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Ärende: midwest trip - bbq 834
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was  US5624 IAD CLT 0520 0641 CR9 2A
and    1906 CLT MCI 0750 0950 319 2F

About an hour before SuperShuttle was going to pick me up
I got a notification that my flight had been cancelled.

US Air had rebooked me nicely - but out of Baltimore,
without telling me, so there was a certain amount of
hustling about on my part. I managed to change my
onward to my satisfaction; it didn't hurt that the
connection they'd given me was booked up, and the one I
wanted was wide open.

SuperShuttle was good about refunding my payment but could
not find a reaccommodation on such short notice. So I woke
my brother and told him I'd pay taxi rate to get me to BWI
by 6; I was in his car at 4:30ish, and I was in fact at the
airport around 5.

Slight anxiety as US Air hadn't put my number into the AA
reservation, so it initially appeared that I was in some
kind of limbo, but a fairly cheery and efficient agent got
me squared away in a couple minutes. She pointed me to the
C PreCheck, where everyone was polite to the point of
obsequiousness, and I was unleashed for an hour of poking
around a part of the airport I hadn't seen in years.

Sunrise was exceptionally lovely, and I was not the only
person taking snapshots of it.

AA1373 BWI DFW 0705 0935 M80 6A

The connector between B and C was built after my time, so
I made good use of the extra time to check out the food
offerings in A, B, and C; I'd known about Phillips and the
oyster bar but was pleased to see BGR (in the Southwest
area) and Kraze Burger (in the less-Southwest area). These
were for future reference only, as I was entitled to
breakfast on my flight.

Sunshine of Your Love was playing on the PA. One of my
favorite songs, but after a few iterations, maybe not so
much. Doodoodoodoot doot doot doot do dooo do.

The gate area seating in this pier is inadequate and
boarding rather chaotic. Also the lowness of the ceilings
is oppressive: this is probably the last of the terminals
to remain unrenovated. I was engrossed in my e-mail, though,
and didn't notice until boarding was halfway.

I don't mind the last first row of these aircraft; though
my AA informant Lilli hates this row, when I was assigned
here I didn't change my seat. It was fine, as the limited
recline is okay with me.

For breakfast they offered oatmeal with yogurt or a
broccoli-red-pepper quiche with sausage and potatoes. I
chose the latter; it was slopped into its dish in an ugly
unappetizing manner but tasted surprisingly okay. Extremely
weird bad fruit appetizer.

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