Boarding for Qatar Airways 702 at JFK was easy with the help of my new pal Elissa.
She greeted me and answer my many questions at the ticket counter and was there at the gate to send me off - with early boarding.... in an aisle seat. I am travelling my 21000 miles in 12 days with 4 big city stops lugging a small carry on wheely - board bag and a backpack. Early boarding means I get bin space.
My hope was to snag some sleep - as I have spent a few retiree hours sleeping in a chair to practice up for long haul vapor trailing. Didn't work. My personal entertainment center showed me our position and lots of other flight data. Coldest temp reading I saw was -80 F .. inside the cabin it was over +80 - too hot to sleep....so I watched movies, played games , got up and walked regularly (no swollen feet on tjis guy) hecked flight status, and rattled around in the occasional but bumpy turbulence.
12 sleepless hours in my aisle later, we arrived in Doha, right at sunset, grabbed my bags and headed to gate A8 for the next leg....an uneventful 48 minute hop to Dubai.
Got up at 8:30 am (est) Dec 29 - -- and put my head down to sleep again 0:30 (Dubai time/3:30 est)
31 hours later..... I slept well .... dreaming of dancing with vapor trails.
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