Given angel's wings, where might you fly?

Ahh, flying. One of life's ways to torture us. Not that flying is scary, in fact I like it. But the security, the layovers... it's just not that fun unless you're in the air. And no liquid can be brought on the plane. (Better finish that slushy before boarding!)

At 6:29pm on April 10th I will be leaving Syracuse airport. I have to work that day but hopefully I'll get out at 3. That should give me enough time to run home and grab my things... if I'm REALLY lucky maybe I'll get out at 2:30 and I can take a shower before I leave... anyway -

From Syracuse I'll arrive at Philadelphia at 7:27pm. From there I will leave for Dublin. It leaves at 8:45pm and arrives at 8:40am on April 11.

On the 19th I'll get on a plane in Dublin at 11:20, arriving in Philadelphia at 2pm. At 4pm I will leave there and arrive in NYC (LGA) at 4:59. At 5:39 I'll get on a plane to come back to Cuse, arriving at 7:14pm.

Apparently this is all subject to change until then because I received an email saying that a couple of the flights had changed times. As long as my departure from Cuse isn't moved up, I don't mind.

Now airports are charging a fee for ANY checked bags. What happened to the free bag every passenger was allowed? I know not...

US Airways (the entire trip is on that airline) is charging $15 for the first bag under 50 lbs. ($65 for 51-70lbs and $115 for 71-100 lbs.) Second bags are $25 ($75 and $100) and third bags are $100 ($150 & $200). Nothing over 100lbs is accepted... although I don't know how anyone could possibly pack that much.

I'm going to take just one bag and a carry-on. The suitcase is huge so there's no need for anymore room. It's just 1 week. (I might rue those words come April, lol)

As for carry-ons, we're allowed one and a person item (purse, briefcase, laptop, ect.) and one bag that fits in the overhead. The size requirements are up to 51 in (11 x 14 x 26 in). I found a duffel bag at Wal-Mart for $10 that fits the rules.

I'll carefully select a book for the ride. I'll sleep on the plane but not in the airport during the layovers or on the short 1 hour flights.

18 hours and 17 minutes of pure airport/plane fun. Woo.

(And a happy early B-day to Nonny!)

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