Autobahnanza

In Flight

Greetings from Lufthansa flight 415. At long last we are in the air and headed for Munich. We made it to Dulles about an hour and a half before our scheduled departure time. Absolutely no lines for check in or security. Beautiful. However, there were some pretty nice downpours in the area, so we took off about an hour late. Despite this, we are still scheduled to arrive within 15 minutes of our scheduled arrival time. So far my first flight on Lufthansa has been a pleasant experience. Let’s hope they don’t kick our bags off the back of the plane as we’re crossing the Atlantic (Josh, Denny, cue up the Rhapsody in Blue). Fly the friendly skies!

The in-flight dinner I chose was a palatable pasta dish. It was some kind of rigatoni in a basic red sauce. Orzo salad, chocolate cake, and a roll rounded out the presentation, with the cake being the runaway highlight. Out of a possible 1,239 stars, I give the meal 134 stars. Restricting the scale to airline food only, the rating goes up to 1,038 stars.

And finally, the highlight of the flight so far… Lufthansa has wireless broadband internet access! Opening your browser directs you immediately to their “skynet” – basically an intranet portal with basic news, duty-free shopping, etc. For a price you can connect to the internet or directly to a specific VPN. I could very well be posting this directly to the autobahnanza! Pricing-wise, internet access is $9.95 for the first half hour, and then $.25 per additional minute. If not for my beautiful, and cost-conscious wife, I would be surfing the internet right now and sending all of you boastful emails of my abilities to acquire broadband access at 35,000 feet while burning cash at alarming speeds. Alas, you will receive this message on tape delay and I will put the retained funds toward some of Bavaria’s finest.

Quick poll question. Who thinks the $9.95 price tag is worth it? (Dru, I know you do.)

hotel!

posted by Chris @ 12:08 AM