May 2023
5/1/2023 Monday LAX-SFO-LAX
AS3471 LAX-SFO E75L $5.60+5000 AS miles
AS3305 SFO-LAX E75L $5.60+5000 AS miles
Leave home 521am
Car Parked 552am
Reach Airport 610am
Flight Departs 650am
Flight Arrives 823am
BART Departs 833am
BART Arrives 1013am
Arrive Class 1017am
Leave Class 504pm
BART Departs 511pm
BART Arrives 620pm
Flight Departs 708pm
Flight Arrives 854pm
Airport Landside 1029pm
Reach Parking Lot 1103pm
Arrive Home 1130pm
Last month of commuting to school by plane!
Upgraded to Premium Class
Riding Samtrans to school cuz it's cheaper than BART. I RAN after we parked at the gate since the 398 has only 2 trips in the am peak hour.
Wow they actually tow cars on campus..
Is that a new design for the boarding pass?
Ginger beer!
SFO-LAX upgraded to first class
5/2/2023 Tuesday LAX-OAK-PDX-LAX
WN1575 LAX-OAK B38M $5.60+1860 WN points
AS2020 OAK-PDX E75L
AS1076 PDX-LAX B739 $32.02
Leave home 514am
Car Parked 542am
Reach Airport 600am
Flight Departs 639am
Flight Arrives 750am
BART Departs 815am
BART Arrives 859am
Arrive Class 917am
Leave Class 316pm
BART Departs 325pm
BART Arrives 411pm
Flight Departs 441pm
Flight Arrives 1156pm
Airport Landside 1159pm
Reach Parking Lot 1227am
Arrive Home 1258am
New arrival exit at LAX T1, which I don't like at all.
Exit row to OAK
Watching the screen made me sad, yeah I'm almost there and I'm gonna miss it for sure.
Lunch with friend, first time trying this location. We joked we were about to graduate in 2 weeks yet we haven't tried many restaurants around campus.
Flying back from OAK as well, but with a detour..
OAK-PDX upgraded to first class
PDX-LAX upgraded to first class
Honoring those we serve special livery
5/4/2023 Thursday LAX-PDX-OAK-LAX
AS1077 LAX-PDX B739
AS3344 PDX-OAK E75L $5.60+5000 AS miles
WN2566 OAK-LAX B737 $5.60+2105 WN points
Leave home 423am
Car Parked 453am
Reach Airport 518am
Flight Departs 551am
Flight Arrives 1142am
BART Departs 1156am
BART Arrives 119pm
Arrive Class 121pm
Leave Class 719pm
BART Departs 726pm
BART Arrives 806pm
Flight Departs 908pm
Flight Arrives 1031pm
Airport Landside 1043pm
Reach Parking Lot 1111pm
Arrive Home 1139pm
Since it's my last time commuting on WN, I bought some snacks for the crew with a hand written thank you card. Also I've been flying nonstop to campus all the time, today I decided to have some fun and fly to campus with a connection instead.
So here I go, LAX-PDX upgraded to breakfast
First time having proper breakfast on the plane to campus
PDX-OAK upgraded to first class
Protein platter
Riding transit to school. A bit sketchy but it's free.
Last WN flight of the day down to LAX
Mixed feelings. I've made it that far and it's gonna end soon. Last WN ride for the commute.
Lucky enough to get bulkhead.
I gave the crew the goodies shortly after they finished the service. The entire crew was the friendliest crew I've ever met! They invited me to visit the cockpit after we parked at the gate, how nice of them!
This definitely made my day! Thank you so much Southwest. I LUV flying WN!
AND.. They gave me so many goodies!
5/8/2023 Monday LAX-SFO-LAX
AS3471 LAX-SFO E75L $5.60+5000 AS miles
AS3305 SFO-LAX E75L $5.60+5000 AS miles
Leave home 514am
Car Parked 543am
Reach Airport 609am
Flight Departs 648am
Flight Arrives 823am
BART Departs 947am
BART Arrives 1200pm
Arrive Class 1203pm
Leave Class 335pm
BART Departs 340pm
BART Arrives 623pm
Flight Departs 709pm
Flight Arrives 843pm
Airport Landside 849pm
Reach Parking Lot 910pm
Arrive Home 946pm
Catching up some breakfast at LAX AS lounge
Upgraded to first class
2nd round breakfast at SFO lounge
Yeah.. I flew to campus just to have lunch and drink beer with my friend..
SFO-LAX upgraded to first class
5/9/2023 Tuesday
Well today I'm not commuting to school, instead I'm doing a leisure trip just to try some new airlines.
It's too early for this drama..
Which day was it? I checked my phone just to make sure I wasn't crazy.
LAX-BNA exit row
My 109th airline: Contour Airlines
BNA-TBN-DFW
Fort Leonard Wood, MO. The airport located in a military base.
Continuing on to DFW.
very nice southern cuisine
The following afternoon, I flew back to LA with another new airline. They provide free pickup service from DFW main terminal since their flight actually departs from the private terminal.
My 110th airline: Boutique Air
First time flying PC-12. It was super bumpy. I don't want to ride it again.
Arriving ABQ.
Flying AA back to LAX
Upgraded to first class!
Back to LA!
5/11/2023 Thursday LAX-SFO/OAK-PDX-LAX
AS3471 LAX-SFO E75L $5.60+5000 AS miles
AS2020 OAK-PDX E75L
AS1076 OAK-LAX B739 $5.60+5000 AS miles
Leave home 525am
Car Parked 556am
Reach Airport 614am
Flight Departs 654am
Flight Arrives 820am
BART Departs 938am
BART Arrives 1038am
Arrive Class 1054am
Leave Class 317pm
BART Departs 324pm
BART Arrives 412pm
Flight Departs 442pm
Flight Arrives 1206am
Airport Landside 1209am
Reach Parking Lot 1229am
Arrive Home 1258am
Today is my LAST commute to school by plane. Sigh..
LAX-SFO upgraded to first class
Lounge staff also knew it was my last commute. They congratulated me and wished me success. So of course I drank some margarita before heading to campus. Hopefully I can see them again soon.
Last time riding BART to campus.
Drinking at friend's place to celebrate graduation!
Then I rushed to OAK for my flight. OAK-PDX upgraded to first class.
I wouldn't recommend this wedge salad. It was ice old.
Chicken noodle soup at PDX lounge
Walking in PDX concourse C, listen to the piano in the lobby, it felt like a dream. And now it's time to wake up.
Final commute flight back to LAX
PDX-LAX upgraded to first class
Arrived at LAX. It's the best of times. And it's finally coming to an end.
Thanks for reading, but I'm not done yet. Stay tuned for commencement photos with May 2023 overview, spring semester overview, and total commute overview!