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Frequent flying
Mar. 27th, 2018 01:21 pmTime passes more quickly as we get older. It feels like I just got back from Christmas break, and now I'm flying back Stateside for Easter. Baltimore, to be precise, with a side trip to New York if weather permits.
Less than 24 hours to takeoff; by now it's become a bit of a routine. Even though Emirates Airways now does non-stop flights from Athens to New York (Newark Airport, not JFK), if I'm going to BWI, the most sensible option for me is flying through London. The layover is a bit long at five-plus hours, but it gives me time to get through Heathrow security and relax a little after the four-hour Athens-to-London flight, and steel myself for the transatlantic hop. I've been largely flying British Airways for a number of years, ever since Olympic Airways got privatized and downsized from a major international airline to a regional one, and Delta and Continental stopped doing out-of-season non-stops from New York to Athens. (This was also before Continental got taken over by United, and given recent press, I'm hesitant to fly United except at gunpoint.)
The only real downside to this trip is right at the beginning, because an eight o'clock AM departure means leaving for the airport at six AM, which means setting my alarm for five AM, better known as stupid o'clock AM in my book.
Still, it'll be good to be home again, even if only for a little while, despite the mess being made of it by the bloodthirsty monsters in charge.
Less than 24 hours to takeoff; by now it's become a bit of a routine. Even though Emirates Airways now does non-stop flights from Athens to New York (Newark Airport, not JFK), if I'm going to BWI, the most sensible option for me is flying through London. The layover is a bit long at five-plus hours, but it gives me time to get through Heathrow security and relax a little after the four-hour Athens-to-London flight, and steel myself for the transatlantic hop. I've been largely flying British Airways for a number of years, ever since Olympic Airways got privatized and downsized from a major international airline to a regional one, and Delta and Continental stopped doing out-of-season non-stops from New York to Athens. (This was also before Continental got taken over by United, and given recent press, I'm hesitant to fly United except at gunpoint.)
The only real downside to this trip is right at the beginning, because an eight o'clock AM departure means leaving for the airport at six AM, which means setting my alarm for five AM, better known as stupid o'clock AM in my book.
Still, it'll be good to be home again, even if only for a little while, despite the mess being made of it by the bloodthirsty monsters in charge.