Aside from unexpected traffic at every turn driving from the Ks to Ontario (Calif.) airport, everything was looking just jim-cracky fine for the flight back home. Check-in went cleanly, and the minor difficulties of baggage inspection at ONT were quickly overcome. We trucked up to the United corner of the terminal and hung out.<\/p>\n
The plane was about half an hour late coming in. No prob.<\/p>\n
Then they announced that the flight was very overbooked, and they were offering a free flight pass to anyone who would give up a seat on the flight. Takers would be shuttled down to Orange Co. (Calif.) and would fly out on a plane from there to Denver, arriving a bit before ten, vs. 5:30 on the present flight.<\/p>\n
I am a creature of expectations. I can do okay in a crisis, I think, because I don’t expect expectations to happen. But when given a choice of giving up my expectations, my first impulse is to take a big passerino. All I wanted to do was get home and have a quiet evening. Besides, I had a game to run the next day.<\/p>\n
And, besides, there was big crowd of folks gathering at the podium already. Right?<\/p>\n
I pinged Margie. She left it up to me. Fine.<\/p>\n
Well, then they announced the need again, some more. The joys of Spring Break (beginning or ending).<\/p>\n
Finally, they announced that they needed three more. Hell with it. I dashed up to the podium.<\/p>\n
And they took it with no problem, since they really did need more than the three mentioned. Moreover, they were offering either free tickets, or $400 in travel vouchers per ticket. Well, hell, we usually spend about $200 per ticket when we travel, so …<\/p>\n
So we hopped the shuttle van down to SNA, along with some other fellow delayed travellers. Ended up eating a nice dinner with Margie’s folks across the street from the airport, got home at a late but doable hour, and got $1200 in travel vouchers which I am sure we will be able to use over the next 12 months.<\/p>\n
Keen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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