"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
>> Daughter and I returned tonight to our home in San Diego through a
>> series of fortunate events...let me tell you, folks, this is the way
>> to kick off the New Year!
>
> Yay! I was concerned how your trip there went.
>
>> We had a short layover in Detroit, during which I
>> noticed that the seats assigned to my daughter and I were not the
>> ones we'd chosen when we booked the flight...they were several rows
>> apart. Not being a very experienced flyer, and being 14 (kind of says
>> it all, doesn't it?) she was adamant about sitting together,
>
> Of course she was. Even non-14 year olds generally choose
> to sit together on a flight.
>
>> so I
>> asked the kindly Miss Joanne at the check in counter if she could
>> work some magic and get us into two adjoining seats. She mumbled
>> something about the flight being completely full, tapped her keys for
>> several minutes, and produced to boarding passes which now had us
>> seated in first class...and wished us a Happy New Year!
>
> Awesome!!! That only happened to me once, the guy at the gate said Happy
> Easter. This was confusing because ... well,
> it wasn't Easter morning or anything. Then I noticed Row 4.
> Woo Hoo!
>
>> We were
>> delighted, as it's a long flight and it was very nice to have the
>> additional legroom.
>
> It's a very relaxing way to fly.
>
>> About 15 minutes after take-off things took a turn. They announced
>> that due to the heavy fog in San Diego, we were being diverted to Los
>> Angeles for a couple hours. If the fog hadn't abated enough by then,
>> we'd be put on a bus. Ugh. Then, in keeping with the tremendously
>> bountiful day, we were bestowed another gift...about 45 minutes prior
>> to landing they announced the fog had dissipated enough that we were
>> going to land in San Diego after all! I can't tell you how happy we
>> were.
>
> You would have been happy to wind up in San Diego as your
> original destination, but to find out you were going to be diverted,
> going to SD turned into a great thing! Funny how that works.
>> Happy New Year everyone...I hope yours is filled with luck and joy.
>
> You too, and I hope your Christmas vacation went well.
>
> nancy

Took us 26 hours to get from Lihue, Kauai to Las Vegas, NV. Overbooked late
planes, a sprint through LAX dragging carryons trying to make a connection
followed by a near collapse, hours of waiting in lines we didn't need to be
in, LAX to Fresno to LV on a turboprop, and rude airline employees. Not the
funnest trip, but Kauai was splendid.

All's well that ends well. Asleep at 10 on NYE.

Steve