, so there was time to catch it. But, I was 6th on the list and the flight was oversold, so no luck there. Spent the time in the Palm Pilot store and the Red Carpet Club.
Airport was very crowded. Friday afternoon, plus some holiday travel starting up. First time in the Boston Red Carpet Club (might be more than one). Not a real big one, but wasn't real crowded so it was OK. Kind of has two sides to it, with the bar on one side and just chairs on the other side.
Flight was a few minutes late but arrived on time at the dreaded concourse G. In the first row, which is usually not good since there isn't space for luggage under the seat in front of you. Since it was a short flight and I was tired of carrying around that gigantic Dell laptop I checked it at the side of the plane and just caught up on some reading on the flight back.
My bag was not there when I got to baggage claim. Apparently, they had placed it on the earlier flight and the baggage claim areas were not near each other for me to figure that out. My bad made it on the earlier flight but I didn't!
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Flight: United #980 IAD-BOS
Departing From: Washington Dulles (IAD)
Traveling To: Logan Airport, Boston (BOS)
ETD: 4:30 PM EST
ETA: 6:15 PM EST
Est. Duration:
Departure Gate: D16
Arrival Gate:
Seat: 19F
Equipment:
Miles:
Other:
Traveling To: Logan Airport, Boston (BOS)
ETD: 4:30 PM EST
ETA: 6:15 PM EST
Est. Duration:
Departure Gate: D16
Arrival Gate:
Seat: 19F
Equipment:
Miles:
Other:
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