JH Roneys: the joys of traveling...

Air travel used to be simple. I understand when the weather is bad and you can't fly. I understand spring break....cuz we were just enjoying ours in Cayman. We had MAJOR difficulty getting home. Everything collided into what would be considered "the perfect storm". On our flight from Cayman to JFK, we had to do several "holding patterns" over the Atlantic because the weather was un-landable in JFK. We didn't experience any turbulence because we stayed out of the mess. But we did have a few other issues come up. First, we needed fuel and second,our plane crew"s work day was soon expiring. Two things that are huge in air travel. So Boston was kind and took us in--first sitting on the tarmac for an unmentionable amount of time and then making it difficult to leave. Delta was VERY accommodating and found us hotel rooms 45 minutes out of the city. Why? um...something called the Boston Marathon! The next morning back at the airport, the red coat Delta team worked very hard for 1.5 hours trying to get us home. It basically went something like this..."being a platinum medallion should count for something"...and so that is how we got seats on an oversold and overbooked direct flight to Salt Lake City. Once we landed in Salt Lake City, we had been deemed "Delta Distress". We had a car come and take us to the Radisson Hotel in downtown Salt Lake and food vouchers to boot. Back at the airport the next morning, the Delta folks just couldn't apologize enough (hey, how about a free round trip ticket to Cayman?). After Krispy Kreme doughnuts, we were ready to board our plane to Jackson....arriving just one day later than we should have!