It’s been a while…

since I’ve flown a domestic long-haul flight. Or even longer since I’ve flown outta OAK. Here’s why I will NEVER do that again!
My flight to IAD departed OAK at 0720. In order to get out there, I had to endure the following:
A 40 minute MUNI bus ride (4 miles) to BART.
A 20 minute BART ride (25 miles) to the OAK/Coliseum Station
A 5 minute wait followed by a 20 minute “scenic” tour of Oakland before finally getting to the Terminal.
In order to make my flight, I woke up at 0350! That’s usually bedtime!
It was foggy, cold and DARK DARK DARK outside! Please keep in mind that it took me close to 90 minutes to get to OAK on “public transit”. A journey that takes me 35 minutes to DRIVE! That’s a big transit gap, lah! And ppl ask “why do you drive”?
Then, once I got onto the plane, I discovered (again because I dun usually fly domestic long haul) that there are: No magazines (but a bible in 1st Class instead; none in steerage) and no food (used to be that long haul got food but not anymore). Thankfully, I was just knackered so on goes the iPod and fitful sleep until we arrived at IAD with an impressively smooth landing…