Here be my Travel Woes. Let me show you them.

[elleflies]

Warning - there be travel bitching here!

I think I enjoy traveling for work more then I do on my own. If something goes wrong all I have to do is inform the travel department so they can take care of things (sadly, they are horribly inept and I have spent far too much time on the phone arguing with them. This is why I am to the point where I do things and tell them about it after the fact. Better to apologize then ask permission right?)

Anyways, I am off to Frankfurt tomorrow to meet the boy, except my flight takes me through the Washington Dulles Airport where I have all of 1 hour to get from one flight to the next. Considering how typical it is for JFK to be obscenely delayed around about 7 pm (right when my flight leaves, you have no idea how fun it is to hear the Captain get on the PA system and announce that there are 30 planes ahead of you waiting to take off) I am understandably nervous about this whole thing. And with no crew travel to blame it on!

I have instead decided to show up 5 hours earlier then planned to see if I can beg my way onto an earlier flight. Also, I don't trust United Airlines with my bag. The longer you have to wait at an airport the more chances they have for misplacing your stuff. This is a fact.

On the up side, if I'm stuck somewhere for 5 hours, I may just catch up on all those Doctor Who eps I have not watched, which should make mtemplar_fic very happy. Maybe though... I MIGHT watch them :) Possibly.

Comments

[mtemplar-fic.livejournal.com]

Maybe you should just carry on, then? It wouldn't do to have your bag lost in Frankfurt. If it makes it to Germany.

And yes, you must catch up. So you can wallow along with the rest of us! *grins*

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

This is the plan. Which is why, as much as it pains me, the uniform is coming along on my vacation. TSA tends to give me less problems when I have it with me.

If I do watch, JE still won't be on the agenda. So I'll wallow, but in a state of ignorance :)

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

Good luck with all that! :-S

And I thought a few hours on the train was a pain in the arse! (I admit I've had some pretty bad flights though... they always seem to be delayed by long enough to be OMGARGH and not long enough to merit any sort of compensation/free accommodation.)

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I think I'm going to need all the luck I can possibly get!

At the opposite end of this airline adventure, I have a 4 hour train ride. The fun just does not stop! :)

My mantra today is going to be "at least it's not Heathrow" although JFK ranks up there with it... so maybe not the best mantra. Hmmmmmm....

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

Bwahaha... I am so proud of Heathrow, that it instils such fear in travellers worldwide! XD

I'm not a fan of Riyadh airport myself, because while the building is fairly new and shiny, there is NOTHING there. Aside from a stand that sells coffee and Arabic magazines. And you have to check in HOURS IN ADVANCE and sit there and wait.

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

Whenever I am routed through Heathrow... a part of me dies inside. I can feel my soul start to waste away and all I want to do is curl into a ball and cry. An exaggeration... maybe. But Heathrow has really gone out of its way to make the whole traveling awful for all involved. I would say it's the Queen Bitch of All Airports (Can you tell I don't like it? *g* I've had my worst experiences there.)

I have not had the joy of experiencing Riyadh for myself. After your rousing endorsement I think I'll skip that one *g* I've been in a few other hell holes, mostly air bases in the middle of nowhere. But sitting in a place for hours with coffee and Arabic magazines sounds like it's own version of hell.