For those of you old enough, remember the old airlines? The ones that have gone bankrupt, been subsumed or otherwise combined/purchased/lost their original identities?
We also had “pet names” for them. the ones I remember included TWA=Tiny Weeny Airlines, Allegheny Airlines = Agony Airlines, Northwest Airlines was Northworst, and the list continued. United was referred to as “Untied.” And this proved to be confirmed today.
Getting to the airport in the Twin Cities just involved taking the Green Line, then changing to the Blue. Normally this is accomplished at the Stadium but with a Vikings Home game today…. well let us just say that we saw a lot of purple. Along with some interesting helmets (the real Vikings did NOT have horns on their helmets).
Getting to United’s check in was fairly easy. Getting through security wasn’t hard but took a bit of time. Then, thanks to George’s status with Lufthansa, we spent time in the United Lounge. Gate change was secondary to another United flight having some kind of problem which stuck it at the gate for an extra few hours.
Flight? Full, long, middle seat (bleh). BART home, Taxi from Berkeley up the hill to home. really need sleep
