Originally Posted by
rylan
I'm glad I took trips to a few of the destinations that DL no longer serves... SIN, NRT, GUM, ROR. And also glad that I was able to take a last trip on the 747 before they retired.
+1
Anything involving lines on the route map that are no longer in existence always seem to tug at me. I’ve done DXB/KWI/TLV-ATL, DTW-HKG, JFK-BUD, and all of the Asia / interport cities twice-over. ROR always seemed like it was the end of the rubber band of the network, so to speak.
I flew SFO-PIT on a legacy US Airways 757 about 2 weeks before 9/11. I'll always remember that trip as the last trip I took "before the world changed." Now, I suspect my trip to DXB (via AMS and SVO) last month for a cruise will carry the same awkward feeling when I reminisce, seeing the dark clouds forming on the horizon.
