Friday Night to Alaska!
Jun. 15th, 2024 02:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerAlaska Travelog #1
Flying at 38,000' - Fri, 14 Jun 2024, 10pm
Things should have gone smoothly with our flight to Alaska this evening. We both got upgraded to first class... almost 36 hours ahead of time, even... and I finished up my work early this afternoon so we didn't have to rush getting up to SFO through rush hour traffic. We left comfortably at 4:15pm, anticipating not sweating traffic and still having enough time for an unhurried meal at the airport before boarding. And then, while we were in the car....
...United informed us our flight would be delayed. And it wasn't just a piddly 15 minute delay like Southwest informed us of 24 hours before our flight earlier this week (though that turned into 20-25 minutes late as systemic snags cascaded) but a 90 minute delay. Ah, well, so much for getting in to Anchorage at a halfway reasonable time. I was hoping to pick up our rental car around 11pm when the sun was still shining and see what an 11:40pm sunset looks like. Now we'll only get in at midnight, after sunset. And more importantly, getting in that late will make for a rough night with too little sleep and put us on the back foot for being able to enjoy our vacation. 😡
Well, at least we've got those first class upgrades. Not that first class is anything special. Service is still to United's "I'm sorry, did you ask for something? I was busy gossiping with my friend" standards. But at least it's a bigger seat for this 4½ hour flight.
Flying at 38,000' - Fri, 14 Jun 2024, 10pm
Things should have gone smoothly with our flight to Alaska this evening. We both got upgraded to first class... almost 36 hours ahead of time, even... and I finished up my work early this afternoon so we didn't have to rush getting up to SFO through rush hour traffic. We left comfortably at 4:15pm, anticipating not sweating traffic and still having enough time for an unhurried meal at the airport before boarding. And then, while we were in the car....
...United informed us our flight would be delayed. And it wasn't just a piddly 15 minute delay like Southwest informed us of 24 hours before our flight earlier this week (though that turned into 20-25 minutes late as systemic snags cascaded) but a 90 minute delay. Ah, well, so much for getting in to Anchorage at a halfway reasonable time. I was hoping to pick up our rental car around 11pm when the sun was still shining and see what an 11:40pm sunset looks like. Now we'll only get in at midnight, after sunset. And more importantly, getting in that late will make for a rough night with too little sleep and put us on the back foot for being able to enjoy our vacation. 😡
Well, at least we've got those first class upgrades. Not that first class is anything special. Service is still to United's "I'm sorry, did you ask for something? I was busy gossiping with my friend" standards. But at least it's a bigger seat for this 4½ hour flight.
