UA1228 BOS IAH 1258 1613 738 4B

An easy trip, two stops to the airport. PMCO route, so out
of Terminal A, which is somewhat nicer than Terminal C.
Reasonably friendly and unobtrusive TSA attention, so hours
at the club to do e-mail and stuff.

Pretty good crew. The meal was the choice of chicken calzone
(not too bad, but very salty chicken) or chicken Caesar;
tomato bisque, pretty good. Plane smelled like a pizza
parlor. Oatmeal raisin cookie. Courvoisier x2.

UA 970 IAH LAS 1750 1914 319 2B Ch9

An hour at the club, then a quick hustle to the gate, where
I discovered that there was no crew, and they were
estimating a 1845 departure, so I went back to the club.
The agent at the desk decided to call the gate to have them
give a heads-up when they decided to board, and, uh huh,
all right, they're boarding now, hurry up. So as soon as I
got back to the gate, they boarded us, and we sat there for
an hour. To spite them I kept drinking the excessively
mediocre Canyon Road Pinot Noir that they offered as a
consolation prize.

PMUA plane, channel 9 dead air. Pretty good crew.

A cheeseburger or a shrimp salad. I said, surprise me! Got
the burger, not a surprise. It was very much like a Carl's
Jr. burger, that's to say, filling and not bad though salty
as anything. Chocolate chip cookie and Courvoisier for
afters.

In order to get from the D gates to the A gates inside
security, you have to get someone to unlock the door between
C and D; then it's a byzantine little jaunt through the rest
of the airport until you finally get to the other end. It's
a little bit amusing.

US 390 LAS CLT 2310 0624 321 1A

Lots of room. I was the last upgrade, owing to problems with
pushing the tix back and forth between US and UA. Snack basket.

An hour at the big club. The agent had a hard time with the
(United Club) card swipe and wouldn't let me in until another
agent said to do so.

US 1852 CLT BWI 0800 0927 734 1D

Slept through catering, which I think wasn't much. Landed
right on time, which means that I had a few minutes before
the MTA 201 bus, which is a big boon for me, as it's faster
and cheaper than the alternatives of Metrobus-Metrorail-
Metrorail-Metrobus or MARC train-Metrorail-Metrobus.