While other folks are having problems with airlines and the the awful state of affairs in which you have to figure out which airline sucks the least, I have to admit that I’ve fallen for JetBlue. Direct flight from LGB (Long Beach) to JFK with no layovers or plane switching. Reasonable airfare. Comfy seats for my 6′ 3″ frame and accompanying 15″ PowerBook G4. Satellite television in every seat. Amazingly, JetBlue is profitable and hasn’t gone whining to the federal government at the slightest drop of a loss. I can’t recommend them highly enough, and will continue to vote with my dollars. They’re one of the cult brands I’m happy to be a cult member over.
Flying out of Long Beach is wonderful, it’s how I’ve imagined flying in the 1940s was like. The airport terminal still has it’s period deco architecture and is decorated with period travel and flight posters. There’s no gates really, passengers still go outside to board their planes on the tarmac. Very relaxing place. And you can’t go wrong with the free 802.11b.
I totally agree! I’m writing this on my iBook G3/800 from gate 1 at the Long Beach airport, waiting for a JetBlue flight. 🙂 Not only is the wifi free for the taking, but I’m sitting *next to a power outlet*. During this trip to CA I haven’t been as concerned about finding wifi as I have been about conserving battery power.
Only downside is that my husband sitting next to me on his PowerBook G4 12″ can’t seem to get on the network. He sees the AirPort SSID and can get a signal, but can’t pull up anything but a 169.xx… IP address. I’m guessing it’s an AirPort Extreme issue.