VANITY vs EFFICIENCY

Aloha, HI


SF Bay

I just got punk'd.
In the last 48 hrs, I have visited Tokyo, Honolulu, San Francisco, and New York City. Needless to say, I don't feel very good. And in the process I have learned some valuable travel lessons. Here's the deal: I was offered two options on my return leg from Narita to JFK:
1) coach seat and direct.
2) first class and routed thru said cities above.
Vanity vs Efficiency. I opted for Vanity because I figured I could get a ton of work done on the flight and it was nice to go first class all the way. Some things I didn't realize at the time:
• If you travel for more than 10 hours, you get a good plane. If you travel for less than 10 hours, you don't. Meaning even first class doesn't have power outlets and personal screens! Its the type of plane where there are like 6 first class seats in total. And this was true for ALL THE CONNECTIONS of my trip. I was stuck on wack planes from Tokyo to Hawaii to SF to JFK.
• Honolulu Airport is actually a glorified hut. And everyone who works there has 1/8th of a brain. But I must admit, if you're gonna be hanging out in any airport, it might as well be Honolulu because half the airport is outdoors.
• Don't sit in San Francisco airport while the Warriors are upsetting the Mavs in the NBA Playoffs unless you like beer being spilled on you.
• Don't land in NYC on a Monday at 7am. Unless you really, really like the BQE.

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One that helped cheer me up was getting these Reebok Pumps from Blends in the mail. Both black and white. A nice simple sneaker with good detailing. Thank you very much, Tak for hooking these up.