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I got up at four am this morning to catch a taxi to the Monterey airport for my 6am flight to SFO, then home to Denver. I woke up to two messages, one from Aaron telling me his flight had been cancelled, another from United telling me that “our” flight had been cancelled. I immediately called United and they offered to put me on a 3:30pm flight out of Monterey, through SF, and getting me home at sometime around 9:30pm, nine hours later than I’d expected. I complained and was asked if I would like her to “check for flights again.” Figuring I had nothing to loose at this point, I requested such a re-check and she found me a 6:40am flight out of Monterey which would get me to SFO in time to make my Denver connection. I took a taxi to MRY and got in line.

I had been successfully changed to the 6:40am flight but they were not sure that it would actually take off due to the heavy fog cover (what caused the original flight to be cancelled.) I noticed that they were putting people into taxis which would drive them to either SFO or the San Jose airport. I inquired about this and the check-in clerk asked me if I’d prefer that as it would be a stronger guarantee. Sounded good to me. So, I ended up being put into a taxi wit two others for a one-hour drive to San Jose. I ended up with an “Economy Plus” (a.k.a. better) seat and will actually get to Denver about 45 minutes earlier than originally planed. I must have some karma points saved up I didn’t know about.

From the last text message I received from Aaron it sounds like he also got taxied to San Jose and was getting a flight home. His description of the situation back at the hotel however involved a lot of upset librarians “as if someone put the card catalog out of order.”