I got on what must have been one of the last flights out of Boston last night. After not being able to go through Chicago back to California, due to Midwest storms, I was booked on an evening nonstop to San Francisco. I noticed a flight leaving for San Diego about 90 minutes earlier and asked to be put on that one, which the airline did. Turned out that the San Francisco flight got canceled.
An inexpensive overnight stay (I'm turning into a big fan of the Hotwire service, which has been a reliable way to get decent hotel rooms for a low price) in San Diego and a commuter plane hop to LAX, I'm waiting for my connection back to San Francisco. I'll be home by 10:30 this morning, and happy to be there.
I frequently tell people how much I miss the seasons in New England. But I don't miss blizzards like the one they're having in Boston today.
In other circumstances I'd be grumpy about this detour and overnight layover. Right now I'm feeling lucky.
Dan:
See this travel roundup I posted. Logan: closed. Roads: "severe weather; avoid travel". Amtrak: 3 hour delays. MBTA: delays on all lines, buses on main roadways only; they're not even using their designated snow routes.
It's bad. I wasn't here in 1978, but they're saying it's the same level of snow...but it started on Saturday night, which means it should be lot lower-impact.
Posted by: Christopher Davis | January 23, 2005 at 09:27 AM
Dan said:
"I frequently tell people how much I miss the seasons in New England. But I don't miss blizzards like the one they're having in Boston today."
Dan,
We have four seasons in San Diego: Spring; Summer; Fall; and — The Weather Channel. ;-)
Don
Posted by: Donald Larson | January 23, 2005 at 10:53 AM
Speaking of San Diego, any chance you're going to show up at the Emerging Technology Conference here in SD in March? If you, Lessig and Chris Anderson got together I'm sure some interesting ideas would emerge.
Posted by: Kirk House | January 23, 2005 at 12:09 PM
Kirk, I'll definitely be at E-Tech -- wouldn't miss it.
Posted by: Dan Gillmor | January 23, 2005 at 02:14 PM
Dan - As the Director of Internet Marketing at Thrifty Car Rental for three years I was privvy to some pretty killer apps. Hotwire is one of the better ones released into the wild. You might also look into Sidestep.com
It routinely found fares I didn't know we had published "publicly" and I was quickly convinced the same thing was happening for air and hotel rates.
Gerald in Tulsa
Posted by: Gerald Buckley | January 23, 2005 at 02:44 PM
Depending on whether elite frequent flier status matters to you, you got at least 1000 extra miles by flying SAN-LAX-SFO. (each is credited as a 500 mile segment)
Check out flyertalk.com for tricks on making travel easier on your nerves.
Posted by: Kevin | January 23, 2005 at 08:18 PM