(October 2022 cont. )
10/21/2022 Friday LAX-OAK/SFO-LAX
WN783 LAX-OAK B737 $5.60+2655 WN points
AS336 SFO-LAX B739 $5.60+5000 AS miles
Leave home 402am
Car Parked 427am
Reach Airport 441am
Flight Departs 530am
Flight Arrives 644am
BART Departs 656am
BART Arrives 737am
Arrive Class 752am
Leave Class 728pm
BART Departs 734pm
BART Arrives 843pm
Flight Departs 1015pm
Flight Arrives 1135pm
Airport Landside 1138pm
Reach Parking Lot 1159pm
Arrive Home 1228am
I get used to catching this 535am flight every Friday now..
It was still dark outside when our flight landed as the earliest arrival of the day.
Stayed at campus for the happy hour. Who says I have to sacrifice socializing with my commute?
Never left campus that late before..
Catching the 1017pm flight home.
Special livery
Arrived LAX just before midnight
10/24/2022 Monday LAX-SFO-LAX
AS3342 LAX-SFO E175 $5.60+5000 AS miles
AS3441 SFO-LAX E175 $5.60+5000 AS miles
Leave home 418am
Car Parked 444am
Reach Airport 506am
Flight Departs 545am
Flight Arrives 711am
BART Departs 827am
BART Arrives 937am
Arrive Class 952am
Leave Class 653pm
BART Departs 706pm
BART Arrives 910pm
Flight Departs 1022pm
Flight Arrives 1149pm
Airport Landside 1152pm
Reach Parking Lot 1207am
Arrive Home 1236am
Hope that is not what I think it is.. although it's highly likely..
Lunch
Dinner
Riding buses to SFO
Driving back home, what a long day
I really want to visit Japan..
10/26/2022 Wednesday LAX-SFO-LAX
AS3342 LAX-SFO E175 $38.60
AS3300 LAS-LAX E175 $38.60
Leave home 425am
Car Parked 450am
Reach Airport 516am
Flight Departs 546am
Flight Arrives 722am
BART Departs 823am
BART Arrives 952am
Arrive Class 1010am
Leave Class 550pm
BART Departs 611pm
BART Arrives 730pm
Flight Departs 807pm
Flight Arrives 942pm
Airport Landside 945pm
Reach Parking Lot 957pm
Arrive Home 1142pm
I was so tired and didn't get off the train in time, so it took me to Rockridge..
I like how this fare gate is broken at least once a week
First class home
Some Korean tofu stew for supper
limited edition guava rose cake at Porto's
10/28/2022 Friday LAX-OAK-SEA-LAX
WN783 LAX-OAK B737 $5.60+3427 WN points
AS3307 OAK-SEA E175
AS1196 SEA-LAX A320 $5.60+5000 AS miles
Leave home 352am
Car Parked 417am
Reach Airport 431am
Flight Departs 530am
Flight Arrives 653am
BART Departs 710am
BART Arrives 753am
Arrive Class 811am
Leave Class 240pm
BART Departs 252pm
BART Arrives 344pm
Flight Departs 504pm
Flight Arrives 1055pm
Airport Landside 1057pm
Reach Parking Lot 1116pm
Arrive Home 1145pm
Spooky... I literally thought it was a prank for Halloween..
A new way of occupying seats on WN /s
Jkjk, I only did it due to light load (~70 pax)
Arriving OAK
OAK-SEA
Got 100/100 on another midterm, so it's time to celebrate
SEA-LAX upgraded as well
Chicken sandwich for supper
Empty terminal
10/29/2022 Saturday SNA-SFO-SNA
AS3324 SNA-SFO E175 $5.60+5000 AS miles
AS3492 SFO-SNA E175 $5.60+6250 AS miles
Leave home 643am
Car Parked 726am
Reach Airport 729am
Flight Departs 912am
Flight Arrives 1056am
BART Departs 1116am
BART Arrives 1206pm
Arrive Class 1219pm
Leave Class 236pm
BART Departs 256pm
BART Arrives 353pm
Flight Departs 426pm
Flight Arrives 602pm
Airport Landside 603pm
Reach Parking Lot 604pm
Arrive Home 1142pm
We have a picnic event at Berkeley marina Saturday, so I decided to fly to Berkeley again.. on a Saturday..
Our flight was delayed by 2.5hrs (7am->930am)
Initially I was happy that my flight got delayed so I can have 1.5hr extra sleep, but then it started rolling delay as they are dispatching a rescue aircraft from LAX.
"star alliance" and star alliance
Upgraded due to some pax in F rebooked to other flights
What is this little creature?
Arrived 2.5hrs late, but picnic starts at 12pm so I won't be too late
Some planespotting on the way back, barely missed my flight and gate agent called my cell to make sure I was on my way. Very nice touch.
Parallel takeoff
Arriving SNA
Driving to Inland Empire to attend a Halloween party... That's crazy lifestyle isn't it?
10/31/2022 Monday LAX-SFO-LAX
AS3342 LAX-SFO E175 $5.60+5000 AS miles
AS3300 SFO-LAX E175 $5.60+5000 AS miles
Leave home 421am
Car Parked 449am
Reach Airport 506am
Flight Departs 549am
Flight Arrives 712am
BART Departs 821am
BART Arrives 923am
Arrive Class 933am
Leave Class 554pm
BART Departs 558pm
BART Arrives 744pm
Flight Departs 804pm
Flight Arrives 937pm
Airport Landside 942pm
Reach Parking Lot 951pm
Arrive Home 1021pm
Halloween time! Unfortunately I was so busy with coursework so I didn't have time to make a costume from boxed water.. almost missed my flight since CHP blocked the freeway due to accident...
barely made it!
Friend: 985X, rehab is expensive!
me: I AM NOT ALCOHOLIC!
Some funny costume captured from BART
Flying SFO-LAX direct flight home
I can't wait to visit Japan again!
Summary:
October 2022
15 trips to school, 36 flights (32 AS, 4 WN), used SDC 16 times.
BART: $157.72
Airport Parking: $96.00
Gas: $253.54
AS: $380.48 (after 20% off from gift cards) PLUS 81250 miles
WN: $22.40 PLUS 11392 points
Excluding mileage value, cash total: $910.14
This includes uber between West Oakland BART and Berkeley marina for the picnic event. November commute cost will be lower with lower gas price, less trips to campus due to Veteran's day and Thanksgiving, and using primarily LAX for my November commute.
3 months done, 7 more to go. I get used to this lifestyle already. Although midterm result was far from satisfying for one class, at least I got 100 for the other one, so I didn't feel too frustrated. It is what it is, just try to do better next time. In November update there will be less trips via SEA and more direct flights between LA and SF. I will try to update it by the end of first week of December. Wish everyone Happy Thanksgiving in advance!