{"id":21,"date":"2005-04-19T13:05:39","date_gmt":"2005-04-19T04:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2005-04-19\/21"},"modified":"2005-04-23T21:32:36","modified_gmt":"2005-04-23T12:32:36","slug":"i-really-dont-care-to-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2005-04-19\/21","title":{"rendered":"I Really Don’t Care to Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"

I really don't care for flying. It's not that<\/span> I'm scared of it, or\nanything like that -- it's just that I'm sick of it. I used to<\/span> fly a\nlot<\/i> when I worked<\/span> for Omron<\/a> --\nmostly 9- to 11-hour flights back and forth across the Pacific and the US.\n\n<\/p>\n \n\n

Just on United Airlines<\/a>, which I have<\/span>\ntended to use the most, according to their Mileage Plus point record for\nme, my “Lifetime United flight miles” is 391,730, which is\nequivalent to more than 72<\/b> trans-Pacific flights. And that doesn<\/span>'t\ncount the miles I did<\/span> before I signed<\/span> up for their point program, nor the\nnumerous free flights (I had<\/span> lots of mileage points back in the day), nor\nthe many flights on other carriers (including multiple transpacific flights\non each of at least ANA, Korean Air, Northwest, and Asiana -- perhaps more\nthat I can't<\/span> remember.)<\/p>\n\n

So, as I said, I'm sick of<\/span> it. A short<\/span>-hop flight, such as across the\nUS, doesn't bother me -- it's the 12-hour flights across the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n

So, it is with some sense of dread that I soon<\/span> (just after posting this)\nembark on a long<\/span> trip from Kyoto, Japan to my parents' place in Ohio:<\/p>\n\n
Drive to Kansai Intl (KIX)<\/td> 2.0 hours<\/td><\/tr>
Check in, waiting, etc.<\/td>3.5 hours<\/td><\/tr>
Wheels up to wheels down in\nChicago<\/td>11.8 hours<\/td><\/tr>
Customs,\nImmigration, etc. <\/td>2.0 hours<\/td><\/tr>\n
Chicago to Cleveland <\/td>1.5 hours<\/td><\/tr>\n
Cleveland to home <\/td>1.5 hours<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n

All in all, it runs from 1pm Tuesday (Japan time) to about 10pm Tuesday\n(US Eastern) -- just about 22 hours total.<\/p>\n\n

What makes this particular trip more interesting is that I'm doing it\nwith Anthony<\/a> -- we're traveling\nbuddies. I hope he<\/span> sleeps most of the way there -- the real challenge will\nbe on the way back in July, where we leave in the morning rather than the\nevening -- he'll likely be awake the whole flight.<\/p>\n\n

In either case, another challenge is to carry all the stuff. At least<\/span> now, at 2.5 years, he can walk by himself (if he so chooses, of course). So that means<\/span> I can<\/span> use the stroller to carry some of the bags, and strap the\ncar seat (also used in the airplane) to my back.<\/p>\n\n

Despite the challenges, I'm actually<\/span> looking forward to it. My opinion<\/span> my well change --- ask me in about 22 hours......<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I really don't care for flying. It's not that I'm scared of it, or anything like that -- it's just that I'm sick of it. I used to fly a lot when I worked for Omron -- mostly 9- to 11-hour flights back and forth across the Pacific and the US. <\/p>

Just on United Airlines, which I have tended to use the most, according to their Mileage Plus point record for me, my \"Lifetime United flight miles\" is 391,730, which is equivalent to more than 72<\/b> trans-Pacific flights. And that doesn't count the miles I did before I signed [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}