Scheduled flight of this morning at 8 AM from JAX to MIA was canceled last night about 9 PM. Bummer. Fortunately, my sharp travel agent (yes! they still exist!) quickly grabbed for me the last seat available on the 6:15 AM flight to MIA. Getting up at 3:30 was no fun . . . but I’m now on the runway, beginning another great migration. Do you feel the “tingle?” MIA to SJU coming up next at 10:30.
Troublesome start to travel
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What’s travel like to SBH from your new home? Hoping to see you & Kate there very soon.
KevinS
Senior Insider
Similar to JAX, we are now traveling from a minor airport. That generally means a little pencil-tube of a plane to a big airport. I'm considering giving up on AA and switching to DL, just to get away from the pencil-tube, even if it means connecting thru ATL.
Thank you KevinS & cec1 for good words for travel consultants, unsung heroes for pulling rabbits out of hats for their clients ! After 28 years in the biz, I, too, retired. The time was right, no regrets, but wonderful career.
It hasn’t gotten a lot better.
Arrived safely to SJU. Successfully met friends & hung-out at Tradewind lounge for three hours. Then, unfortunately, owing to “weather” (i.e., torrential rain), our flight to SBH was canceled. So, here I am — as in my last trip to SBH — back at the Fairmont El San Juan. Delicious dinner . . . warm, slightly humid evening . . . and now up for 6:45 AM shuttle to the airport. Tradewind has arranged an 8 AM flight for us.
It could have been worse! Passengers on the plane that departed ahead of our scheduled flight made it “over” SBH in, I’m told, a very bumpy flight. An attempted landing was aborted. Rain, lightening, & darkness. After returning to SJU, folks on that plane also are here this morning, waiting for another 8 AM charter to SBH.
Tradewind, of course, can’t control the weather. Tradewind, however, is responsible for excellent “TLC” under these circumstances. Transportation to/from hotel / airport . . . luggage delivered . . . rooms arranged . . . special flights this morning . . . smiling, friendly, helpful staff. Kudos to TW for the care given to make the best of a bad situation.
Now . . . soon to board a flight. Thinking about breakfast on SBH. Maybe Pearl Beach? Sounds pretty good right now!
Arrived safely to SJU. Successfully met friends & hung-out at Tradewind lounge for three hours. Then, unfortunately, owing to “weather” (i.e., torrential rain), our flight to SBH was canceled. So, here I am — as in my last trip to SBH — back at the Fairmont El San Juan. Delicious dinner . . . warm, slightly humid evening . . . and now up for 6:45 AM shuttle to the airport. Tradewind has arranged an 8 AM flight for us.
It could have been worse! Passengers on the plane that departed ahead of our scheduled flight made it “over” SBH in, I’m told, a very bumpy flight. An attempted landing was aborted. Rain, lightening, & darkness. After returning to SJU, folks on that plane also are here this morning, waiting for another 8 AM charter to SBH.
Tradewind, of course, can’t control the weather. Tradewind, however, is responsible for excellent “TLC” under these circumstances. Transportation to/from hotel / airport . . . luggage delivered . . . rooms arranged . . . special flights this morning . . . smiling, friendly, helpful staff. Kudos to TW for the care given to make the best of a bad situation.
Now . . . soon to board a flight. Thinking about breakfast on SBH. Maybe Pearl Beach? Sounds pretty good right now!
