The Price of Beer

10/11/2012 (not edited for content/spelling/grammar...I'm too lazy)

I have yet to be delayed significantly on my American flights. I know I am crazy to even be speaking like this. Bostonians are a superstitious people. We are kind of like the English and the Olympics. The English, for some reason or another, have high hopes but fully expect them to be dashed in one fell swoop.

I had the best seat on the flight that was not first class on Monday (my humble opinion of course). I was able to secure the same seat on my flight back tonight. I won't have my carry-on today though. I would be making my life a lot easier, except that I am checking my bag. I put a six-pack in there, and I don't think TSA would let me take it with me through security. I've been putting a lot of beer in my suitcase. I'm going to try to procure 1 or 2 more bombers to go along with my sixer, and I will be a happy camper.

I may very well be repeating myself from past posts, but...what else am I going to write about? Beer is good, so we should discuss it ad nauseam. If a six pack costs $12 (which it did), and an airline charges $25 for carry on, you are paying $37 a sixer, or $6.15 a bottle (or something close to that). That doesn't make much sense. However, since I have the free bag, SCORE!

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I have my GOES interview next week. It feels like it took forever. I swear that if I didn't have status with American already, I'd be clawing my way into that interview.

While I was in the security line at Logan on Monday, a really nice TSA agent was looking at our ID/boarding tickets. It as 5:15am and the TSA agent was really an anomaly, although I haven't really had any issues with TSA agents. Anyway, he was telling select people to sign up for TSA Precheck. I don't have enough status with American for them to say "Potsie, we would like you to take a look at the program". Oh well. I'll get there.

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I am flying United next week. Hold on. I just vomited in my mouth.

American was ridiculously expensive next week. I don't really understand to be honest. All of a sudden, the prices shot up dramatically. The problem is, the plane is substantially bigger, and I needed to make sure I got a decent seat. I ended up paying $75 of my own money for a decent seat on each flight. That was a kick to the nuts.

Terminal C in Logan is a different beast than what I am used to, so I am curious to get back there and see what has changed. My flight is ridiculously early (like all my flights on Mondays), so I think i'll be waking up at 3:45. Hopefully I don't stand in security too long. Next week will be interesting, to say the least. No smuggling of beer for me.

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The Residence Inn  I am staying at upgraded me to a two bedroom unit, with full kitchen and two full baths. That is great, except that I'm just one person. I didn't need all that.

There is a guy that I talk to who lives in the state of where the hotel is, but his commute warrants him to stay the week. I'm thinking it is at least 2+hours if not more. Anyway, we have been discussing the breakfast that is served in the morning. The coffee stinks, so I either make my own or pick some up on the way. The sausage patties in the morning are almost inedible. He has been lobbying with the hotel for months to be able to get bacon as a "treat" once a week. He lobbied for it when he was staying at a different Residence Inn, and they served it on the weekend. What help does that do the business travelers like himself?

Other staff say "It is against Residence Inn policy", whether it be food safety or whatever. He found out through the corporate office that it is up to each individual franchise to set their own rules on what can and cannot be served. I will be expecting bacon very soon.

Unless it is too expensive. I mean, there is supposed to be a pork shortage, right?

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