OK I admit I have been lonely the past couple of weeks--it was nice to see Jim, but I do miss my wife. Thank God she is home Thursday.
In the mean time I had to go to Marlyand (suburban DC actually) for a big meeting tomorrow morning, so I have another chance to sample WN. Booking the trip was effortless, and since it was less than 7 days out, only two fare buckets remained-of course I chose Business Select again. I was able to check in yesterday at the 24 hour mark with no problem, but I was already no. 9 in the A group.
I was prepared to clean up a little in preparation for my wife's return, and do another load of laundry, but last night Lauren called in a panic that she accidentally sat on her PC and broke the LCD screen. I spent three hours on the phone with Dell (never again), and after all that they refused to send a tech to repair the unit on site since they could not troubleshoot it. I paid for the MOST expensive service program offering 24/7 service ON SITE, but after 3 hours I just gave up. She has to send the machine back. DOH.
In any case more time this morning, a full day work in 4 hours, and off to ISP. It took a whopping 20 minutes door to door and I walked into an empty terminal and breezed right through security and off to Gate A2 where I met my associate Chris. We had a few minutes to relax before boarding began, and even with A9, I was able to secure the exit seat without the seat in front (a fave). Again it is amazing how they can board a full airplane in less than 25 minutes, with few if any issues, and still close up 5 minutes ahead of scheduled departure.
I notice that WN taxis on 2 engines all the time, and that they taxi slightly faster than others--in a few minutes we do a rolling start on RY 6 and off we go. The departure is smooth and as soon as able, the FA's are up delivering beverages (STILL free), followed by a snack service. This flight was 48 minutes runway to runway, and they managed a full beverage service with a followup snack basket..
A beautiful day on the Eastern Seaboard, we were able to see the airport pretty far out, and flew a close pattern with a dogleg approach and landing, then right to the gate for an early arrival.
All in all it was another great experience--and I have already checked in for the return, and again have A1!
To be continued....
