Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Business Travel on Jul 16th, 2010
Well, I’m finally on my way back to Tampa to remain there for more than 10 hours, unlike my earlier ‘visit’ home this week. This has been a really long week… between travels in/from Europe on Mon-Wed and work/meetings Thur-Fri. When I sit back and reflect on it, it’s actually fairly amazing that one can […]
Posted in Business Travel, Delta Airlines on Jan 18th, 2010
A number of news sources (including this BusinessWeek article) are reporting this morning that Japan Airlines is close to partnering with Delta and joining the SkyTeam Alliance. This would please me greatly as it would improve the scope of SkyTeam in Asia (good for me as a Delta FF, especially since Asia travel will be […]
Posted in Business Travel, Minnesota on Oct 7th, 2009
We depart for Minneapolis today. I’m going to try to update the blog more as I would for a vacation both to give a sense of my life in Minneapolis when I’m on business and to record the visit with Libby. So, expect daily posts for the next couple of days.
Posted in Business Travel, Delta Airlines, Minnesota on Sep 20th, 2009
I recently confirmed plans for Libby’s first visit to the Twin Cities. We’ll be departing Tampa on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 7, and returning on Sunday, October 11. Like I usually do, we’ll take direct flights between TPA and MSP. We’ll also be sitting up front, as I managed to book First Class upgrades […]
Posted in Business Travel, Delta Airlines, Technology on Jul 29th, 2009
I’m writing this brief post on a Delta 757 at cruising altitude somewhere over southern Georgia. I’m using the GoGo Wireless Inflight Internet service on this “butt shaker” of a flight (due to “convective activity”—fancy pilot speak for “thunderstorms”—along the flight path). I got a free 30+ day pass from Delta as a Platinum Medallion […]