Well it was a fun albeit tiring weekend.

IAD-JFK-YUL-CDG-WAW on the way there - and then a leg to Cracow where I spent the weekend sightseeing. Major frustration at YUL in that my flight got in at something like 9am which forced me to pass through Canadian immigration, customs, etc and completely exit planeside areas (b/c the transfer gates were all closed since there are no intl flights in the morning apparently). Once I got out of the planeside area I couldn't get back in either b/c 1. My PNR was requiring me to check-in at the counter with AF for the remaining legs and 2.AF desk closed until 1pm. So without an AF boarding pass I was stranded outside security and even if I had been able to get through it would have been irrelevant since the AF lounge doesn't open till the afternoon anyway. BOO. I ended up sitting in the Marriott Bar for 5+ hours waiting and surfing the net/working remotely.

Another bummer was that upon arrival at WAW (with 4 hours till my flight to cracow on LOT) they wouldn't let me use the KLM lounge (I am Diamond) b/c its only for ppl departing on skyteam, not *arriving* on skyteam. Is this correct policy or was the lounge lady wrong?

Had a stellar weekend sightseeing in Cracow and while I didn't have time to meet up with goldendragon822 as I'd hoped, I DID meet nytracon face to face. He and I had eyed each other a few times at the gate and it looked like he wanted to say hello (didn't realize he was a fellow flyertalker) and then he finally introduced himself (he could tell I was a FT b/c of my bright yellow FT bag tags I assume) using the topic of another passenger who was vomiting in the gate area. I had to laugh at the conversational "in" he chose. Still it was great to chat.

Heading back to WAW this weekend as well, and this time I'll be in WAW all day SAT so would love to catch up with any FT on the way there or once on the ground. Will be in AMS all day Sunday and happy to meet anyone there also.