beeb375 wrote:No trouble on the way back though. "Ladies and gentlemen, we will shortly be dimming the cabin lights, this will make the flight crew look more attractive..."
Heh, I had that same line, and indeed a variety of other comical lines, from a somewhat camp flight attendant on a United flight from Chicago to Minneapolis at about half nine in the evening earlier in the month! Also had a fun line on the SFO - RNO flight I mentioned in my first post here: "Please take care when opening the overhead luggage compartments, as during the flight, shift happens."
Now, my last flights...
Trip: MSP - ORD (Minneapolis/St Paul - Chicago)
Airline: United Airlines
Flight No: UA7696
Date: 21st January 2010
Aircraft: Embraer 170
Seat: 7A (first row of Economy)
Delayed: don't think it was
A brief walk down about 3 gates, then about half an hour or so, to board:
Trip: ORD - LHR (Chicago - London Heathrow)
Airline: United Airlines
Flight No: UA928
Date: 21st January 2010
Aircraft: Boeing 767-300
Seat: 28J (an aisle seat, although the neighbouring window seat was also free. This is the last row of Economy Plus, but I only had an Economy ticket - however, due to the way the planes are laid out, the web site let me pick this seat despite not having paid for the upgrade - score

)
Delayed: we had to circle London a bit before landing, but we weren't really 'delayed' as we'd headed over the ocean a bit more quickly than planned
Then a long, long, long walk from the gate we arrived at, which I think was actually at Gatwick Airport, through passport control (where I took a wrong turn and ended up in baggage claim, not for the first time either). Then back through security again, and a few hours in the Diamond Club lounge before boarding...
Trip: LHR - MAN (London Heathrow - Manchester)
Airline: bmi
Flight No: BD588
Date: 22nd January 2010
Aircraft: Airbus A319
Seat: 3A (my normal seat on this flight, 2A, was taken

)
Delayed: by about half an hour taking off, due to Heathrow still being too busy
Luggage: wasn't put on the plane for some reason. Most annoying. Turned up the next day though via courier.