Booking Flights at 37,000'

[canyonwalker]

Oahu travelog #2
WN 808 en route to HNL - Thu, 23 Dec 2021, 3pm*

Okay, so it's Hawaii travelog #2 and still we're not in Hawaii. But we are at least en route. There's an old saying that the journey's half the trip. It's still often that way. And before we're even there we're already planning one of our next trips. Thanks to inflight wi-fi (which I get for free with my Southwest elite status, yay!) and a 5½ hour flight time that has me casting about for things to do (after I caught up on all my news feeds) I started booking a trip for March.

In March I've got a company sales meeting in Las Vegas. Our plan now is to extend it with some leisure travel. Hawk will fly out to Vegas to join me on Friday evening after I'm done with work. We'll stay in Vegas Friday night and do something outdoorsy on Saturday. Then Saturday evening we'll fly to Amarillo, Texas.

"What's in Amarillo?" you might ask. Well, as far as I know, nothing, really. 😅 But it is just 45 minutes or so from there to Cañon Palo Duro, the "Grand Canyon of Texas". We'll spend Sunday hiking in the park there and fly home on Monday.

* I think it's 3pm. I'm not sure what timezone we're in. Or 37,000' above. 😂

Comments

[some_other_dave]

Did you get internet coverage over the ocean? I don't think I ever have; just over the continental US.

[canyonwalker]

There are two basic types of aircraft wifi, Air-to-ground (ATG) and satellite. ATG seems to be more common. It's probably cheaper. Obviously it works only over/near land, though, and even then it can be spotty wherever there are no towers nearby— which is quite a bit of the mountain west, actually. One source I read said that Southwest Airlines uses a satellite service for all of its flights. The aircraft I flew aboard today definitely had satellite wifi as I used it throughout our overwater trip.