I am home and will have real blog posts (and pictures) in the next few days. For now, you should know that I am a bit annoyed with freakin’ NWA. My necklace is now broken (it was ceramic) and I had that f*cker wrapped up pretty good. Plus, my bag of coffee was punctured somewhere along the line. WTF? I am a very careful packer, so this annoys the hell out of me. Granted, the necklace was cheap – but I loved that thing and got a lot of comments about how cool it was. {growl}
And, this one is for my frequent flyer buddies: when did they decide that a woman’s purse counted as her carry on item? As in, you used to be able to take your purse and your briefcase. Tonight, the airline folks made all the women check their carry ons if they also had a purse. (This didn’t apply to me because I didn’t take a purse, but there were some seriously pissed off ladies on the flight to Sorta’ Cosmopolitan.)
hmmm… they don’t know their own rules.
Complain to the airline using their web-based system. It’s very efficient.
Was this on one of those dreaded regional jets? If so, I wouldn’t have worried too much.
@ CQ: Yes, it was a regional jet, but then I’ve never seen them tell women that they can only count their purse as their carry on item. It would have been especially problematic if a woman had a purse and a laptop because you simply cannot check a laptop at the curb without risking damage to the machine.
I have to admit, I’ve never seen the flight to Sorta’ Cosmo so full! I was on the flight with two honeymooners. They said that when they left S.C. for Jamaca (sp?), the flight was overweight and the airline asked for volunteers to leave the flight.
The weight issue with regional jets seems to be common. I’ve had that one come up several times in Conservative Hell, and frankly I don’t fly that much.
The last time when I was on my way to South Africa.