In Which We Fly to California
Dec. 20th, 2025 11:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutThe flight was a little over an hour late departing. We were flying Mint, so at least we got some naps — all of us, even A. There were mechanical issues, but fortunately no weather issues, which is remarkable for our trips to California.
I had known the rest of the group would arrive before us, and they did, and the system that Residence Inn has for authorizing a credit card ahead of time is no longer paper based, which is delightful. It’s a little confusing if you are trying to authorize for multiple named persons, because they only wanted one form for both, so I had to do it twice to wedge the various names and addresses and so forth in. But it worked great, and that’s amazing, because it was going to be hard to do while inflight, and I sure would not want to make them all wait to check in because we checked in after 1 am. Rooms all seem fine; I think we have the exact same one we had last time, but it might just be in the same stack.
I had known the rest of the group would arrive before us, and they did, and the system that Residence Inn has for authorizing a credit card ahead of time is no longer paper based, which is delightful. It’s a little confusing if you are trying to authorize for multiple named persons, because they only wanted one form for both, so I had to do it twice to wedge the various names and addresses and so forth in. But it worked great, and that’s amazing, because it was going to be hard to do while inflight, and I sure would not want to make them all wait to check in because we checked in after 1 am. Rooms all seem fine; I think we have the exact same one we had last time, but it might just be in the same stack.