We're Home

It didn't actually take us this long to fly home! Our first flight on the 23rd was delayed by over 2 hours which AA notified us would cause us to miss our connection in PHL to RDU. Clay got the notification on his cell phone before 6 am. He woke me up to get up & ready anyway. He called AA and got rebooked on the last flight of the day. It meant giving up our first class seats for economy. (I did clear the standby for upgrade but Clay was 5 places behind me and rather than sit apart, I passed on the upgrade.) We had a singularly unpleasant but short flight in economy. Clay made a 2nd call locally to reschedule our transfer from Central Basilica Hotel to the airport. They were already aware of the delay but were advising that we keep the 8 am transfer. Clay insisted and they agreed to change our pickup to 10 am which was still plenty of time for a departure after 1pm. Though I wouldn't cut it close in BUD. They had intense security and long lines to prove it. The plane we flew from BUD to PHL had to be 40-50 years old based on the ashtrays. That was a long flight. We got home about midnight Raleigh time. I think Clay said that meant we'd been up a full 24 hours. It was a long and exhausting day. Things seemed OK at home except for AT&T Uverse being out which meant no phone, Internet or TV. They had been in the box out front judging by the work evidence left there. Every time AT&T goes in that box our service gets cut off. That was what happened this time. It was fixed by mid-morning today. So, I can finally report in. We've applied for a refund for the missed first class flight. We'll have to wait and see on that. We've both met the AA challenge that Clay was working on and have both achieved Platinum Pro status. Now that we're planning to stay home or take only road trips! We'll see.

The next trip we have planned is in NC. Hart Square Village. It will be a quick trip right after Clay's b-day.