Saint Greg's Alaska Jewel - Live - August 28, 2023

[Saint Greg]

Actually I take that back. When I upgrade to the front seats on spirit I book window because they are spacious and I get a view.

 

[Saint Greg]

5:35 and still no boarding. Here is my flight status for those who want to follow along

 

 

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA365
 

 

 

[Jamman54]

And so it begins. Safe travels Greg! 😎

[Saint Greg]

2 minutes ago, Jamman54 said:

And so it begins. Safe travels Greg! 😎

I’ve done my part. It’s up to the pilots and drivers and captains now. 
 

[Saint Greg]

No way we’re departing in 19 minutes.

 

[Saint Greg]

And we’re boarding. 35 minutes late.

 

[Saint Greg]

[Saint Greg]

 

 

 

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[Saint Greg]

Looks good. I don’t know if the standard seats have these plugs or not. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 26, 2023 by Saint Greg

[Saint Greg]

Leg room looks good. We’ll see what it’s like in a standard seat on the next flight.

 

 

Edited August 26, 2023 by Saint Greg

[Saint Greg]

[Mommapadraig]

2 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

Looks good. I don’t know if the standard seats have these plugs or not. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Have a wonderful trip. I look forward to following along. On our last flight on United we also had those charging ports. So much better. Especially on a long flight,

[Saint Greg]

[Saint Greg]

I notice my flight changed from 6 to 6:15. And we’re now arriving at 8:17 instead of 8. The problem is it’s 6:25 and we’re still boarding. They’re going to bump this arrival back to at least 8:30. My connection leaves at 9:20.

 

 

Edited August 26, 2023 by Saint Greg

[Saint Greg]

Boarding complete.

 

[Saint Greg]

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[Saint Greg]

Still haven’t taken off. It’s almost 7 here that’s 5 in Seattle. It’s supposed to be a 4 hour flight. My connection leaves at 9:20. Im concerned.

 

[Saint Greg]

They’re checking the runway for fod.

 

I believe that’s foreign object debris. It’s to make sure there’s nothing that can get sucked into the engines.

 

 

Edited August 26, 2023 by Saint Greg

[Saint Greg]

He said any second five minutes ago.

 

 

[Saint Greg]

He better not go before us. We’ve been sitting here 20mins. He just got here.

 

 

[jimbri]

Have a wonderful trip.  Looking forward to another great review!

[eileeshb]

2 hours ago, Saint Greg said:

I’m usually an aisle seat booker. I booked window twice on this trip. Once now because flying over downtown Seattle is cool. Hopefully we land the same way we did last time. And on my second return flight so hopefully I can sleep against the window. The aisle to Barcelona didn’t work. I kept getting bumped.

 

I never sleep on planes so I always book an aisle seat so that I can get up and walk a bit without disturbing sleepers. I've successfully slept on planes exactly twice and one of those was when I'd an entire row to myself on a red eye, the other I've never figured out how I managed to sleep on it. 

It's going to be dark arriving and departing from Seattle for my trip in October so I'll probably stick with an aisle for those flights, I was considering a window seat for those after seeing your pictures from a previous live review. 

[SenatorsFan]

Hope you make your connection, @Saint Greg. And yes, AC is 50, too.

[schmoopie17]

2 hours ago, eileeshb said:

I never sleep on planes so I always book an aisle seat so that I can get up and walk a bit without disturbing sleepers. I've successfully slept on planes exactly twice and one of those was when I'd an entire row to myself on a red eye, the other I've never figured out how I managed to sleep on it. 

I'm always amazed when I see people effortlessly sleeping on a plane. I've never slept one minute on a plane...even when flying back and forth to and from Asia. I can't even sleep in my own bed for more than a couple hours at a time.