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Mar. 25th, 2007 12:13 pmI need some kind of travel-related icon.
So, Friday before last, I went home for spring break. Fair enough. The plan was to fly Southwest from Louisville (SDF) to Chicago Midway (MDW) and then use my neighbor's buddy passes to fly Frontier home.
...Yeah, that didn't go over very well. SDF-MDW got delayed by an hour and a half and I had to end up buying a ticket on the way back, because my Frontier flight was the last one out that day. And *that* flight was delayed due to the nasty weather that was going on out East. Domino effect and all that. But two and a half hours and $200 later, I made it home. (Chicago hotels are about the same cost, so...)
And then, today. Urrrrgh. Just... urrrrgh. I got SSSS'd at security first time I went through (yes, first.), so even though there was no line at the time (it was 4:40AM), I spent a half hour getting patted down, having my luggage rifled through, etc. etc. (I think the reason I was selected was because my ID expires in a week, and the DMV invalidates IDs once they're renewed. I have a paper ID that's perfectly valid until my new one arrives, but even that combined with my old photo ID wasn't enough.)
Supposed to be the opposite of the plan for getting to Denver from Louisville. Except, there were 6 standby people before me who got on, and a few other standbys who didn't even make it. And it seemed every other Frontier flight to MDW was overbooked today. Fucking spring breakers.
Plan B: find another flight, as I'd assuredly be missing my connection. (See why I never check baggage unless I'm ticketed and there's a need to?) Finally found one on American Airlines. Denver to Chicago to Louisville, even (never mind that it's O'Hare instead of MDW, but meh. I still loathe ORD). But to buy the ticket, I had to go back out. So I dug out my passport to avoid being SSSS'd again and spent 45 minutes in line behind a clone of my ex-roommate. (She and her buds were, like, on the way to Mexico, like, of course that's like the only place you should go for spring break, like totally.) And my first flight was first class (only open spot), so I got to bypass the OMGFUCKINGHUGE security line (it was easily a half hour wait, or even more) and go through expedited.
I even got some sleep on the plane. Or at least dozed.
I didn't even spend this much actually going places for break freshman year.
And did I mention I have a cold but no voice? And there's a big choir rehearsal tomorrow and it'll suck if I can't sing. What worries me more is the fact that when I get a cold it always turns into a sinus infection. And I don't want to have to deal with that.
So, Friday before last, I went home for spring break. Fair enough. The plan was to fly Southwest from Louisville (SDF) to Chicago Midway (MDW) and then use my neighbor's buddy passes to fly Frontier home.
...Yeah, that didn't go over very well. SDF-MDW got delayed by an hour and a half and I had to end up buying a ticket on the way back, because my Frontier flight was the last one out that day. And *that* flight was delayed due to the nasty weather that was going on out East. Domino effect and all that. But two and a half hours and $200 later, I made it home. (Chicago hotels are about the same cost, so...)
And then, today. Urrrrgh. Just... urrrrgh. I got SSSS'd at security first time I went through (yes, first.), so even though there was no line at the time (it was 4:40AM), I spent a half hour getting patted down, having my luggage rifled through, etc. etc. (I think the reason I was selected was because my ID expires in a week, and the DMV invalidates IDs once they're renewed. I have a paper ID that's perfectly valid until my new one arrives, but even that combined with my old photo ID wasn't enough.)
Supposed to be the opposite of the plan for getting to Denver from Louisville. Except, there were 6 standby people before me who got on, and a few other standbys who didn't even make it. And it seemed every other Frontier flight to MDW was overbooked today. Fucking spring breakers.
Plan B: find another flight, as I'd assuredly be missing my connection. (See why I never check baggage unless I'm ticketed and there's a need to?) Finally found one on American Airlines. Denver to Chicago to Louisville, even (never mind that it's O'Hare instead of MDW, but meh. I still loathe ORD). But to buy the ticket, I had to go back out. So I dug out my passport to avoid being SSSS'd again and spent 45 minutes in line behind a clone of my ex-roommate. (She and her buds were, like, on the way to Mexico, like, of course that's like the only place you should go for spring break, like totally.) And my first flight was first class (only open spot), so I got to bypass the OMGFUCKINGHUGE security line (it was easily a half hour wait, or even more) and go through expedited.
I even got some sleep on the plane. Or at least dozed.
I didn't even spend this much actually going places for break freshman year.
And did I mention I have a cold but no voice? And there's a big choir rehearsal tomorrow and it'll suck if I can't sing. What worries me more is the fact that when I get a cold it always turns into a sinus infection. And I don't want to have to deal with that.
