No more UK flights for CJ

[cjsmith]

I'll get on a transatlantic plane without carry-on luggage when they pry it from my cold dead hands.

(Or when they pay me the full replacement price of my checked luggage when I board. On the unlikely chance I ever see it again, and on time too, I'll gladly refund the money... minus a modest handling charge. AND they must have at least three decent full-length novels in the passenger cabin for me, as that's how many I'll need.)

Comments

[kennita.livejournal.com]

Make sure you take the southern route -- the northern one can get pretty dicey come snow-time. For people with Buns of Titanium, Greyhound can also work. Just because I Gotta Look Stuff Up, with 7 days advance purchase you could make the round-trip in just over 3 days each way for $298 round-trip. On Amtrak you could do it for in about 3-1/2 days each way for $398 round-trip (hundreds more if you want a sleeping cabin instead of coach). And BTW, Amtrak (passenger) trains are almost always late -- cargo trains take precedence.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Took me 24h to get from Boston to Cleveland once. Amtrak. (Thanksgiving; planes were sold out.) Never ever again... well, okay, maybe again if they will otherwise take my laptop away. ;-)