..::Elite Status::..

You know you've made it when...

Yesterday I headed to the airport in Korea to jump over to Japan for the last leg of Asiapalooza. After minimal sleep, a long shuttle ride to the airport, and a long night at work the previous night I was EXHAUSTED by the time I finally checked into my gate at Korean Air. When I handed over my passport I was slightly irritated when the man at the counter told me he couldn't "find" my ticket in the system. He then proceeded to stop the luggage conveyor belt and chase down my suitcase, which he had already sent to the plane. Minutes later my ticket miraculously popped up in the system and I expressed my interest in an aisle seat if possible. Then next thing I know, he was telling me I've been upgraded to business class due to my "ELITE STATUS." Yeah, that's right...I have ELITE STATUS with Korean Air. I suppose I shouldn't have been as shocked as I was to hear this, for the mere fact that I've spent more nights in Japan in the last 3 months than I have in my new apartment. In any case, my flight to Japan was most enjoyable as I was able to recline completely horizontal and ZONK out for the entire flight, which after being up for nearly 24 hours was the best thing that could happen to a girl traveling a ridiculously busy Asiapalooza schedule. Love that I'm back in Japan getting to see my Japanese friends and seeing the work that I did the previous 2 trips come to life. Its a pretty amazing feeling. My only hope upon leaving here in 3 days is that my new ELITE STATUS will bring me home the same way I got here...plenty of free wine, one large sleeping pill and the opportunity to be horizontal the entire 13 hour flight.

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