The other morning, whilst waiting on a plane for over an hour when my departure was delayed, I realised that at some point I'd become a "business traveller". Here's a few of the signs I came up with in a series of early morning tweets:
1. You've added +44 and knocked a zero off all the UK numbers in your mobile contacts
2. You know exactly where the taxi should set you down for fast access to T5 security (far end. close end opens at 6am)
3. You know your Avios balance and how many tier points you need by yoir renewal date
4. You committed your passport number to memory and carry pre-completed Landing Cards
5. You note a pre-5am spike in your tweets
6. You hit level 8 of the jetsetter badge on FourSquare and are surprised that equates to only 36 different airports
7. You know how to get around IP address enforced limits on free airport wifi
8. The person at immigration says see you next week
9. Duty free becomes your local wine retailer
10. You call destinations by their three letter airport code
11. You have suitcases specially for for one night, three nights and holidays
12. You foursquare friend request people who are checked in to the same airport lounge
13. You speak warmly of the shopping at CPH and ICN because you saw nothing else during your visits
14. You have a packing "strategy"
15. You keep spare mac dongles in each bag
16. You've reread this months HighLife 4 times
17. You avoid conversation with neighbouring passengers at all costs
18. You decant your shampoo into hotel shampoo bottles of no more than 100ml
19. You avoid buying shoes with metal in them
20. Most of your text messages are warnings from your mobile networking warning you of roaming charges
21. You avoid following people holding folders full of papers when in the immigration queue
22. You avoid families with children at security checkpoints, particularly if they have a pushchair
23. You mark the page stamped by immigration on the way in so as to speed your exit on the way out
24. All your devices are showing the time in different time zones
25. You say thank you in the wrong language when leaving a restaurant down the street from your own home
Feel free to add you own…