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[andyhat]

Coach class on 757's (in a 3-3 configuration) is bad enough on short hauls. But for transcons, it's torture. What is Delta thinking using those on a route like ATL-SFO? I'll definitely be avoiding that routing in the future (at least the outbound flight was a 767, so I didn't suffer both ways).

Other than the return flight, Dragoncon was lots of fun. I went to a lot less formal programming than I did at Worldcon, but there were so many people around to talk to that I had no trouble passing the time socializing. It was good to see lots of people I rarely get to see since I'm home so little, and I met lots of great new folks. It's too bad that Worldcon and Dragoncon are normally the same or adjacent weekends, because I'd like to be able to do both again.

Comments

Flights

[robgates.livejournal.com]

Ha! At least your flight happened. Our "short" flight to DC got cancelled less than 30 minutes before takeoff on Tuesday night. We ended up flying north to Philly then back south to DC and getting in about 3.5 hours later than planned (and far later than we wanted to given we had to work yesterday). But we did make it home!

Pretty sure I won't hit DragonCon again - the con itself really didn't thrill me - though I really started enjoying myself when I started connecting with friends old and new.

Re: Flights

[andyhat.livejournal.com]

You were on USeless Air, then? They do have quite a reputation for randomly cancelling short-haul flights. I generally try to avoid them, but if you're flying out of National, I suppose you're usually stuck with 'em.

Realistically, I probably won't get to another Dragoncon soon. The next two years, Worldcon conflicts, and in 2008, Denver would have to win their early-August bid which seems unlikely against Chicago and Columbus.

[superficiality.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to comment and say hello because I used to be interweb friends with Randy, and he mentioned you to me a couple of times. And then I found out that you went to my high school, via LJ's creepyfun new school feature. SO. Hi.