And no….to anyone from here…not because of the city or anything. It’s because of this frickin’ airport. The George Bush International. Grrrr.
EVERY time I have flown through here on the way home to Cleveland I have been delayed. Every single time. And this time? Yup. Delayed.
Though I have to say, the customs and immigration here is much better than, say, the cluster fuck that is Detroit… There was a huuuuuuuuuuge line for immigration but the line moved quick and I was through in just a tad under 15 minutes. No small feat these days. Then, I found out that here in Houston, they actually LOOK at the tag that says “Priority” on my luggage. By the time I got to the carousel, I saw my luggage already there so I shuffled over to pick it up and to my delight my garment bag was right behind it.
In Newark, I was one of the last to get my luggage… Nice. And in Cleveland? Yeah….they don’t give a damn.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuut as it goes, I breeze through customs, I breeze through security and then I get to the gate only to find out it’s been delayed ’till at LEAST 5pm here… *sigh*….. And no first class upgrade because of too many Platinums…like the dude I’m traveling with. Dammit. Soon though…I got gold already….platinum will be soon….
So anyway, here I sit in the President’s Club doing some work and killing time. Hopefully the plane will be coming soon. Where I’m sitting I have a good view of our gate so I should be able to tell when it arrives. Soon. I hope…..
And GODDAMMIT..Japan lost to Brazil 4 to 1. They sent in the first strings….for godsakes. Did they really need to send Ronaldo in for this game? Noooo. *sigh*…that sucks…we had such high potential….
Ah well. Time to finish off my black russian and chill. One thing nice about the President’s Club? Free booze. Mmmmmmmmmm….
Vanessa | 23-Jun-06 at 6:30 am | Permalink
Mmmmm free booze! I’m travelling with you from now on!
I guess you deserve something for all that travelling you do!
risingsunofnihon | 23-Jun-06 at 7:27 am | Permalink
If you think Houston’s bad, just be thankful you don’t have to deal with O’Hare — especially with international flights. I kid you not: the last two flights that I’ve been on from Tokyo to Chicago required police intervention once on the ground due to belligerent, drunken passengers.
admin | 23-Jun-06 at 1:26 pm | Permalink
Well, if you travel with me V, then as long as we’re flying Northwest or Continental, I can hook you up :)
…O’Hare is insane…I have never had a good experience flying out from there either going international OR coming back. United seems to be soooooo disorganized.
As for the drunken passengers….I’ve seen too many drunk businessmen to really be surprised. You’d think they’d have better common sense than to just act out in an airport of all places….. Ah well….