Friday, October 1, 2010

The Terminal: Delayed in Dulles

Friday night flight out of Dulles to Logan on United Express, scheduled for 6:57pm. The plane takes off somewhere around 9:30, giving me two hours to wander around Dulles.

Discoveries:
1) Delta has no sky club and instead uses Air France's lounge, a dazzlingly modern red-and-white-cafeteria of the future.

2) A slice of fresh mozzarella pizza costs $4.57 in Gate A. Two hours of internet costs roughly a dollar more than this.

3) There are a remarkable number of international flights out of Dulles that leave on a Friday night after 7pm.

4) United will only reimburse you for delays after four hours of waiting.

After boarding the plane, the flight attendant asks for a volunteer from the first four rows to sit further back and balance the weight load.  After thirty seconds of silence, a man volunteers. We applaud.

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