Looks like for now I’ll have the whole row to myself on London to Chicago. Flight is in 16 hours so hopefully noone else books or changes to my row. White seats are available to change for free, blue is $85 to change, and gray seats are already taken. There are 2 other middle rows with all 3 seats available so I could try to snipe one of those if for some reason someone is added to my row.
I thought about switching my seat to the middle one next to me to discourage anyone from switching to my row, but if you only get 1 seat change, then I should prob hang onto it.
I’ve had one 9 hour flight where I could stretch out across 3 seats and it was glorious. Normally these flights are miserable for me on packed flights bc I can barely sleep and get pretty sore.
it really depends on which plane you get. The 767 is the worst, just brutally small, the new “suites” on the A350 and A330-900 look huge but the foot area is tiny and the seat is hard as a rock, the A330-200 and -300 has the best seat for sleeping (reverse herringbone) even though they look a little old and beat up.
There are some 757s configured with lay-flats that are not bad for sleeping, but these are mostly on domestic routes (JFK-SFO/LAX) or shorter transatlantics (JFK/BOS-DUB/KEF). They also don’t have direct aisle access for window seats.
Truly hate the super narrow foot compartments on allegedly lie flat seats. Zero ability to sleep with the bottom third of my leg in a 10 inch wide plastic box.
Atlantic City is a resort city on New Jersey’s Atlantic coast that’s known for its many casinos, wide beaches and iconic Boardwalk. Established in the 1800s as a health resort, today the city is dotted with glitzy high-rise hotels and nightclubs. In addition to gambling at slot machines and table games, the casinos offer spa treatments, performances by famous comedy and music acts, and high-end shopping.
Comedian Brian Posehn compares doing shows in Atlantic City to prison rape. You remember your first one, but after that they all kind of blur together.
You need to take a shower after taking a shower in AC. The Borgata is nice. The Boardwalk sightseeing is interesting- in a freak show kind of way. Especially like the irony of seeing church groups in AC.
I think I meant to say south and west*. Probably all the way to Munich, then maybe west to some combo of Stuttgart, Black Forest, Frankfurt, Cologne. We’re meeting a friend in Paris for a weekend at the tail end of the trip so we’ll need to head west anyways.
Her grandmother lived near Stuttgart so we’ll do a little time in a small town, but otherwise assuming we’ll do the typical big city tourist stuff.
I had to head back home but my colleagues stayed over a weekend in Aachen and loved it. Of course one of the German coworkers was from their and got them a behind the scenes tour of the cathedral from 800.
Survived flight to India. We got upgraded to DeltaOne on the first leg. Can confirm the 5” of foot space sucks. Found a decent sleeping position at about 75% recline.
Crazy at BLR how many people getting picked up at 2AM. We are up and going to explore for the afternoon. Prolly our own chance outside of work stuff. See go back Friday.
The big adventure is that I’m a super-taster so spicy is not for me.
Park in town plus the state Capitol and a palace built under British rule.
I’m not a foodie. We ate at a French/euro place at a mall. Had our driver take us to a shop. We Probably paid a bit too much for silk/pashmina scarves for the wives but figure we were paying a bit for the experience.
My delta one flight the other day to Korea had a big foot area and really wide seats, it was much better than the other ones I’ve been in. I think it was an Airbus A350. Made a 15 hour flight not a big deal at all, think I slept about half the flight.
I don’t think that is disqualifying. I know a super-taster (self-described, anyway) who does like spicy food. She does say that most don’t, but she likes it.
I had a few food allergies as a kid, so that made me cautious
It’s not the midwestern thing. My siblings and kids have much broader taste pallets than me.
I describe it as pain instead of unpleasant taste. Broccoli is the worst. Vinegar and yogurt are no goes
The real reason I think I fit the definition is my reaction to beer. Two sips tastes great. Third sip I get a strong metallic taste. Wine seems to vary. Some it’s instant. I had a Cabernet of some type in Bulgaria where I got 2/3 of a glass before it happened. Some sourdough breads do it as well.
Spicy cup pepperonis are my “pleasantly hot”
I can have small amount of mild peppers if they are fully blended into something like a meat sauce- not so much if there are significant chunks.
So it does make hesitant to even taste. I usually always get unknown sauces on the side and cautiously try.
