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I'm back in Japan
Jesus it is HOT here. I've turned on the AC in my bedroom and I'm not sure I'm leaving this room again as long as I can help it. I hear thunder and see some lightning too, I wonder if it'll rain and break some of this humidity... wait, who am I kidding.
Actually the problem is that I didn't sleep on the plane at all, and so now my body thinks it's 3am when it's only 7pm here. Ideally I'd at least stay up until 9-10pm here, but I'm not sure I'll make it that long, we'll see.
I already have two new bug bites on my left leg. When the hell I got them is beyond me. If I show up with any new ones while at home I am going to be majorly pissed off.
I gained 10 pounds in my 3 weeks back in the US. Not a joke. It hit home when I saw it in kilograms on my scale here. What a horrible number. I hope I can manage to enjoy the regional foods on my upcoming trip while still dropping at least 5 pounds in the next two weeks before school starts again.
I got upgraded to Economy Plus completely randomly. It says "Premier" on my ticket. Wonder if having 80,000 miles or so (pretty much all from going back and forth to Japan over the last 4 years) gives me some sort of special status.
I reread Warren Cromartie's biography about his time in Japan in the 80's on the plane (I'd read it several years ago but just found a copy at Powell's this weekend), and after that I did some stuff in Games Magazine that I bought at the airport, and that was the trip. Absolutely none of the inflight movies seemed all that interesting to me.
No snafus at the airport in Narita, although I got stopped again by a random police guy wanting to see my passport, which seems to happen occasionally, they claim it's just routine random checking on foreigners coming in. I told him no and gave him my gaijin card instead, also refusing to speak English to him. He's like "oh, you've been here a while I see," but still took down my info. When he asked for my phone number I'm like "I'm not giving you my phone number, I still don't see why you're taking down my info at all, I'm not a tourist, this is a really weird request" and he's like "okay, that's fine, thank you" and let me go.
I took the fast Skyliner train in and didn't bother with a cab at Akabane station because I only was dragging the big green wheelybeast.
I feel very incoherent. Have bunches of things to do, but am in no condition to get them done today, so I guess it'll all be before the game tomorrow (last Fighters game in the Tokyo Dome for the year, so I kinda planned my return flight so I could be here for it)
Actually the problem is that I didn't sleep on the plane at all, and so now my body thinks it's 3am when it's only 7pm here. Ideally I'd at least stay up until 9-10pm here, but I'm not sure I'll make it that long, we'll see.
I already have two new bug bites on my left leg. When the hell I got them is beyond me. If I show up with any new ones while at home I am going to be majorly pissed off.
I gained 10 pounds in my 3 weeks back in the US. Not a joke. It hit home when I saw it in kilograms on my scale here. What a horrible number. I hope I can manage to enjoy the regional foods on my upcoming trip while still dropping at least 5 pounds in the next two weeks before school starts again.
I got upgraded to Economy Plus completely randomly. It says "Premier" on my ticket. Wonder if having 80,000 miles or so (pretty much all from going back and forth to Japan over the last 4 years) gives me some sort of special status.
I reread Warren Cromartie's biography about his time in Japan in the 80's on the plane (I'd read it several years ago but just found a copy at Powell's this weekend), and after that I did some stuff in Games Magazine that I bought at the airport, and that was the trip. Absolutely none of the inflight movies seemed all that interesting to me.
No snafus at the airport in Narita, although I got stopped again by a random police guy wanting to see my passport, which seems to happen occasionally, they claim it's just routine random checking on foreigners coming in. I told him no and gave him my gaijin card instead, also refusing to speak English to him. He's like "oh, you've been here a while I see," but still took down my info. When he asked for my phone number I'm like "I'm not giving you my phone number, I still don't see why you're taking down my info at all, I'm not a tourist, this is a really weird request" and he's like "okay, that's fine, thank you" and let me go.
I took the fast Skyliner train in and didn't bother with a cab at Akabane station because I only was dragging the big green wheelybeast.
I feel very incoherent. Have bunches of things to do, but am in no condition to get them done today, so I guess it'll all be before the game tomorrow (last Fighters game in the Tokyo Dome for the year, so I kinda planned my return flight so I could be here for it)
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- Free upgrades to economy plus for you and another person on your itinerary
- Free upgrades to first on domestic flights when available (very rare since the premier executive & 1K members go first)
- 2 free bags checked when flying inside the US
- Earlier boarding rights (group 1) on both United & other Star Alliance members
- Ability to stand in the shorter premier "status" security lines at some airports (for frequent flyers) and premier/star alliance silver ticket counters if they exist
- 25% bonus miles from flights
- Dedicated reservation line
- Standby priority
When you hit 50,000 miles in a year, it turns into premier exec getting you more frequent upgrades, free United & other star alliance lounge Privileges on international flights.