I’ve finished packing. WOO HOO! After the fiasco last year (where Randy’s luggage didn’t appear for a few days), we’ve gotten smart and now mix our clothes in each other’s luggage so that if one suitcase gets lost we still have clothes to wear.<\/p>\n
Poor Randy, though. Since he’s got business to conduct, in addition to the shorts, jeans, and t-shirts (like I’m bringing), he has to pack two suits, dress shirts, dress shoes, and ties. He’s also bringing out four BIG bottles of wine that he had been storing at our place for our friends in California.<\/p>\n
Still, he managed to fit it all in. Oh, and he got us bumped up to first class so at least we’ll be getting a meal on this flight. It’s shocking to me that you can get away with not serving food (or even free snacks) on a 6+ hour flight. I’ve even taken flights to California that didn’t have movie screens. And just yesterday I read that United Airlines is removing the movie equipment on all continental domestic flights. Yeah, not just stopping movie service, but removed the entire equipment from the planes. Apparently, that 500 pounds will save them $10 million per year in fuel costs.<\/p>\n
But 500 pounds is just two chunky people…will that really make that much of a difference on a plane that seats around 200 people? I fear other airlines are going to follow suit. Personally, I find this rather short-sighted. It’s just going to prompt people to take airlines like JetBlue, who offers free snacks AND free in-seat TV screens. It’s just going to remove a competitive edge. Plus, someday, fuel prices,airline ticket prices, and the economy will balance out and then they’ll just have to re-install everything again.<\/p>\n
Just my two cents. Besides, who am I to say? Though, considering that I didn’t go to California for 9 years yet this will be my fourth trip in one year, these long haul flights seem to becoming a more frequent thing for me. At least I have my iPod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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