Back to our travel adventures… Tom is retired US Army, and has Space A travel privileges. The A stands for available, and is based on # of seats for a particular flight and individual seniority on a sign-up sheet. In other words, first come, first serve and if they have enough room. So the game begins by figuring out where you want to go, then when, immediately followed by the optimal sign-up date that will assure placement on flight and yet not so far ahead to put you off the list if you get bumped on the first attempt. I know, very complicated and risky.
So here we are at the terminal, our names have been selected along with others and we are now waiting for the bus to take us to the plane. Oh but wait, here comes the young man with official looking clipboard. “So sorry folks, we have one too many people for the number of seats available. Sir, your wife can’t fly with us.”
Tom springs to action saying, “I am not going without you!” and leaves with the young man in uniform. Fifteen minutes later I find him at a computer looking up commercial flight schedules. Selection. Purchase. Kiss, kiss. “See you in a few days.” And now I am driving home to fly out of Kansas City.
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