I went down to baggage claim to all-nighter it at a bench
with an electric outlet next to it. I hadn't planned on
getting any sleep anyway (things to tie up before going to
Europe), and I didn't feel like dropping a hundred bucks for
a hotel room for just a few hours. At some point I tried a
pro forma Priceline bid of $55, but it wasn't taken.

This aging, already kind of dubious airport gets uglier the
later it gets. Interestingly, the annoying announcements
get more frequent and louder after midnight. Has to be
deliberate. And at some point they close the restrooms,
except for a select few. I tried to find one around 4, with
no luck, so I actually asked a TSA guy, who said that they
close them every day at 3, but there was one open by the
C checkpoint (near the all-night Subway).

US1249 BWI CLT 0530 0649 319 19E was
US1539 BWI CLT 0700 0833 321 4C

Figuring I could get more done in the club in Charlotte
than at BWI, I decided to stand by for the early flight.
The GA tried mightily to get me 2F (or so she said), but
the computer kept bouncing me into middle seats in the
back. At departure time I still had a middle seat in the
back. Not awful, certainly more legroom than in the Saab.
I slept anyhow. We landed somewhat early.

I had a couple cups of decaf in the C/D club (decaf has
enough caffeine to buzz me fine); lolled around a bid; did
some work and some FT; and then off to Bojangles way back
in B. As usual the chicken was underseasoned but extremely
salty (but still perhaps the best fast food in the airport).
Dirty rice was also salty and insufficiently dirty (being
made with pork sausage rather than minced liver).

Returned to the club to get a glass of Beringer Merlot, then
a hike to E31 (the flight had been listed at E1, but no such
luck).

US2580 CLT MLB 1125 1302 CRJ 4C

The FA was cute and jolly and reminded me of Alysia, only
she was brunette.

Of the 9 people in rows 1 to 4, 4 were HS&Jers. 3D, a non-
FTer who lurks here, reported that there were "7 or 8" of
us on the flight. CRJs are kind of uncomfortable. You knew
that. I slept anyway.

I told the FA "see you in a few." It turns out there was a
crew change. It also turns out that the return leg was
crowded enough to prevent some of the turners from doing
their turns - usairways.com didn't allow the turn to be
booked, as the connection was under an hour. Orbitz had
no such qualms.

US2580 MLB CLT 1340 1521 CRJ 4C

The new FA was really strict and literal about all the
little safety-related things but otherwise just fine.

I became unresponsive after a glass of red wine.

On deplaning, the FA asked, have a nice nap? I grinned
and said, yes, thanks.

US1186 CLT BWI 1625 1750 319 10F

I wasn't even on the list for an upgrade (checked at the
club). That's okay, the 10AF windows are comfier than F.
10D was an attractive woman in her 40s who kept looking
at me funny. I think that she wanted the seat rather than
me. I slept through this flight too. I am now (supposedly)
Platinum again until 2012.