Although the drive is considered manageable for many, a 6-hr drive is definitely not in my book. Instead, I chose to fly - I tried Midwest Airlines this time and I think my impression is mixed. I think I'll try flying to Kansas City with them next time to get a better idea. Kansas City is another Midwest hub - so the flight from Milwaukee to Kansas City is one of their Signature flights. I've heard good things so I will be looking forward.
Back to this trip.
It didn't start out too well when my flight leaving Madison departs at 525p Friday afternoon and I didn't get to the airport until like 455p. Fortunately/unfortunately (depending on how you see it), my flight from Milwaukee to Indy got canceled and they have to re-book me to NWA which departs at 630p. I also got "selected" by the airline to do additional screening (also my first time to get selected). I didn't have much carry-on luggage with me (just a couple set of clothes since I didn't want to check my bag) so the experience wasn't too bad. Strangely speaking, if I were going to HK, I wouldn't even have any carry-on luggage. Um...
Nothing exciting happened while in Indy beside hanging out with my brother and DNA. So I'll fast forward...XDD
DNA and I were meeting up for lunch Sunday afternoon at Circle Center. Just as my brother and I arrived at Circle, I got a call from Midwest asking if I can postpone my flight to Monday morning instead. Apparently they got a plane "downgrade" and the new plane can't accommodate all the bookings. They were willing to offer a free round-trip ticket in return. I have to admit it was pretty tempting (hey, the ticket to Indy cost me $300; I wouldn't mind using the free ticket for places like San Fran). Unfortunately the Monday flight departs at 730a, which means by the time I get back to Madison, it'll probably be 9:30 or 10:00. Since I don't feel like taking half a day off, I turned down the offer. If the flight was something later the day, I'd probably take the offer.
Next he asked me if I could check in online because the available seats will be on a first-come-first-serve basis. Well, let see, I probably could check in online, if you call me AN HOUR earlier! Bad! He finally advised me to get to the airport at 4 (when the counter opens for check-in) to make sure I get my seat. At that point, I did ask myself maybe it's better to stick with United :P (Note to self: Need to get a 3G plan so at least I can surf with my phone)
Eventually I gave in and called Konphused back in Madison to help me check in. When I got to the airport, the couple who checked in after me took the last two spots. The ground staff was saying that there were probably 8 or 9 people who can't make it. Lucky me! ;)
Oh one last note, I flew in a non-jet plane - which was also my first time. An interesting experience indeed. My brother is thinking about moving back to Chicago and DNA will be leaving Indy as well, this might be my last trip to Indy? Time will tell. :P
2 comments:
"Strangely speaking, if I were going to HK, I wouldn't even have any carry-on luggage." How can you do that? No carry on luggage? Do you not bring a laptop with you? Do you not bring your DS or other games?
It seems a not-so-positive experience flying with MidWest. However they called you up and advised you about the over-booking, which was nice.
Are you looking for 3G phone? Have you checked out the Sprint's plan? The coverage include almost all metropolitan cities and airports. I am still old-fashioned, I will not do any 'sensitive-transaction' via my cell phone (though it's probably running Rev A) because it's an wide-open Internet services (as far as I know).
I normally carry a small shoulder bag when traveling to HK and has basically 1 or 2 novels, snacks and my DS (no notebook yet). All the other stuff goes into checked luggage. So in terms of carry-on, it's pretty lite. This time, I had a "gym" bag with my clothes in it as well.
On Midwest - i think i'll give them another chance to check out their Signature Flights. They have freshly baked cookies on those flights (yes - they baked them onbroad according to what I've read).
I already have a 3G phone (Nokia N73) but haven't sign up for any data plan yet. The only drawback with Sprint is that they don't use GSM?
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