Up in the Air Page #6

RYAN:

Isolated? I’m surrounded.

KARA:

Your assistant told me you’re going

to be in Vegas.

RYAN:

Did he?

KARA:

Can you get a photo of the cut-out

in front of the Luxor Pyramid?

RYAN:

That place is a sh*t hole. No one

stays there.

KARA:

Jesus, Ryan, I’m not asking you to check

in. Can you just take a stupid photo?

RYAN:

I’m going to try my best.

KARA:

Well, thank you for trying your best.

16.

INT. BAR LOUNGE - HOUSTON HILTON - EVENING

Ryan sits at one of the couch & table set-ups. He’s going

over some paperwork. He notices an attractive professionally

dressed woman, ALEX, sifting through her purse. She sets a

pair of car keys with a MAESTRO TAG on the table.

RYAN:

You’re satisfied with Maestro?

ALEX:

Yeah, I am.

RYAN:

They’re stingy with their miles. I

like Hertz.

ALEX:

Hertz keeps its vehicles too long.

If a car’s over twenty-thousand

miles, I won’t drive it.

Ryan is intrigued.

RYAN:

Maestro doesn’t instant check out.

I like to park and go.

ALEX:

Hertz doesn’t guarantee Navigation.

RYAN:

Funny, you don’t seem like a girl

who needs directions.

ALEX:

I hate asking for directions.

That’s why I get a Nav.

RYAN:

The new outfit, Colonial, isn’t bad.

ALEX:

Is that a joke?

After a beat.

RYAN:

Yes.

ALEX:

Their kiosk placement is a joke.

17.

RYAN:

Never have available upgrades.

ALEX:

(passionate)

It’s basically a fleet of sh*t

boxes - Don’t know how they’re

still in business.

RYAN:

(I love you)

I’m Ryan.

ALEX:

Alex.

RYAN:

So are you going to join me?

She breaks into a smile.

JUMP CUT TO:

INT. BAR LOUNGE - HOUSTON HILTON - LATER THAT EVENING

Empty glasses litter the table. Ryan and Alex have taken over

a couch and have the contents of their wallets spread out -

All MEMBERSHIP CARDS.

RYAN:

(grabs one of Alex’s cards)

Maplewood Card? How dare you bring

that into this palace.

ALEX:

Hilton offers equal value and

better food - But the Maplewood

gives out warm cookies at check in.

RYAN:

They got you with the cookies?

ALEX:

I’m a sucker for simulated

hospitality.

RYAN:

There’s actually an industry term

for that. It’s a mixture of faux

and homey. It’s faumey.

Alex grabs Ryan’s AMERICAN CONCIERGE KEY CARD.

18.

ALEX:

Oh my God. I’ve heard about these,

but never seen one in person. Is

this a...?

RYAN:

Concierge Key. Yeah.

ALEX:

I love the weight.

RYAN:

Graphite. I was pretty excited the

day that puppy came in.

ALEX:

I’ll say. I put up pretty

pedestrian numbers. Sixty thou a

year, domestic.

RYAN:

(trying)

That’s not bad.

ALEX:

Don’t patronize me. What’s your total?

RYAN:

That’s a personal question.

ALEX:

Oh please...

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