Flight to Philly

June 26, 2019

Jeff drove us to the Phoenix airport at 5:45 and dropped us off at the terminal. He parked the car and stopped over at our gate to see us off. He had a flight to LA at around 10. We boarded around 8 and were worried about our seating because we were at the end of the boarding line for Southwest who doesn't assign seats. We ended up in the last row on aisle seats across from each other. That turned out to be perfect for us: lots of legroom, next to the bathrooms and a feeling of space being next to the attendants' prep area. I think we found a new configuration for future seating. Landed in St Louis a little early for a 4 hour layover which was great because we could relax, eat and not worry about our checked bag. Just before our boarding time a major thunderstorm rolled over the airport which delayed boarding for a half an hour. After boarding we waited another half an hour for transfer luggage from delayed connecting flights to be loaded. We were further up in the boarding queue this time so we sat on adjoining aisle seats toward the front. After landing in Philly 45 minutes late our checked bag was waiting for us, Mike picked us up and we are now at his home. He was following our flight on the internet and we texted him status.