Travel

Let's talk about travel. We are seeing some of the world and that is a great thing, but to get around means time spent in airports and on airplanes. To make a trip from Doha to Knoxville will take most of 24 hours, to make that trip in coach feels like a week. One of these days, I hope to get enough miles to upgrade to Business class, the only way to go.

We have learned a few things, the first is never fly through London, UK. Crowded, rude, not customer friendly, more expensive airports, we have started to use Frankfurt Germany, newer, cleaner, less crowded, etc. The time is about the same so we like that routing better. Something else we have started to use is a card called "Priority Pass" which gives us access to airline clubs in about 500 airports around the world. We have used the Delta Crown Room at Frankfurt during layovers, naps, food, rest away from the cheap seats, it really helps to break up the trip and the price is great for us.

Delta is starting a direct Atlanta to Dubai flight this summer, only problem is 14 hours in the plane, we tried NY to Dubai once and that much time in coach is tough. It does speed up the trip because of one less stop and one less layover. More later.