Pete on his Lonesome

[skyring]

Bad news, I'm afraid. I spent Monday feeling bubbly and excited, looking forward to walking through Paris with Kerri, but yesterday she went back to work and they won't give her the time off (which is in the middle of school holidays here).

So it's just me.

And that means it's a totally different trip.

Looking at something like this.

Sun 8 April Canberra - Perth - Sydney - Hong Kong
Mon 9 April Hong Kong - Tokyo - Singapore
Tue 10 April Singapore - London
Wed 11 April
Thu 12 April London - Dubai - Frankfurt
Fri 13 April
Sat 14 April Frankfurt - Dubai - London
Sun 15 April London - LAX
Mon 16 April LAX - Chicago
Tue 17 April
Wed 18 April Chicago - LAX - Washington
Thu 19 April Drive Washington - Charleston.
Fri 20 April
Sat 21 April
Sun 22 April
Mon 23 April Charleston - Dallas/Fort Worth (on the early flight), DFW-JFK, JFK - Sydney (it's one flight number for booking purposes, but they break in LAX), Sydney-Canberra, arriving mid-morning on Wed 25.

This is, of course, subject to timetables, and I'll undoubtedly modify it fairly drastically. A lot of the flights are made for no other reason than to use up sectors. I don't actually want to get out of the terminal anywhere but London, Frankfurt, Chicago and Washington. The idea is to get the maximum mileage and status credits out of the trip.

I'm seeing Tessa (my travel agent) on Saturday and this will make her day!

Comments

[skyring.livejournal.com]

It's going to be the early flight, about 0700. That's the only way I can leave on Monday and make the Qantas flight from New York to Sydney. Can't miss out on that sector because it's totally huge and still counts as just one of my flights. Nor does it count as one of my six North American flights, or as the only transcontinental sector I'm allowed.

[whytraven.livejournal.com]

'Kay. I will be flying out of CHS at 06:00 on Monday morning...possibility of a cuppa, maybe? I'll probably spend the night at the airport.

[skyring.livejournal.com]

If you are flying American Airlines, then it will be the same flight. Unfortunately there's no Admiral's Club in CHS, otherwise I could guest you in. But there are a couple in DFW.

Not sure about spending the night at the airport - I'll be sharing with ResQgeek on Sunday night, but I'll have to leave early Monday and would be more than happy to shout you a cuppa.

Those little Embraers are fun aircraft, BTW. Not much in the way of amenities, but you get a great view and the pilots can wheel them around a bit zippier than the bigger planes.

[(Anonymous)]

No, I'll be going with Untied. So, it will really depend on the layout of the airport as to whether we can meet or not--though I'm guessing it's all the same terminal. As I recall, I change planes in DC. On the way in, it's Chicago.

And really depends on whether you can be bothered to hoik yourself over here an hour earlier than you need to, too. I'm sort of fond of getting through security early, but that's me. ;-)

Little Charleston airport takes our Bookcrossers and sends them in all directions. ;-)

[skyring.livejournal.com]

I'll bother myself for you. We can share a murky terminal coffee in the pre-dawn, and I'll wave a hanky at you as you thunder off into the sky.

I'm always happy to hang about airport terminals, and hanging about with you is the icing on the cake.

[whytraven.livejournal.com]

:-)

Let's try this while actually logged in, eh?

[whytraven.livejournal.com]

No, I'll be going with Untied. So, it will really depend on the layout of the airport as to whether we can meet or not--though I'm guessing it's all the same terminal. As I recall, I change planes in DC. On the way in, it's Chicago.

And really depends on whether you can be bothered to hoik yourself over here an hour earlier than you need to, too. I'm sort of fond of getting through security early, but that's me. ;-)

Little Charleston airport takes our Bookcrossers and sends them in all directions. ;-)

Re: Let's try this while actually logged in, eh?

[skyring.livejournal.com]

I'll be there in the empty, echoing terminal with you - see my answer earlier.

Charleston isn't that big a terminal, anyway. Passengers have to walk to and from American Airlines planes, rather than use a jetway.