I'm watching a DL ERJ flight that came in and still doesn't have a bus at it fifteen minutes after pulling up to the gate. :rolleyes:

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How long did it take to get through security at GRU? The last time I was there, the line between security and immigration took 35 minutes, and they were playing Kill Bill II (uncut) on the giant tv's on the wall in the line. Everyone was amused, except some American parents whose young children we watching the movie with bewhilderment.

At what airport?

LAX

I can personally attest to the truth of that claim. :o

shell nyc, I'm curious, what do you do for a living? Not that it's any of my ... PUN ALERT... 3...2...1... business.

In other news, I was first introduced to caprianas in Germany of all places. I'm guessing cabbage isn't on the Brazilian list of ingredients?

Sounds like EWR behavior.

I'll say.

The last time we were there we caught a six hour delay and walked over to H. Stern where Franny saw something that she absolutely loved. We both knew we could not afford it and went back to wait for the plane.

As the delay stretched and stretched, I strolled back to Stern's and tried to negotiate on the piece. Nothing doing. So, on the third two hour delay, I figured that I would try again and lo and behold, the price came down sharply almost to where I could afford it. Since being able to afford it makes no difference to those of us with lots of plastic in our pockets, I became a hero for a few days but had plenty of time to regret it when the bill came.

A GA just came out and walking with the pax to the terminal.

Lots of German emigrees in certain areas of Brazil, notably in Sao Paulo, Rio, and the South in Santa Catarina state. No doubt the drink has some fans back in Germany.

Bah. My SFO flight is now booked full in F. :mad:

Good for C:rolleyes: for selling the seats. Now I have to pray for an errant cloud over the dirty Jerz on Sunday to throw a wrench in the ATC, so one of the folks occupying the pointy end will get EWR'ed.

The lounges there generally suck, as well, although the CRC is not too bad if it is not crowded. The AF club is about the size of a closet. The RCC, however, looked nice, especially for an RCC. Didn't go into the Mastercard Black lounge that is accessible from the CRC.

Wasn't this the trip that you hesitated on doing LGA-IAH-SFO for? Or more correctly, didn't SBH cause the hesitation? By the way, how's your knee?

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LOL! No movie on that I recall...took about 2 min to maneuver back and forth through the queue tapes (what are those actually called??). No security or immigration line at 6pm.

Affirm. At the time I was trying to convince my SBH to join me in SFO for at least the long weekend (she has to burn some US vouchers before they turn into a pumpkin), and in the time it took her to say "no" the flights stopping in IAH were more expensive than the nonstop. I couldn't justify making the stop, paying more, just for a couple mid-con upgrades.

All week the flight over has been holding steady with 3 open F seats, and I thought I was sitting pretty on an H fare. At least on the way back there's 10 seats open as of now. :eek:

My knee is actually doing much better, thanks for asking. I've stayed off it for the week after getting a Cortisone shot. These things never hold but it'll get me through the summer. Looks like I won't be doing a marathon this fall though. :(

Blondie also screwed me with her indecision on this trip as the Le Meridian jumped up in price, so now I'm at the Hilton.

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The AF lounge SUCKED! It was packed early with AF and KLM pax with screaming kids, and my BB had faster internet access than their wifi. Very limited liquor selection and cold snacks only...not impressed. :td: