Bumped up to Luxury

When I got to Narita there was a big line up for checking into Air Canada. It appears that they overbooked so were looking for people to fly out on the next day (or take a different route). They offered me a hotel, dinner and breakfast but I said that wasn't interesting for me. Why would I want to stay in a hotel and then fly out a day later? I'm not looking for "enjoying a hotel"; that's not me. It took me three times to get them to agree to giving me a business upgrade before I accepted.

However... I was told I'd have to come back after they closed the check in, just in case there was space.

So I showed up at 6pm and waited for a half hour. Finally, they came up to me and told me that they could put me on Thursday's flight. I wasn't too happy about that so kind of politely told them to give it to one of the other people waiting as well. They didn't want to do that I guess because it would have cost them a business upgrade, a hotel, dinner and breakfast so they pushed. And I refused. Finally they told me I could fly on the same day, but there was a business class seat available.

So I took it!

And I loved it. Wow! This plane was one of the newer airplanes with first class and business seats as those new fancy dancy individual cocoons. You can fully adjust the seating with infinite angles for legs, seat, back, headrest. It goes full flat for sleeping as well (and I could actually stretch out fully flat. That was nice (though my legs are still just a wee bit too long so I had to cross my ankles and have my head be beyond the length of the bed in order to stretch out.) But amazing nonetheless.

And the rest of the business class was business, which means real china, real silverware, real champagne and a wine from 2003 which makes it very expensive wine (I can't afford to buy wine that old anymore). AND they had real food to complement my four eggs, chunks of cheese, container of deep fried chicken pieces (kara age, not "nuggets" - those of you who know and love) and salami slices mmmmm. The flight was only about 10hrs I think, and I got to eat, watch two movies (Star Trek - AWESOME! and X-men Origins: Wolvering - VERY GOOD).

Then I jumped on a 3hr flight to Winnipeg that was full of families who had done a "baby run" to China. I guess they sell babies in China for adoption so about eight screaming babies were on that flight (and new parents who didn't really know how to deal with them).

Instead of arriving late at night I got to Winnipeg at 7pm which was perfect. Mom was there to hug me, she called Dad who drove around to the front and picked me up. We came to Bruce's, dropped off my stuff, looked around the house (he is a carpenter and my dad is a do everything kind of guy) so they are renovating the house Bruce bought a year ago - looks great! Then we went to my parents' for dinner, off to Tim Horton's for coffee, came home, chatted, unpacked, showered and went to bed.

And today it is a chilly 16C/61F rainy day with NO humidity that I can tell! It feels cold, but dry so that is nice.

Off to do some running around, but I just wanted to show you a photo of the seat I got on my business class flight to Vancouver. And you know me... Mr. Man of a Few Words.

I love you!

Cam