Mr_Canoehead
Well-known member
By now, everyone has seen the debacle that was United's treatment of one of their passengers and the arrogance of their response. United is particularly bad to deal with as a passenger but all of the airlines have been moving away from customer service. Actually, United is much better than they were a few years ago, IMO.
I am a frequent flyer (my job requires it) but over the last couple of years I have been riding to client sites rather than be treated badly at the airport and then crammed into a metal tube for hours on end. It started off riding to clients within 4 hours drive but last summer I rode to SFO for a week of meetings instead of flying. It turned a 2-1/2 flight (one way) into a 3 day trip but I enjoyed every minute of it (and I could probably have done it in two days if I took the interstate).
I also spent a month in Lima, OH last year (literally, it wasn't a month in one night) and wished I had ridden there instead of flying.
So, next month I have to go to Sarnia, ON for a week. Then I was planning on flying to Atlanta to meet a buddy and renting a bike for six days ($1300 from Eaglerider
) to do the BRP and Barber, then flying home. Now I am thinking of just riding the FJR.
My reasoning - flying to Sarnia from Calgary is an all-day event - it will be a three day ride that takes me right through Aerostich's front yard. Then I have to get to Detroit (or backtrack to Toronto) to fly to Atlanta and then fly the unfriendly skies home - and there is the matter of renting a bike for crazy money.
My wife says that I am crazy to even consider this - what do you think?
I am a frequent flyer (my job requires it) but over the last couple of years I have been riding to client sites rather than be treated badly at the airport and then crammed into a metal tube for hours on end. It started off riding to clients within 4 hours drive but last summer I rode to SFO for a week of meetings instead of flying. It turned a 2-1/2 flight (one way) into a 3 day trip but I enjoyed every minute of it (and I could probably have done it in two days if I took the interstate).
I also spent a month in Lima, OH last year (literally, it wasn't a month in one night) and wished I had ridden there instead of flying.
So, next month I have to go to Sarnia, ON for a week. Then I was planning on flying to Atlanta to meet a buddy and renting a bike for six days ($1300 from Eaglerider
My reasoning - flying to Sarnia from Calgary is an all-day event - it will be a three day ride that takes me right through Aerostich's front yard. Then I have to get to Detroit (or backtrack to Toronto) to fly to Atlanta and then fly the unfriendly skies home - and there is the matter of renting a bike for crazy money.
My wife says that I am crazy to even consider this - what do you think?