{"id":10024,"date":"2025-08-13T22:59:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T14:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=10024"},"modified":"2025-12-22T11:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T03:12:04","slug":"20250813pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/20250813pa\/","title":{"rendered":"Flights for an Overnight Trip to Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 13-14, 2025. I made an overnight trip to Washington, Pennsylvania to watch the Pony League World Series. This would be a very brief rundown about the flights back and forth, together with a few photos from the match.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/20250814_071351.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/20250814_071351.jpg\" alt=\"Sun Beam through Clouds over Long Beach\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sun Beam through Clouds over Long Beach<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tvar secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-major-1', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider1.sync( secondarySlider1 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-2', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-major-2', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider2.sync( secondarySlider2 ).mount();\n} );\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Delta Airlines flight 5731 from Boston to Pittsburgh<\/h3>\n<p>Facing time constraints on Wednesday afternoon, I chose to fly Delta from Boston to Pittsburgh\u2014a decision made easier by the Delta credits I had on hand. The basic economy fare was $89, comparable to other airlines and, in my opinion, quite reasonable.<\/p>\n<p>Delta Airlines 5731 <span style=\"font-size: small;\">Operated by Republic Airways<\/span><br \/>\nBoston, MA (BOS) &#8211; Pittsburgh, PA (PIT)<br \/>\nEmbraer ERJ-175 (N240JQ)<br \/>\nSeat 20A<br \/>\nScheduled Departure &#8211; 11:40am<br \/>\nActual Departure    &#8211; 11:50am<br \/>\nScheduled Arrival   &#8211; 1:31pm<br \/>\nActual Arrival \t    &#8211; 1:07pm<br \/>\n1 hour and 17 minutes<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/2;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=244439850&#038;measures=off&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Apart from some bumps over Susquehannock State Forest, the flight was otherwise largely uneventful. We approached Pittsburgh Airport from the east, treated to lovely views of downtown Pittsburgh in the process. Had it not been for scattered clouds hovering over the city at around 800m elevation, my first time flying into Pittsburgh might have been marked by even more exciting vistas.<\/p>\n<p>A significant disappointment on this flight stemmed from my mistaken belief that Delta provided free WiFi across its entire fleet. However, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delta.com\/us\/en\/onboard\/inflight-entertainment\/onboard-wifi#support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their website<\/a>, this amenity excluded certain regional aircraft. Consequently, only paid WiFi was available on this flight\u2014likely because it was operated by Republic Airways, which is not a wholly owned Delta subsidiary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/20250813_130250.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/20250813_130250.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Pittsburgh Suburb\" \/><\/a><\/br>Northern Pittsburgh Suburb<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/20250813_130319.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/20250813_130319.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown Pittsburgh under Clouds\" \/><\/a><\/br>Downtown Pittsburgh under Clouds<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/20250813_130337.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/20250813_130337.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown Pittsburgh under Clouds\" \/><\/a><\/br>Downtown Pittsburgh under Clouds<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/20250813_130407.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/20250813_130407.jpg\" alt=\"Flying over Ohio River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Flying over Ohio River<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails-s\/20250813_130250.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Pittsburgh Suburb\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails-s\/20250813_130319.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown Pittsburgh under Clouds\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails-s\/20250813_130337.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown Pittsburgh under Clouds\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails-s\/20250813_130407.jpg\" alt=\"Flying over Ohio River\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos overlooking Pittsburgh.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/20250813_130250.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/20250813_130250.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Pittsburgh Suburb\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Northern Pittsburgh Suburb<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/20250813_130319.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/20250813_130319.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown Pittsburgh under Clouds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Downtown Pittsburgh under Clouds<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/20250813_130337.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/20250813_130337.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown Pittsburgh under Clouds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Downtown Pittsburgh under Clouds<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/20250813_130407.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/20250813_130407.jpg\" alt=\"Flying over Ohio River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Flying over Ohio River<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After that, I grabbed some lunch on my way to the hotel, managed to get some work done, and then made my way to the ballpark.<br \/>\nPerhaps because the host area team (Washington County, Pennsylvania) had made it to the finals, there was considerable traffic entering the ballpark, far more than what I&#8217;d experienced a few years ago. Fortunately, I didn&#8217;t miss the game&#8217;s start.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a quick rundown of selected photos I took during the game. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">Much like the Junior League World Series game three days prior, I was too lazy to properly title them.<\/span> These photos are in the public domain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6858C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6858C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6863C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6863C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6870C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6870C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6873C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6873C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6878C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6878C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6889C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6889C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6898C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6898C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6916C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6916C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6918C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6918C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>2025 Pony League World Series Game<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6858C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6863C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6870C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6873C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6878C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6889C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6898C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6916C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6918C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6858C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6858C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Pony League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6863C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6863C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Pony League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6870C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6870C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Pony League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6873C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6873C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Pony League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6878C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6878C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Pony League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6889C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6889C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Pony League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6898C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6898C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Pony League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6916C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6916C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Pony League World Series Game<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/DSC_6918C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/DSC_6918C.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Pony League World Series Game\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>2025 Pony League World Series Game<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3>American Airlines flight 4587 and 4376 from Pittsburgh to Boston via New York Kennedy<\/h3>\n<p>The next morning, I was hoping to make it back to Boston not-too-late for the day&#8217;s work, hence I booked myself on the day&#8217;s earliest flights. Between Delta and JetBlue that offered direct flights from Pittsburgh to Boston, only Delta&#8217;s schedule suited me, but it was somewhat expensive, hence I decided to fly American with a connection in New York JFK. This was purchased during American&#8217;s award sale, costing only 5k American miles.<\/p>\n<p>Probably because this was an early morning flight at 6am in the middle of the week, my upgrade was confirmed well in advance. Pittsburgh Airport offered a priority security lane which, according to the monitor, had shorter wait times than the general lane, though neither was particularly long.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/20250814_052210.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/20250814_052210.jpg\" alt=\"Breakfast at The Club Lounge\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Breakfast at The Club Lounge<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">On my way to the boarding gate, I stopped by The Club Lounge. The sausage omelet breakfast\u2014accompanied by a cookie and yogurt\u2014was, quite honestly, among the better offerings I had encountered at PPS lounges across the United States.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>American Airlines 4587 <span style=\"font-size: small;\">Operated by Republic Airways<\/span><br \/>\nPittsburgh, PA (PIT) &#8211; New York Kennedy, NY (JFK)<br \/>\nEmbraer ERJ-175 (N414YX)<br \/>\nSeat 2A<br \/>\nScheduled Departure &#8211; 6:06am<br \/>\nActual Departure    &#8211; 6:23am<br \/>\nScheduled Arrival   &#8211; 7:43am<br \/>\nActual Arrival \t    &#8211; 7:28am<br \/>\n1 hour and 5 minutes<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/2;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=244439891&#038;measures=off&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As for the flight, we passed over New York City during our descent into JFK. Unfortunately, I was absorbed in work on my laptop and missed the most spectacular stretch of the skyline.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/20250814_071228.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/20250814_071228.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking New York City\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking New York City<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Of eastern Manhattan and Long Island City. About a minute ago I could have taken a photo of the entire Manhattan skyline.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Shortly after flying past Manhattan, I captured what was likely the most captivating photograph of this trip (featured at the top of this post): sun beams piercing through the overhanging clouds, illuminating the glittering waves off Long Beach. Somehow, sunrise scenes hadn&#8217;t disappointed me on my recent flights.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/20250814_072108.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/13\/thumbnails\/20250814_072108.jpg\" alt=\"Jones Beach Island\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Jones Beach Island<\/p><\/div>\n<p>American Airlines 4376 <span style=\"font-size: small;\">Operated by Republic Airways<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Coincidentally, all three flights of this trip were operated by Republic Airways.<\/span><br \/>\nNew York Kennedy, NY (JFK) &#8211; Boston, MA (BOS)<br \/>\nEmbraer ERJ-175 (N415YX)<br \/>\nSeat 4A<br \/>\nScheduled Departure &#8211; 9:00am<br \/>\nActual Departure    &#8211; 9:16am<br \/>\nScheduled Arrival   &#8211; 10:19am<br \/>\nActual Arrival \t    &#8211; 10:00am<br \/>\n44 minutes<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/2;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=244439903&#038;measures=off&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Not much to talk about for this final leg of the trip.<br \/>\nAn interesting discovery once I got off the plane in Boston: after &#8220;missing&#8221; the Silver Line bus to downtown by mere seconds, I chose to <del>walk<\/del> run across Terminal B&#8217;s parking garage, which was faster than the bus could navigate around it, hence I managed to board the very bus I had supposedly missed.<\/p>\n<p>END<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 13-14, 2025. I made an overnight trip to Washington, Pennsylvania to watch the Pony League World Series. This would be a very brief rundown about the flights back and forth, together with a few photos from the&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/20250813pa\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[188,175],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10024"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10105,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10024\/revisions\/10105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}