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caliform Apr 23, 2025 10:07 pm

I hope you loaded up on a few waters after all that, gotta dilute a bit ;)

BMarkus Apr 23, 2025 11:42 pm

If you need a new bag I can recommend any Premium Outletd.

fwfdan Apr 24, 2025 12:11 am

JapesUK I am new to reading your trip reports and have to say they are great...

JapesUK Apr 24, 2025 1:53 am


Originally Posted by fwfdan (Post 37045138)
JapesUK I am new to reading your trip reports and have to say they are great...

Thank you fwfdan and welcome to the mad house :D

JapesUK Apr 24, 2025 2:19 am

Good morning from JFK terminal 8 where it is currently stupid o’clock once more. What does stupid o’clock look like digitally? 04:15 :(

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I’ve cleared the document check and am currently stood in the slowest moving bag check line ever as they have a single lane working and an acreage of closed lanes.

I’m running on 5 hours of very poor and broken sleep and a little tired and grumpy… need coffee!

JapesUK Apr 24, 2025 3:00 am

Thirty minutes later and I’ve made it to the Chelsea lounge.

The FT curse of the 90% photo upload stall is back where the photo upload gets to 90% and then hangs.

Regular service will be resumed from Phoenix in around seven hours time assuming the uploading gets fixed by then.

On the bright side…. Krug :D




mrhocA Apr 24, 2025 3:35 am


Originally Posted by JapesUK (Post 37045298)
Thirty minutes later and I’ve made it to the Chelsea lounge.

The FT curse of the 90% photo upload stall is back where the photo upload gets to 90% and then hangs.

Regular service will be resumed from Phoenix in around seven hours time assuming the uploading gets fixed by then.

On the bright side…. Krug :D

Maybe it's coincedental, but on my trip last November I had the FT photo upload bug when I was logged into the WIFI of every AA lounge I've visited (JFK, LAX, MIA). Everywhere else in between in worked flawlessly. So maybe it's not an FT issue but some weird settings of the AA hotspots?

JapesUK Apr 24, 2025 3:53 am


Originally Posted by mrhocA (Post 37045322)
Maybe it's coincedental. But on my trip last November I had the FT photo upload bug when I was logged into the WIFI of every AA lounge I've visited (JFK, LAX, MIA). Everywhere else in between in worked flawlessly. So maybe it's not an FT issue but some weird settings of the AA hotspots?

From what I understand from previous occurrences, the first 50% is the actual upload the last 50% the back end processing. Prepared to be wrong on that but pretty sure that was an explanation last time

darthlemsip Apr 24, 2025 4:11 am

JapesUK Your comment about the small pours made me laugh, and reminded me very much of a time when I flew home from Japan on Emirates in F. They had three different whiskies and I didn't know which one I wanted, so the crew suggested I try a small measure of each - which sounded great to me!

Well, if they used the fingers method to measure, they used the fingers of an elephant! All three pours were huge.

BMarkus Apr 24, 2025 8:39 am

PHX I have some memories from yeaterday.If you wanna visit a lounge go to the one near gate A6. This one is bigger thant the one near A20.

JapesUK Apr 24, 2025 10:06 am

Currently ensconced in the lounge near gate B6 as we have arrived at gate B13 and I depart to Reno from gate B13! Same plane, same seat! You disembark into a mixed departures and arrivals so Back to Back is very easy, especially so today!

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JapesUK Apr 24, 2025 10:25 am

Backtracking slightly, the Chelsea lounge, only one other passenger in the loungr

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JapesUK Apr 24, 2025 10:28 am

From the lounge it was about ten minutes to the gate. Every gate has a boarding countdown timer, I really like this.

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Biscuits and gravy with scrambled egg.. an odd mix but tasty

JapesUK Apr 24, 2025 10:31 am

Didn’t sleep much on the flight but I did watch gladiator 2, should not have bothered.

Lights were off and blinds closed for most of the flight but opened near the end, so a few piccies as we neared Phoenix

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Loved the square golf course

JapesUK Apr 24, 2025 10:33 am

Lastly, a quick visit to the lounge, very busy so no pictures of the space

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Now back to the gate with 3 minutes to boarding

Next Stop: Reno


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