Travel can be a hassle or it can be great fun. There were a number of good things about travel today.
1. Paying by thumbprint.
Instead of our spending $5.50 to travel to LaGuardia by subway, I paid for an Uber ride with my thumb. What the thumb did was authorize Apple Pay to charge the credit card $43. That charge will be a tiny percentage of our total travel bill, so the Uber ride feels like it’s practically free. And Uber is fun. It’s still new enough for me that I enjoy seeing the little icon of an Uber car crawling to me on a Google map.
2. Bungee bag cords.
A month ago I clicked on a Facebook ad and ordered a pair of travelers’ bungee cords. It was the first time in my life that I succumbed to the temptation of a Facebook ad, but I’m glad I did. This well designed item holds a second bag securely on top of a roller bag. Hassle free. Yay!
3. Packing cubes.
I understand now why everyone I know who has them loves them. My suitcases looks neat and tidy, things are easy to find, and re-packing on a trip is simple. I won’t mind going from hotel to hotel on this trip now that I have e-Bags.
4. TSA Precheck.
We flew a Canadian airline called WestJet. Maybe my sterling reputation as a passenger on Delta, Spirit Airlines, JetBlue, Southwest, and American Airlines preceded me. Or maybe it’s because I am a certain age. In any case, WestJet decided I was not a danger to other passengers, and I was allowed to go through security with my shoes on.
Not everyone is having such a good day. As we were going through security a woman ahead of us had a boarding pass she had printed at home. The security agent said, “Your flight leaves from JFK, not LaGuardia.” The woman gasped and the agent said, “It happens all the time.”
On our flight I had a cram session in French, reading the bilingual section of the airline magazine. I practiced my pronunciation, concluding that no one would confuse me with Québécoise.
We are now settled in to our room at Victoria’s Mansion Guest House. We are in Room #13. Perhaps our luck is about to change.
1. Paying by thumbprint.
Instead of our spending $5.50 to travel to LaGuardia by subway, I paid for an Uber ride with my thumb. What the thumb did was authorize Apple Pay to charge the credit card $43. That charge will be a tiny percentage of our total travel bill, so the Uber ride feels like it’s practically free. And Uber is fun. It’s still new enough for me that I enjoy seeing the little icon of an Uber car crawling to me on a Google map.
2. Bungee bag cords.
A month ago I clicked on a Facebook ad and ordered a pair of travelers’ bungee cords. It was the first time in my life that I succumbed to the temptation of a Facebook ad, but I’m glad I did. This well designed item holds a second bag securely on top of a roller bag. Hassle free. Yay!
3. Packing cubes.
I understand now why everyone I know who has them loves them. My suitcases looks neat and tidy, things are easy to find, and re-packing on a trip is simple. I won’t mind going from hotel to hotel on this trip now that I have e-Bags.
4. TSA Precheck.
We flew a Canadian airline called WestJet. Maybe my sterling reputation as a passenger on Delta, Spirit Airlines, JetBlue, Southwest, and American Airlines preceded me. Or maybe it’s because I am a certain age. In any case, WestJet decided I was not a danger to other passengers, and I was allowed to go through security with my shoes on.
Not everyone is having such a good day. As we were going through security a woman ahead of us had a boarding pass she had printed at home. The security agent said, “Your flight leaves from JFK, not LaGuardia.” The woman gasped and the agent said, “It happens all the time.”
On our flight I had a cram session in French, reading the bilingual section of the airline magazine. I practiced my pronunciation, concluding that no one would confuse me with Québécoise.
We are now settled in to our room at Victoria’s Mansion Guest House. We are in Room #13. Perhaps our luck is about to change.
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