Originally Posted by
jrl767
NCR part of VA or somewhere else? beer call tomorrow if the former?
Well, I just saw this and it looks like you're flying back west tomorrow. I'm in Fredericksburg but went to Richmond tonight to meet a friend for the Flying Squirrels game.
Originally Posted by
GRALISTAIR
Good grief Matt - tempus fugit - has it been that long already? I remember us driving together from DAY to the Horse and Bourbon DO in Lexington.
I think that must have been October 2015 or so. I moved to Texas in March 2016. Could have been the spring DO in April 2015, but I remember the weather feeling more like Fall.
Originally Posted by
ATOBTTR
I’ve been here almost a year and have only used AUS once. SAT is usually comparable in price (or the price difference isn’t enough to justify trekking up to AUS) and flight times are about the same and I usually still have to connect. And usually the GSA Contract Carrier is the same, or at least it’s still not DL for where I need to go even if I go out of AUS so I usually just opt for SAT.
But I am using AUS in September. Just booked one of the final AA MD-80 flights on Sept 4 and the SAT-DFW MD-80 flight that morning was super expensive so instead I found a really cheap F fare on CVG-DFW-AUS to be on one of the final MD-80 flights that day. I’ll just have to position up to CVG the evening before but I’ll make it a mini-mileage run on DL to get up there and check out the new AUS SkyClub.
Of the 3 times I've used it: once I booked AUS-SEA in F for the Y price out of SAT, once I flew AUS-BOS nonstop which isn't offered out of SAT, and once my wife was TDY to GRK and we met in AUS to fly together to DCA for a friend's wedding.
Originally Posted by
jrl767
walked up to Bar Louie in Crystal City just before the end of happy hour and enjoyed a "Pocahoptas" IPA (72 IBU, 6.8% ABV) from
Center of the Universe Brewing Co (unfortunately for
BenA, Mrs767, and myself, they're located in Ashland VA, not in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle) ... it was good enough that I ordered another at full price
I also had a Center of the Universe beer at The Diamond tonight: Chin Music Amber Ale. Apparently it's brewed specifically for the team.