{"id":680,"date":"2008-06-17T00:36:12","date_gmt":"2008-06-17T06:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/17\/omg-we-made-it-but-it-was-a-r\/"},"modified":"2008-06-18T19:07:53","modified_gmt":"2008-06-19T01:07:53","slug":"omg-we-made-it-but-it-was-a-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/17\/omg-we-made-it-but-it-was-a-r\/","title":{"rendered":"OMG, we made it but&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OMG, we made it but it was a real ordeal. More later.<\/p>\n<p>If you have to travel 18 hours on a plane, this is not a bad way to go. 3 full meals during the flight, on-demand movies and tv shows in every seat, and each seat is also a recliner with leg rest. 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