Delayed!

A word you NEVER want to hear when you travel. We got off of the flight in Chicago and looked at our email. United emailed saying our flight to Beijing is delayed 5 hours or so. So we are stuck at the airport for 9 hours. Gets us into Beijing after 7 PM Friday night (china time).

We are thankful we upgraded to business first (we used points & paid a little $). We are hanging out in United's Priority Club enjoying free sodas, juice & snacks. They felt sorry for us and also gave us 2 $20 food vouchers for lunch. If we have To be stuck, I'll take free stuff. Reason for delay? Maintenance. Honestly kind of scares me. I guess it's good they are doing it before we leave.

So now we sit. Thankful for free WiFi and snacks. We leave after 5PM Central Time. Flight is UA851 if you want to track us.

Here's a picture of our morning drinks. Hot chocolate (for me) & orange juice (for Bill)