The business class of Boeing 777 is nice. I am on my way to Helsinki via Frankfurt. Another 17 hours with the layover in Frankfurt. These flights are tiring, burt business class with good American service makes a difference
I have been flying American Airlines as a customer now close to 9 years and the last three years as executive platinum. Let me tell you one thing.... They treat me as thei number one priority and this is also the opinion of my wife who is a former flight attendant for a Danish airline.
There is absolutely no reason what so ever for me to use anybody else than American Airlines. I hope they stay in business as long as I fly!
The cab trip from hotel to airport in early morning went well and smoothly. Same smoothness could be experienced in the security lines so I was far too early at the airport.
Baltimore airport does not have Admirals Club, the American terminal is undergoing construction, so if you are too early, you won't have lot's of services. So I am hanging here for at least 2 hours waiting on my flight....
My hotel, Marriot by the Waterfront was really a nice experience and I would recommend it to anybody. I used their gym, which was well equipped and had everything I needed. The employees did well taking care of the conference participants and SPLC 2006 was well arranged.
The hotel surrounding had all I needed such as Best Buy (I had to buy a mouse), Starbucks, Barnes and Noble, Hard Rock Cafe (nothing for me) and many other things. The only sad thing that I did see was quite a few homeless people without destination.
I am on my way to Baltimore, a nice city in Maryland. This time I will participate in a software conference for software product line engineering.
I have been in Baltimore only once during the last 8 years, so it is going to be nice to see how the town has changed.... if at all....
We are on our way to Dallas, and I have to admit that I am happy to get back home. We spent the lsst 30 minutes in a beautiful Admirals Club in on the San Juan airport and my son specifically loved to see planes arrive and take off.
Until next trip, stay tuned...
I decided to post this message as somebody told me recently that the airport here in San Juan is a bad experience.... My experience tells me the contrary.... This morning we arrived to the airport bright and early, and everything worked very well.... better than many other airports I have been exposed to. The aiport has all of the things one needs such as Starbucks, Subway other typical service things one needs....
Hardly ever you get to see so many nationalities to be represented like on a cruise ship.... Our cabin caretaker is from Goa, India.... the waiters seem to be from Thailand and Indonesia... Latvia.... and other lowpaying countries. It is pretty obvious what is going on.... I just hope they make enough so it is not waiste of their time and life. I have not seen a single Scandinavian or Western employee besides the captain and his highest ranking officers...
The ship is made in Italy, not in Finland as most of these Carnival Cruise ships are. I am happy this was the case as the breakdown of the ship caused us to lose one day... Not because of Finns, but due to Italian make... One has to have some pride of heritage...
