Now I realize that booking travel to Almaty, Kazakhstan might not be super easy... it isn't exactly serviced by every airline out there. But damn. Lab travel just set me up with a flight that arrives in Almaty at 1:30AM on the day my business there begins, and leaves at 4:05AM the day after the work is complete. This is going to rock...

Note: this is probably actually my fault, as I specified that I would prefer a Delta flight at any time over any other airline. And why did I set myself up for this miserable itinerary? Because one trip to Kazakhstan is enough miles for a free trip to Europe later—a trip for which I will arrive at a decent hour and won't have to do work. Boo-ya.

PS: 6 hour 15 minute layover in Frankfurt. Aw yeah.