It is amazing how quickly travel things that go wrong , become great blog stories

So .... where was I ..... The fact that the airport looked like a tomb should have been an pretty good indicator that there were no more flights leaving , but we were still all living in the glow that comes from being around and experiencing fabulous global educators that care about their students , their world and connecting us to them....so we ignored the warning signs. Finally , we dragged ourselves to find some gate attendants and were greeted with a rather rude , " What are you still doing here? You were  supposed to have been told that the flight was cancelled and relocated to a hotel."  Alas, we weren't and ow the games were to begin. Chris needed to get to Martha's Vineyard, Youssaf toNYC and I was headed to Charlotte. According to the woman in charge, the flights were leaving until the following evening. Now maybe if circumstances had been different, I might have opted for the , " stay in Buenos Aires in a hotel on the airline for one more day option" , but I was getting sick and really needed to get home.....

So began the job of finding the way home:
Options were as follows:
1. Wait until 8:30 on Monday evening - get home on Tuesday
2. Go through Uraguay then Cancun then Dallas then Miami then Atlanta then Charlotte ...... great miles but are you kidding me?
3. Flight through Miami to Atlanta to JFK to Charlotte

So the obvious question is why are you not offering me the Miami - Atlanta - Charlotte option? Well Ladies and Gentlemen, just in case you didn't know - Delta doesn't fly to Charlotte. So all of those flights that you and I have taken on Delta, well they just never happened ( according to Aerolineas Argentinas ). Picture the scenario: it is midnight ( we are supposed to be an hour into our flight ) , we haven't been told it was cancelled until the following evening, there appears to be now way to get home and I am getting sick ( courtesy of  my room mate). All in all , each of those pieces taken separately might not be so bad , but put them all together and I am a bit grumpy......

Chris and Youssaf opt for the hotel since they will take the Monday evening flight. I say to this lady - I know Delta flies through Charlotte , so here's what we book : Miami to Atlanta to Charlotte.... ok?   Ok she says and manages to get that taken care of. Now where to sleep...... I tell her that to go to a hotel for 2 hours sleep and risk missing the flight is dumb so how about putting me up in the Sky Team lounge.....

Holy Moley! It took an act of Congress, but mission accomplished, vouchers acquired for food and all three boarding passes in hand. Good thing because after I sit down to grab some coffee and food I take a look and I have a whole 54 minutes to deplane, go through customs and get to my new gate......doable? Well only time will tell.... now off for a few ZZZ's in the lounge before heading for the plane......