Only on a FlyerTalk adventure does the cabin erupt in applause after the safety demo…and after the “beer, wine, and liquor is available for $6 line”…and when the FA pokes her head out of the galley to make sure we are still paying attention. Little does she know there are more 1K drink chits than opportunities to use them onboard 
Gene even inquired about the catering for our flight and they only board 50 minis + beer. Does United seriously think this is enough booze for a large group of FlyerTalkers on a 2 hour express flight? I think Randy would be proud! Oh yes, the flight has just begun!
We’re in the same E145 that brought us into Richmond. They even changed the Hemispheres magazines for us. Woohoo. They do realize that about 1/2 the plane flies over 100,000 miles a year on this airline and they’ve already read this month’s issue 10 times, right? Even I have.
The flight crew changed. It was previously discussed as “for better or for worse”. Nothing against our last FA, but it was definitely for the better! Our new FA is definitely funner (my iPhone obviously doesn’t have legally blonde vocabulary because funner was a difficult word for it to allow).
So the first beverage service has begun and it is painfully slow. Not because our FA is slow, but because we’re quickly depleting the liquor supply. She’s made 3 trips back to the galley to restock and she’s only made it to row 14. At least UA is making a large group of 1Ks (and this humble 1P) very happy. Not to mention this flight has to take the record for most 1K drink chits collected on an express flight. It certainly holds the title of most 1Ks on an RJ!
So return trip 4 was just made. I’m assuming it’ll only take 1 more round for this flight to be dry. It’s probably for the better since we all need to be functional for the tour we have been priveledged enough to have been invited to at ORD. No climbing into the overhead bins folks
My g&t is almost gone…so it’s time to figure out how that is going to be replenished. I’ll be back at some point.
