I think the reservations folks must get a kick out of me. I have hub and spoke maps of airline routes in my head, so I suggest what the routing options might be when availability is tight. Another creative and very multi-segmented trip from Florence IT to Portland OR has been put together for me, but I am leaving in a day and a half. It will be nice to be home.

Welcome back! Where were your layovers?

ocnblu will be waiting with bells on his toes for your return!

maybe you need to get into airline traffic logistics as a career...........

I think he should be a flight attendant (also known as sky girls, air hostesses, stewardesses). Bob what size mini skirt do you wear?

I think he should be a flight attendant (also known as sky girls, air hostesses, stewardesses). Bob what size mini skirt do you wear?

Can I borrow YOUR legs?

Welcome back! Where were your layovers?

I'm off the airport just to pick up the ticket because it has to be a PAPER ticket. I'll let you know when I have it in my hands and can believe it.

Edited July 26, 200717 yr by trinacriabob

How long is your "layover" (or under, whatever the case may be) in Wilmington?

I think he should be a flight attendant (also known as sky girls, air hostesses, stewardesses). Bob what size mini skirt do you wear?

also known as Air Matresses

How long is your "layover" (or under, whatever the case may be) in Wilmington?

Heehee...I can feel the love between PA and DE. :AH-HA_wink:

Edited July 26, 200717 yr by trinacriabob

Welcome back! Where were your layovers?

I now have a ticket. This beats my record of 5 segments (occurring in 2002 as well as coming over this time)

SIX 'effin segments:

1 Florence - Paris

2 Paris - London

3 London - New York

4 New York - Houston

5 Houston - Seattle

6 Seattle - Portland (*)

It's a SkyTeam ticket so the first 2 legs are Air France and the next 3 are Delta/Continental. (*) I then had to ask her to look up Alaska for the last segment as they collaborate with Sky Team and she found me a spot on the puddlejumper between Seattle and Portland. Yahoo.

Glad to be going home. I will sleep for a couple of days and also hit some granolafied hot springs somewhere (it's Oregon, after all) to soothe some sore muscles. In the future, there will only be 2 week trips to Europe.

I now have a ticket. This beats my record of 5 segments (occurring in 2002 as well as coming over this time)

SIX 'effin segments:

1 Florence - Paris

2 Paris - London

3 London - New York

4 New York - Houston

5 Houston - Seattle

6 Seattle - Portland (*)

It's a SkyTeam ticket so the first 2 legs are Air France and the next 3 are Delta/Continental. (*) I then had to ask her to look up Alaska for the last segment as they collaborate with Sky Team and she found me a spot on the puddlejumper between Seattle and Portland. Yahoo.

Glad to be going home. I will sleep for a couple of days and also hit some granolafied hot springs somewhere (it's Oregon, after all) to soothe some sore muscles. In the future, there will only be 2 week trips to Europe.

Wouldn't it be faster to walk? (or swim, as the case may be) I have a friend who works for the airlines and he calls himself a "space waitress." And thank God he does NOT wear a miniskirt - there would be a lot of open windows on his flight.

Wow...6 segments. My last trip to Italy I came back in 3 segments. Milan to London, London to Phoenix, Phoenix to Denver.

Wow...6 segments. My last trip to Italy I came back in 3 segments. Milan to London, London to Phoenix, Phoenix to Denver.

It's because it's a non-revenue ticket (freq. flyer) and it's a very late change. I was happy to get it, though.

It's because it's a non-revenue ticket (freq. flyer) and it's a very late change. I was happy to get it, though.

Ah yeah... using freq. flyer tickets (domestically or abroad) is always a pain.... I've managed to get 4 'free' flights back and forth from the US to London in the past with FF tickets.

How long is your "layover" (or under, whatever the case may be) in Wilmington?

I live in Hockessin (that's pronounced Hoe Kessin), and the Wilmington Assembly plant isn't actually in Wilmington but in one of it's suburbs.

Well I just thought you and Bob would want to get your hotel room at least a few miles from home. Jeez, how much of a Ho (Kessin) are you? :AH-HA_wink:

I now have a ticket. This beats my record of 5 segments (occurring in 2002 as well as coming over this time)

SIX 'effin segments:

1 Florence - Paris

2 Paris - London

3 London - New York

4 New York - Houston

5 Houston - Seattle

6 Seattle - Portland (*)

So.... you'll be home right around your originally scheduled return date......

Well I just thought you and Bob would want to get your hotel room at least a few miles from home. Jeez, how much of a Ho (Kessin) are you? :AH-HA_wink:

Yeah, and I'm sure you're itching for an "invite."

So.... you'll be home right around your originally scheduled return date......

Remember, you make time coming back. I will be overnighting in London. The net gain is about 5 days. A couple of things have started to wear on me and I want H-O-M-E. Plus, I have been sitting around my relatives' house in Florence for 5 days now, doing nothing, without a car and it is f@#king hot and humid.