Storizontal Habilizer

FT at its best – this is pure insanity but yet so interesting to follow. Keep it up 985X !

theshaun

I can't get enough of this. Hook it up to my veins.

Also, OPs commitment to Irish Cream is impressive.

Eyefly123

Nice trip report as always.

At least with the upcoming holidays, you'll have some respite and time off before the final stretch in 2023.

nequine

We are beginning to wonder if you are with this crazy flying routine! LOL

Given the very long days, do you just sleep for a good chunk of the days when you aren't flying?

theshaun

Having just gone in and out of LAX, I have have a greater appreciation. That place is a mess to say the least.

zoefish

Great reports, 985X!

theshaun

Hope OP is enjoying some rest this holiday season, but I'm also on pins and needles waiting for the November installment!

WeekendTraveler

I sometimes fly multiple times per week between the same pair of airports (600 miles away from each other; my screen name is out of date) and would prefer to be doing something else, but I have to give you credit for finding a perfect setup for someone who's in the transportation industry!

jz123

Awesome!

jz123

Anyone else but me longing for an update?

wakesetter93

OP is probably lost in a maze of ginger beer, BART tickets, and delayed Alaska flights.

985X

I apologize for the delay. I've been busy between assignments, projects, and travel (of course). Now I have a bit extra time so here's the update for Nov 2022. If I have enough time, I will try to update Dec 2022 and Jan 2023 trip reports by the end of the week. Thanks.

November 2022

11/2/2022 Wednesday LAX-SFO-LAX
AS3342 LAX-SFO E175 $38.60
AS3300 SFO-LAX E175 $38.60
Leave home 427am
Car Parked 454am
Reach Airport 520am
Flight Departs 554am
Flight Arrives 726am
BART Departs 822am
BART Arrives 934am
Arrive Class 953am
Leave Class 544pm
BART Departs 552pm
BART Arrives 658pm
Flight Departs 807pm
Flight Arrives 951pm
Airport Landside 953pm
Reach Parking Lot 1020pm
Arrive Home 1049pm

Starting another month of commute on Alaska Skywest E175..



Breakfast in AS SFO lounge as usual


Gumbo with friend at Downtown Berkeley


some new items at SFO lounge


Doing HW while drinking margarita, enjoying life isn't it



Group travelers on an E175, waited 5 min for everyone to board



First class home



Downtown LA



11/4/2022 Friday LAX-OAK-SEA-LAX
WN783 LAX-OAK B737 $5.60+2124 WN points
AS3307 OAK-SEA E175
AS1196 SEA-LAX A320 $5.60+5000 AS miles
Leave home 405am
Car Parked 427am
Reach Airport 442am
Flight Departs 531am
Flight Arrives 647am
BART Departs 707am
BART Arrives 753am
Arrive Class 811am
Leave Class 210pm
BART Departs 230pm
BART Arrives 313pm
Flight Departs 431pm
Flight Arrives 1214am
Airport Landside 1217am
Reach Parking Lot 1226am
Arrive Home 1253am

Last time catching the 535am flight, I dunno how I managed to wake up at 330am every Friday..







Exit row!



Since it's a Friday night, I decided to do something special (psycho): flying back via SEA



actual image of me trying to make that tight connection when the plane is about to leave /s



FA recommended irish cream with coke, it tasted like ice-cream!!



Lounge receptionist: "Don't take 1196, it's alwAyS delayed!"



N lounge dishwasher still on strike



AS1196 SEA-LAX A320


Light supper offered



Since the flight was delayed, we landed past midnight, T6 was completely empty..



Ramen for the weekend


11/7/2022 Monday LAX-SFO-LAX
AS3342 LAX-SFO E175 $5.60+5000 AS miles
AS3300 SFO-LAX E175 $5.60+5000 AS miles
Leave home 420am
Car Parked 450am
Reach Airport 515am
Flight Departs 555am
Flight Arrives 719am
BART Departs 823am
BART Arrives 930am
Arrive Class 942am
Leave Class 507pm
BART Departs 510pm
BART Arrives 719pm
Flight Departs 808pm
Flight Arrives 948pm
Airport Landside 951pm
Reach Parking Lot 1007pm
Arrive Home 1036pm

Another week of commute started..



Upgraded to first class



Bright future ahead(?)



What a troll..



New item in SFO lounge





Upgraded to first class on the way back as well, I fell asleep quickly



Express home


11/9/2022 Wednesday LAX-SFO-JFK-LHR
AS3342 LAX-SFO E175 $38.60
AA276 SFO-JFK A321
AA142 JFK-LHR B77E price n/a
Leave home 410am
Car Parked 437am
Reach Airport 458am
Flight Departs 553am
Flight Arrives 730am
BART Departs 818am
BART Arrives 937am
Arrive Class 954am
Leave Class 823pm
BART Departs 829pm
BART Arrives 928pm
Flight Departs 1046pm
Flight Arrives 944pm+1
Airport Landside 956pm+1
Reach Heathrow Central 1002pm+1
Arrive Hotel 1030pm+1

I reached LAX a bit earlier to check my bag (going to LHR right after class for Veteran's day weekend)







Stuck in premium class this time due to late SDC







Imagine when fare inspector delaying the train, causing you to miss your connecting train..



Having dinner with cohort after class



I was literally checking time every 5 minutes to make sure I can hang out with cohort for as long as I can before heading to SFO.. stressful isn't it



Reached SFO shortly before my flight began boarding. Luckily I checked my bag earlier in the morning and got my BP printed and DOC check done already.



No one cleared UG list, but lucky enough to get exit row with extrAA legroom







FA was standing in the aisle giving all pax yogurt drink as we deplaned. I gladly took one.



Flagship lounge menu at JFK







Boarding AA142 to LHR, first time taking a daytime TATL flight















Double decker is my passion..



Flying a small British airline to Dublin to spend the weekend with my mate















That Asian glow escalated really quickly..


Flying BA to LHR to catch AA back to LAX



Missed my connection due to late arrival (weather control), and BA rebooked other elites on BA metal A380, BUT THEY REBOOKED ME ON UNITED!!! As we were walking to shuttle bus downstairs, other elites burst out laughing when I told them I got rebooked to UA.. not to mention I need to do another trip to burn my SWU..


At least I got icecream.. and my bag made its way home the following day.











11/14/2022 Monday LAX-SFO-LAX
AS3342 LAX-SFO E175 $5.60+5000 AS miles
AS3300 SFO-LAX E175 $5.60+5000 AS miles
Leave home 424am
Car Parked 450am
Reach Airport 509am
Flight Departs 552am
Flight Arrives 730am
BART Departs 811am
BART Arrives 908am
Arrive Class 922am
Leave Class 541pm
BART Departs 553pm
BART Arrives 734pm
Flight Departs 806pm
Flight Arrives 938pm
Airport Landside 943pm
Reach Parking Lot 1011pm
Arrive Home 1043pm


Ew! what is that!


Stuck in premium class due to late SDC






UC GSI/GSR/Postdoc systemwide strike, picketing started Nov 14th






BART had mechanical delay, we waited 25min on the platform before another train rescued us



(regular headway is 15min



Luckily I made it to the gate



Since I made the SDC to the later 1025pm flight fearing I would not make it, I switched it back to my original flight at the gate. Lost my upgrade but glad I could reach home sooner.


11/15/2022 Tuesday LAX-SFO-LAX
AS3459 LAX-SFO E175 $38.60
AS3300 SFO-LAX E175 $38.60
Leave home 746am
Car Parked 841am
Reach Airport 917am
Flight Departs 1014am
Flight Arrives 1144am
BART Departs 1154am
BART Arrives 1254pm
Arrive Class 109pm
Leave Class 515pm
BART Departs 528pm
BART Arrives 651pm
Flight Departs 807pm
Flight Arrives 936pm
Airport Landside 938pm
Reach Parking Lot 1016pm
Arrive Home 1041pm

Stuck in traffic



A typical BMW driver.. at least he used turn signals, what a surprise!





Breakfast at LAX lounge


Flying over our rival school..


It's holiday season!





Upgraded to first class


Holiday theme napkins


Over Downtown LA


11/16/2022 Wednesday LAX-SFO-LAX
AS3342 LAX-SFO E175 $38.60
AS3441 SFO-LAX E175 $38.60
Leave home 427am
Car Parked 453am
Reach Airport 526am
Flight Departs 551am
Flight Arrives 718am
BART Departs 837am
BART Arrives 938am
Arrive Class 955am
Leave Class 715pm
BART Departs 721pm
BART Arrives 913pm
Flight Departs 1040pm
Flight Arrives 1211am
Airport Landside 1215am
Reach Parking Lot 1239am
Arrive Home 108am

Upgraded to first class



Stop delaying the train sir..


Ramen with cohort after class


Taking the 1030pm flight home


Upgraded to first class

985X

(November 2022 cont.)

11/18/2022 Friday LAX-OAK-SEA-LAX
WN1822 LAX-OAK B737 $5.60+5357 WN points
AS2041 OAK-SEA E175
AS314 SEA-LAX B739 $11.20+5000 AS miles
Leave home 406am
Car Parked 432am
Reach Airport 449am
Flight Departs 554am
Flight Arrives 725am
BART Departs 735am
BART Arrives 810am
Arrive Class 822am
Leave Class 346pm
BART Departs 358pm
BART Arrives 442pm
Flight Departs 548pm
Flight Arrives 1120pm+1
Airport Landside 1127pm+1
Reach Parking Lot 1150pm+1
Arrive Home 1222am+2

Due to schedule change, the earliest LAX-OAK is now 6am, so I was 10min for my 8am class, but prof understood and he didn't even start the class by the time I reached classroom lol.









Same.. same.. I feel you..



Very effective gates against fare evasion /s



And it's like that at multiple stations..


Flying to SEA


Light supper to SEA


I booked an overnight connection, initially to gamble on schedule changes, unfortunately the schedule change wasn't enough, so I booked a hotel to actually explore the city a little bit


Free hotel breakfast


Taking 70 to UW


Having lunch with friend..


Riding double decker as a transit geek


Ivar's shrimp cocktail is my fav


Nana's green tea, the only location in the U.S.


Thousands Standing Around..


Upgraded to first class on a Saturday night SEA-LAX


Same light supper as usual






So much traffic!





11/21/2022 Monday SNA-SFO-SNA
AS3324 SNA-SFO E175 $5.60+5000 AS miles
AS3319 SFO-SNA E175 $5.60+5000 AS miles
Leave home 517am
Car Parked 559am
Reach Airport 604am
Flight Departs 700am
Flight Arrives 824am
BART Departs 842am
BART Arrives 938am
Arrive Class 950am
Leave Class 641pm
BART Departs 644pm
BART Arrives 749pm
Flight Departs 828pm
Flight Arrives 1014pm
Airport Landside 1025pm
Reach Parking Lot 1027pm
Arrive Home 121am

Traffic accident on the 5, all lanes jammed, even in the carpool lane..


Sunrise


Flying out of SNA so I can drink with my friend near SNA that night


Admiral's club at SNA



Premium class due to last minute SDC



On the way back, BART train stopped half a mile before SFO and we waited 10min before train started moving again. So frustrating..



Upgraded on SFO-SNA



Snack basket offered



Flying over Disneyland



Medical situation in SNA, and that's a spirit flight, so I was wondering if it's DVT related..



Drink time!



Going to YYZ and YUL for Thanksgiving to visit my friend, he has never flown AS before, so I brought him some "AS Special" /s


Drove to Vegas


To fly a new airline: Flair


YYZ






Roadtrip to YUL














Flying Swoop from Hamilton back to Vegas, making it my 89th airline






Took me 6hrs driving back to LA due to traffic..


11/28/2022 Monday LAX-SFO-LAX
AS334 LAX-SFO B738 $5.60+5000 AS miles
AS991 SFO-LAX B739 $5.60+5000 AS miles
Leave home 503am
Car Parked 530am
Reach Airport 550am
Flight Departs 649am
Flight Arrives 817am
BART Departs 844am
BART Arrives 953am
Arrive Class 1018am
Leave Class 640pm
BART Departs 652pm
BART Arrives 803pm
Flight Departs 953pm
Flight Arrives 1139pm
Airport Landside 1143pm
Reach Parking Lot 1201am
Arrive Home 1234am

And I woke up the following day at 420am to catch my 7am flight.. friend was surprised how I managed my sleep.. I don't know either..





Retirement party for a captain, but seemed like it's not our flight.






Upgraded to first class



AS991 SFO-LAX back, upgraded to first class as well. It felt different flying a mainline aircraft on this route.






Where is TSA/LAXPD?


On my days off, I tend to enjoy my afternoon with a mamey milkshake and Caesar salad


11/30/2022 Wednesday LAX-SFO-LAX
AS3309 LAX-SFO E175 $5.60+6250 AS miles
AS3456 SFO-LAX E175 $38.60
Leave home 430am
Car Parked 455am
Reach Airport 517am
Flight Departs 554am
Flight Arrives 729am
BART Departs 825am
BART Arrives 922am
Arrive Class 934am
Leave Class 821pm
BART Departs 834pm
BART Arrives 922pm
Flight Departs 1021pm
Flight Arrives 1149pm
Airport Landside 1152pm
Reach Parking Lot 1213am
Arrive Home 1242am

Last commute for November!


Taking the 6am flight as usual


I literally thought it was Austin vs Denver...


Some random spotting on BART





Flying AS home




Upgraded to first class


Summary:
November 2022
11 trips to school, 23 flights (21 AS, 2 WN), used SDC 15 times.
BART: $116.98
Airport Parking: $65.00
Gas: $264.53
AS: $300.80 (after 20% off from gift cards) PLUS 56250 miles
WN: $11.20 PLUS 7481 points

Excluding mileage value, cash total: $758.51

November commute was cheaper than October due to some holidays (Veteran's day and Thanksgiving) so I did less trips to school. In December the commute cost would be cut down by half since the last day of fall semester was Dec 16th, 2022. Sorry for the delay of this Nov 2022 trip report. I will try to update Dec 2022 and Jan 2023 trip reports as soon as I can. Thanks for reading!

cedric

We missed you!

wakesetter93

This trip report gets more insane each month.