Travel Diary; Do you know the way to San Jose? I do
Posted on April 29, 2008
Filed Under Travel Diary
So if you haven’t noticed, I haven’t been traveling much lately, which is actually fine with me. As much as I love dealing with the TSA, rental cars and room service, I’d much rather stay close to home.
However, this week called for a little road trip, so off I went to lovely (so not) San Jose.
First class Soutwest style…sort of -In case you missed the commercials, Southwest has a new business Business Select pricing to go along with their new ‘A-list’ rewards program. The long and short of it is this, you pay more, but not a lot more and get automatic ‘A’ boarding group and a free drink coupon. The only thing that makes this worth it is if you forget to check in or can’t, you’re still in ‘A’ vs in up front in a middle seat surrounded by screaming kids. I’ll take it.
Some things never change- For all their advances with seating, boarding groups and amateur comedian flight attendants, Southwest still can’t seem to get anywhere on time. Nothing like a 45 min delay to start your trip.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day- I’ve railed loud and long about my distaste for Avis and they’re ‘not trying harder’ customer service. Today however, my name was on the big board where it’s supposed to be and my car was less than a 1/4 mile away, I even got an upgrade to a Chrysler 300…saweeeet!
Sometimes the stars align…in my favor -My travels can take me literally anywhere in the US and frequently a 2-3 hour plane ride is just the beginning, as a 30-60 mile trek to the hotel/company site from the airport is not unheard of. This time however, 10 mins after leaving Avis I pulled into the Marriott right next door to Yahoo’s headquarters. No sign of Bill Gates and his cronies.
CPK is once again A-OK- One of my favorite airport restaurants in California Pizza Kitchen. A little Thai Chicken Pizza and Diet Coke is frequently good for my weary travelers soul. Today was such a day. As Hannibal from the A-team used to say ‘I love it when a plan comes together’.
Well that’s about it for this little adventure. If all goes well (fingers crossed), I’ll be home in time for dinner. Until next time, I’m off to the ‘A’ boarding group.
As always a great write-up, I enjoy your take on travel storys and how you deal with the events, very well written “I love it when a plan comes together’.’ LOL…
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