It's a great feeling to make a flight that gets you to your destination hours earlier. There's only one direct flight from Tulsa to San Diego, but it leaves at 3:35pm and my meeting didn't end until 2:30pm so I figured I had no chance of making it. I decided to just check the status after my meeting though, and it was delayed an hour! While my coworker drove us back to the airport, I was able to cancel my Southwest refundable ticket and book myself on the ExpressJet flight using my handy Verizon broadband card. I love the flexibility of Southwest refundable tickets - I probably end up changing my flight at least every other week.
Because I booked my flight so last-minute though, I had to go through the special pat-me-down security aisle. I think Tulsa's got the most stringent pat-down process I've seen in any airport. The woman before me was seriously unhappy - she had on this long, flowy skirt so it was hard to run the scanner around her body and between her legs. By the time the TSA lady asked her to put one leg out to make it easier, she started yelling and looking kinda psycho, saying "fine, why I don't I just hike my skirt up for you," which she then proceeded to do. Yow, I saw way too much in that instant! She had a nice little audience comprised of the TSA lady, the TSA male supervisor, 2 TSA cops and me by the time she was cleared through.
Anyway, Tulsa was brief and very cloudy. If you ever find yourself there, I would highly recommend staying at Hotel Ambassador. It's not much to look at from the outside, but the rooms are really nice inside. At the end of the day, hotels matter a lot to me because they make the difference between my getting sleep or tossing and turning all night, which in turn impacts how my meetings go. So I don't mind having my company shell out a few more bucks so I can be more comfortable :) Things that are important:
1. cleanliness - I have a deep fear of encountering bedbugs so I have to do a pre-inspection of every bed...kinda obsessive, I know
2. comfortable bed
3. room service - the last thing I want to do is drive around a foreign city at 10pm looking for fast food
4. toiletries - not a big deal, but I love the W Hotel's Bliss products
5. WiFi - not so important anymore now that I have my broadband card but I hate hotels that don't offer WiFi
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