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Skriven 2009-06-08 08:22:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: end of trip 700
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Promised to make return visits in July (brief one to celebrate
the end of chemo) and August (when I actually have a little
spare time).

Annie had said that there are six airports that I could fly
into and out of, depending on prices, availability, and
schedules: Williamsport, Elmira, Scranton, State College,
Harrisburg, and Allentown in a pinch. There was good award
availability at Harrisburg, so I flew out of there. Not a good
choice, it turns out: it's actually quite far, largely on
US 15, which can get royally clogged up by a slow truck or
a cop car or a tourist. We allowed two hours, and it took
all of that and more. The airport itself is okay, sleek
and modern with its 8 or so gates, and free Wi-Fi in the
terminal. There's also a Susquehanna Club, which is run by
the city and substitutes for the airline clubs. It's honor
system - you fill out a form on your first visit (there was
nobody at the desk when I went in there), and they put you in
the database, and all you do next time is just sign in. I
filled out the form and put it on the desk; got a cup of
decaf and did my e-mail (my flight was delayed), and when I
left, there was still nobody there, so I took the form back
and tossed it, as I'm not likely to go there again soon.

US4596 MDT PHL 1237 1323 DH8 4A

The flight left close to half an hour late; after 16 minutes
in the air (according to flightaware.com) there was a good
fighting chance for making the Boston connection (three days
a week there's a nonstop; the rest of the time you connect
in Philly); but then we took 43 minutes from landing to gate
- during which I snoozed, waking up a couple times as the
plane started up only to straggle on a few feet; by the time
we got in, I was refreshed enough to be able to kind of
sprint to the next gate.

US 717 PHL BOS 1515 1633 E90 12F was 767 PHL BOS 1415 1533

I ran to B4 - I was the first of at least 3 runners for this
particular connection. They'd closed the doors maybe a
couple minutes before, but the plane was just sitting there
and sitting there. We just stood there and stood there.
Irritating. Why this had to be the one flight of the day
that wasn't affected by flow control I don't know.

Be that as it may, the next flight was fine - I sat next to
a woman who had missed that same flight and was dumped from
first class to the exit row on this one. We commiserated.

This flight took off and landed a bit late as well, not
enough to mess up my plans. It was otherwise fine.

When I got back to a scale, I read the bad news: I had
gained a whopping 3 lb.

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