Grounded!
In less than 7 hours from now I'm supposed to be on a flight from Omaha to Dallas, in order to see the Lovely Mrs. G. for the weekend. I haven't seen her in 3 weeks; the longest we've ever been apart. It's only a 2-night trip, so it's not a long visit, but it'll be enough to make us happy for a while.
Now, would you like to guess which airline I'm booked with?
Yep – American. As in "American, whose cancelled 2,500 flights in the last 3 days."
So we'll see if I can make it or not. My plan was to get up at the crack of dawn (or maybe even earlier) and see if my originally booked flight is still on or not. If it is, then hallelujah. If not, then I'm going to get on the horn and see what can be done.
My first option will be to see if they can rebook me, even if it's on another airline. I'd rather not go from here to Dallas via Atlanta, Chicago, or God forbid Timbuktu, but if that's what it takes, then I suppose I'll go that route.
My second thought was any possible standby seat on American, which also runs to Chicago from here. In Chicago I should be able to catch one of a dozen other airlines to The Big D, wouldn't you think? (Hey, I've watched enough Amazing Race over the years to know that flights can be switched if you ask nice enough.)
So we'll see if I can make it or not. My plan was to get up at the crack of dawn (or maybe even earlier) and see if my originally booked flight is still on or not. If it is, then hallelujah. If not, then I'm going to get on the horn and see what can be done.
My first option will be to see if they can rebook me, even if it's on another airline. I'd rather not go from here to Dallas via Atlanta, Chicago, or God forbid Timbuktu, but if that's what it takes, then I suppose I'll go that route.
My second thought was any possible standby seat on American, which also runs to Chicago from here. In Chicago I should be able to catch one of a dozen other airlines to The Big D, wouldn't you think? (Hey, I've watched enough Amazing Race over the years to know that flights can be switched if you ask nice enough.)
My third thought involves driving 100 miles an hour for 8 straight hours. Nah. I'd be dead tired and/or arrested for trying to pull that stunt. Besides, with gas prices being what they are, it'd be cheaper to rent a Lear jet.
So plan #4 means having to delay my trip for a week. I suppose I could do this, but I'd rather not. Getting out of work next week will be harder than it will be today. Plus, I'm also booked to go back in two weeks for a second trip, so that'd be two weekends in a row at the airport. Ick.
So cross your fingers for me – as of right now my flight for this afternoon is still on. Two of the five flights from here to there have already been scrapped, but mine is still alive and kicking for now.
And if not, then you'll see me hitchhiking in front of Warren Buffet's plane or something…
So plan #4 means having to delay my trip for a week. I suppose I could do this, but I'd rather not. Getting out of work next week will be harder than it will be today. Plus, I'm also booked to go back in two weeks for a second trip, so that'd be two weekends in a row at the airport. Ick.
So cross your fingers for me – as of right now my flight for this afternoon is still on. Two of the five flights from here to there have already been scrapped, but mine is still alive and kicking for now.
And if not, then you'll see me hitchhiking in front of Warren Buffet's plane or something…
posted by Tommy G at
7:54 AM
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