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Usually the night before the trip there reaches a point where you stop worrying about the loads and realize that flying standby has no guarantees.
The best method that we’ve found is picking a city, researching a “Plan A” or a “Plan B” in case we’re not able to get to the primary city. For example, tomorrow we’re planning on flying from Atlanta to Dusseldorf, Germany and if we’re not able to get on the flight, we can still fly into Frankfurt or Stuttgart and train up to the city of Cologne where we’ve booked a hotel.
Speaking of hotels, this is the interesting part. We usually use a mix of looking at the crew hotels and asking about airline discounts, the internet and travel guides. We’ve found a lot of success picking a hotel chair or two and sticking with those in most cities in order to build reward points and free upgrades to larger and better rooms.
In Cologne, Kristie has booked the Rennassaince hotel. We stayed at a similar hotel in Brussels and found it attractive because of friendly service, an executive lounge with cocktails and snacks and a espresso bar.
We actually end up staying up late from doing last minute things around the house and get to bed around midnight.
Our flight from Phoenix to Atlanta leaves at 6:15am. Departing at 6:15 means leaving the house about 4:30am in order to arrive with sufficient time to park the car and stand in line in the terminal for international check-in.
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