Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Bon Voyage !


My first smart move was avoiding another agonizing flight on Delta, you know, the airline known for their service with a sneer and impossibly poor seating.  For my excursion to Europe I chose to fly with British Airways where I enjoyed an altogether different traveling experience....hassle free check -in, cheap upgrade to "world traveller plus" class, continuous in-flight entertainment, endless demi-bottles of french wine and zero turbulence.  Oh yeah, and can I mention the fact that BA has this novel idea of actually wanting to perpetuate future business through top level customer service and chose NOT to push the limits on capacity for the plane....Everyone in the world traveller plus, aka nod to the middle class, completely lounged and we were all able to enjoy the epitome of comfort in our very own rows.  How can you really improve on that ?? I guess the privileged in first class had craftmatic adjustable beds at their disposal, either way I felt a bit like I belonged to the jet set. 
I safely arrived at Gatwick airport with mes valises, two of the largest suitcases on the face of
 the earth, miraculously the airline chose to ignore the fact that both were over the 23kg weight limit (one over by 9 kg alone... whoops).  Navigated baggage claim, customs, train and taxi with far less trouble than I'd anticipated, then again I also had a handy dandy guide with me courtesy of an untrusting and somewhat dubious compadre  -- "Directions for Kelly to meet Somil in London".  

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