Instant Travel Karma's Gonna Get You...

Yesterday afternoon, while boarding Delta Flight 70 for our long overnight flight, after much recent travel stress, Jon and I were held up when my boarding pass was swiped and my name came up in ominous flashing red as "Passenger Not Cleared". 

Uh-Oh!

But, as my mind began to reel with possible Patriot Act implications and being grounded in the States, the gate attendant tapped my arm and informed me that I had reached some sort of Delta Skymiles-stone, stepped us aside and proceeded to walk us BOTH to business class seats!  

It was like winning a contest!

Instantly, Jon was tripping out as they brought us champagne and instead of giving him the usual shit about his gear they put it all away for him with a smile!   Civility on Delta?  Could it be?

Jon opened his special biz class travel pack and we snapped pictures like amateur first class travelers.

Now we're in business!

Ahh, life was good for a minute, until the commonplace air traffic delays at JFK had us sitting on the runway for over 2 hours.   

Finally, we were in the air.

While the attentive in-flight staff served a several course dinner with wines and cognacs to match, making for quite a hedonistic airplane affair, and Jon's thrill with it all was most infectious, alas, our standard travel karma won out in the end.

We left NYC so late that we missed our connecting flight to Hamburg and got stuck in the Amsterdam airport for 10 hours.

Fortunately, we found a hotel and slept for a fleeting 5 of them.  We made our later connection and have touched down in Hamburg feeling rested and ready for upcoming shows in Denmark and Belgium! 

Rock & Roll,  Hoochie Koo!

 :-)

Love & Gratitude,
Dana