February 25, 2005
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I’m home! (As in Chicago home)
It feels great to be back in a land where you can actually see the horizion, where the winter is actually cold, where the air is moist, where the people are honest (some call it rude), where the pizza is deep (and tasty), where people actually know what Casmir Pulaski Day is, and where tomorrow my mom will be cellebrating her 40th birthday.In striking contrast to my flight home at the beginning of winter break, I had a surprisingly pleasent flight. I got to the airport in Salt Lake at 4, in plenty of (too much) time for my 6:12 flight to Denver (where I was to catch a 9:00 flight to O’Hare, landing at midnight). So I sat there waiting and waiting. Then the flight to Denver was delayed. I started to get worried that it would be delayed again, causing me to miss my flight from Denver to O’hare. A little bit after 6 I decided I would go for a walk. That’s when I saw in glorious flashing red letters “O’Hare” above one of the gates. A 4:00 flight straight to Chicago had been delayed until 5:50. It was 6:10, and the woman was closing the doors behind the last of the boarding passengers. I ran over there and asked if it was too late to fly standby. She asked for my boarding pass and if I wanted to stay by the window. I said I didn’t care and so she gave me an aisle seat in ECONOMY PLUS!!, an upgrade from my coach seat.
So basically I got tons of leg room, and I got to see Ladder 49, which I had wanted to see really badly, and I got to fly straight home, landing 2 hours before I was expected! Two hours! Yay for United!
Comments (6)
that’s awesome! I’ve never had such luck at the aeroport-last time I asked if I could fly standby I got a cold rejection of “We don’t do standby”…thanks alot, delta. Well, yay for being home and double yay for surprising your mom for her birthday! I hope you are feeling better, btw.
cheers!
i think you are the only person in the history of the world to say “yay united.” enjoy your time at home!
Very Cool
I hope that you enjoy your time at home.
1) welcome home, lovie
2) economy plus rocks my rocks. & I think it’s cool that I’ve taken that exact same flight path every time I’ve flown out to (& back from) Deer Valley. & Yeah, United is awesome…not like their spinoff “Ted”. Effing Ted wouldn’t give me back my luggage!
That is just so awesome! I’m glad you get to go home for the weekend. I had no idea you were from Chicago.
I’m so jealous that you’re home! How’s the weather, how’s Chicago? Is it still the lovely place that I recall? Okay okay, I’m ready to go home for a little bit I think…Anyway, happy birthday to your mom and that’s so cool that you got a lucky deal!