Off to Austin. First Trip in 8 Weeks.
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canyonwalkerTexas Trip log #1
SJC Airport · Tue, 11 Nov 2025. 5pm.
I'm headed out on a business trip this evening. I'm flaying to Austin, TX where I'll get in late tonight— or possibly early tomorrow morning, given how air travel has been scrambled the past week or two with staffing chaos at the FAA during the government shutdown. At least my flight is slated to leave on time.
This is my first trip in a while. I did no travel the whole month of October. 😨 My last trip before that was a leisure trip to Phoenix in late September. My last business trip was a brief one to Los Angeles 8 weeks ago.
I've got a packed schedule in Texas on this trip. Wednesday I've got meetings all day. I'll work from the hotel. You may think, "So why not travel tomorrow, then?" Well, I'm taking a prospective customer to dinner Wednesday evening, and I don't want to have to reschedule all my Wednesday meetings to travel for it. So I'm flying tonight.
After working in the hotel Wednesday and doing a client dinner Wednesday evening, I'll meet a couple of clients in their offices around Austin on Thursday. When I'm done with those meetings I'll drive down to San Antonio Thursday afternoon/evening. Friday morning I'll meet a client in San Antonio, then I'll drive back up to Austin to fly home Friday evening.
Again you might ask, "Why not fly home from San Antonio?" The main reason is I can't get a nonstop flight from there back to SJC. Meanwhile there are multiple nonstops throughout the day from Austin. Purely on a door-to-door time basis, driving to Austin and flying from there is about equal to flying from San Antonio. The tiebreaker is the reduced risk of flying nonstop. Especially with so many flight delays and cancellations recently, I preferred to book the nonstop versus the connecting route. The nonstop flight might be delayed, but the worst that will happen is I get home late. If my first of two connecting flights is delayed badly, I could be stuck overnight in a connecting city like Phoenix or Las Vegas.
Update: Plans change just as I'm boarding!
SJC Airport · Tue, 11 Nov 2025. 5pm.
I'm headed out on a business trip this evening. I'm flaying to Austin, TX where I'll get in late tonight— or possibly early tomorrow morning, given how air travel has been scrambled the past week or two with staffing chaos at the FAA during the government shutdown. At least my flight is slated to leave on time.
This is my first trip in a while. I did no travel the whole month of October. 😨 My last trip before that was a leisure trip to Phoenix in late September. My last business trip was a brief one to Los Angeles 8 weeks ago.
I've got a packed schedule in Texas on this trip. Wednesday I've got meetings all day. I'll work from the hotel. You may think, "So why not travel tomorrow, then?" Well, I'm taking a prospective customer to dinner Wednesday evening, and I don't want to have to reschedule all my Wednesday meetings to travel for it. So I'm flying tonight.
After working in the hotel Wednesday and doing a client dinner Wednesday evening, I'll meet a couple of clients in their offices around Austin on Thursday. When I'm done with those meetings I'll drive down to San Antonio Thursday afternoon/evening. Friday morning I'll meet a client in San Antonio, then I'll drive back up to Austin to fly home Friday evening.
Again you might ask, "Why not fly home from San Antonio?" The main reason is I can't get a nonstop flight from there back to SJC. Meanwhile there are multiple nonstops throughout the day from Austin. Purely on a door-to-door time basis, driving to Austin and flying from there is about equal to flying from San Antonio. The tiebreaker is the reduced risk of flying nonstop. Especially with so many flight delays and cancellations recently, I preferred to book the nonstop versus the connecting route. The nonstop flight might be delayed, but the worst that will happen is I get home late. If my first of two connecting flights is delayed badly, I could be stuck overnight in a connecting city like Phoenix or Las Vegas.
Update: Plans change just as I'm boarding!
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