Ready Set.....Checkin!

Here I sit on the couch this morning, chai tea in hand, and boarding passes printed. Anybody who's every flown Southwest before knows the routine. I suppose its the price you pay for a non-stop flight, with 2 free checkin bags, because the actual $$s were very reasonable. 24-hours pre-flight marks the beginning of checkin. Many people in the Albany and surrounding areas have been sitting up since before 7:00, with their coffees or other beverages, on their computer ready to hit that orange "Check In" button. Whats the big deal? Well, there are (I think), three levels of boarding, A, B, and C. Each level has somewhere around 50 people or so. The place in line you have for boarding depends on which letter and number you get. Why does it matter? Well, when traveling with more than just yourself, its nice to know that you're boarding before the aircraft is full and left with only random seats here and there. The good news for us is that my parents decided to be cool and pay for early bird checkin, which means, they will likely be boarding before us, and can "save" seats. Technically that defeats the purpose of the whole Checkin process, but thats ok. :) Even still, doing it the slow, old-fashioned way didn't fair too bad by us, A40 and A42. Which means that tomorrow morning at this time we will be in the air, heading away from Albany, and towards that big sunny state of Florida. All those wonderful things I've been longing for.....Here I Come!