[Today’s run: 3.4 miles (Watson Road)]<\/p>\n
I had another quick trip out to Colorado at the end of last week.\u00a0 The boss wanted me to be there for the installation of some new equipment.\u00a0 I flew out of GTR on Wednesday.\u00a0 We did our work on Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n
I had set aside Saturday in case work overflowed, but it didn’t.\u00a0 Saturday morning I ran the Coyote Ridge trail which goes up into the foothills between Ft. Collins and Loveland.\u00a0 I ate lunch with Daughter and Son-In-Law.\u00a0 Then I took a short drive up the Poudre Canyon.<\/p>\n
Sunday was a travel day.\u00a0 I got up early and got myself down to the Denver airport.\u00a0 The flight from Denver to Atlanta was redirected to Huntsville, AL for refueling due to a weather problem over Atlanta.\u00a0 By the time we landed in Atlanta my flight to GTR had left without me.<\/p>\n
There are only three flights to GTR a day, all from Atlanta.\u00a0 I was scrambling with lots of other people to try to get my schedule rearranged.\u00a0 I called on a courtesy phone and the lady said I was now set for the evening (last) flight.\u00a0 Later I tried to print a boarding pass but the kiosk thing wouldn’t do it so I waited in a line and spoke to a woman who printed my pass.\u00a0 It said “standby”\u00a0 which was not encouraging.\u00a0 But she told me to go and wait.<\/p>\n
So I waited for that flight for a few hours.\u00a0 People slowly converged.\u00a0 Eventually the gate attendant lady said the flight was overbooked and she started asking for volunteers to take $500 and then $600 to bump to the next day.\u00a0 I thought, this doesn’t look too good for Mr Standby.\u00a0 I spoke to her.\u00a0 No, I was not eligible for\u00a0 the $600.\u00a0 Not only that, but there were no empty seats on the next day’s flights.\u00a0 I could not get a seat until Tuesday. (I wonder if the people taking her $500 knew that!)\u00a0 She said I should talk to a customer service person.\u00a0 So I found another courtesy phone.\u00a0 This time the lady gave me the straight scoop:\u00a0 no way I was going to get to GTR by plane in a reasonable amount of time. But she could get me to Birmingham.\u00a0 So I took that.<\/p>\n
While I was waiting a few more hours for the Birmingham flight, my wife found a hotel for me with Expedia.<\/p>\n
I eventually did get to Birmingham and the hotel shuttle picked me up.\u00a0 The hotel was an “older property”\u00a0 but the bed was OK and I got a good night’s sleep.\u00a0 The internet didn’t work and the breakfast buffet was $7.95, so I skipped it.<\/p>\n
This morning I called the official corporate travel agency and they were not much help.\u00a0 Back to the wife and her Expedia:\u00a0 she fixed me up with a rental car.\u00a0 I summoned an Uber driver who quickly arrived and took me to the rental car place where I acquired the car and drove home.\u00a0 Instead of 3:30 PM I finally made it home around 10 AM, and glad to get there.<\/p>\n
This is not the first time I’ve had a problem getting\u00a0 home to GTR.\u00a0 Flying out is great, the place is only a few miles away.\u00a0 But the limited return options can be a real bummer.<\/p>\n
Looking back, I wish the first of the four Delta employees I spoke to would have looked at the stacked up demand for the GTR flights and given me straight information.\u00a0 I could have gotten a rental car in Atlanta soon after I arrived and been home Sunday evening instead of sitting in the airport for another 7 hours (and another overnight).<\/p>\n
Later we took the rental car to GTR to return it to the rental agency.\u00a0 So I did get to visit GTR today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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