{"id":782,"date":"2009-07-22T17:17:13","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T23:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/?p=782"},"modified":"2009-07-22T17:17:13","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T23:17:13","slug":"talesfrom-the-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/?p=782","title":{"rendered":"Tales\u2026from the airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh the fun of traveling in the airport!&#160; <\/p>\n<p>My wife\u2019s brother-in-law took me to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandoairports.net\/main.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando International Airport<\/a> this morning at 6:00 am for my 8:31 am flight.&#160; Not bad.&#160; I get there and unfortunately, not a whole lot of choice to get anything to eat.&#160; I was reduced to a two-pack of mini-sandwiches, which weren\u2019t all that good.&#160; While on the plane, I was able to watch a movie on my new laptop.&#160; I found this movie on Google Video some time back.&#160; Unfortunately, I don\u2019t think this is available on DVD (or VHS for that matter!).&#160; I think this might be one movie that George Lucas wishes he didn\u2019t have his name on: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0091225\/\" target=\"_blank\">Howard the Duck<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Howard the Duck\" style=\"display:inline;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Howard the Duck\" src=\"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/image_thumb.png\" width=\"152\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I got to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flydenver.com\" target=\"_blank\">Denver International Airport<\/a> just fine.&#160; For some reason, there was a line of planes landing and there was another plane at our gate.&#160; Actually, that worked out as I would have had to make quite a hike from the original gate to my departing gate.&#160; I found a food joint and grabbed a quick sandwich, chips and drink.&#160; I get to my gate and I asked if they were boarding the plane yet.&#160; She told me not yet.&#160; Ahh, a moment to breath.<\/p>\n<p>I sit down and start eating some of my sandwich.&#160; Suddenly, I get a text message informing me that my flight had been canceled.&#160; Oh, this was not making the Preacher Man happy!<\/p>\n<p>I proceed up to the ticket counter and was informed that yes, my flight had been canceled.&#160; My original flight was scheduled for an 11:32 am departure with me arriving back in Gillette at 1:03 pm.&#160; The next available flight would not be until 9:24 pm and arriving at 10:55 pm.<\/p>\n<p>I speak with the lady at the counter to see if I can get that flight changed to Great Lakes so I can get home at a decent time; she \u201ckindly\u201d informed me that United will not transfer tickets.&#160; Needless to say, I was not in a happy mood and things were getting worse.&#160; I called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flygreatlakes.com\" target=\"_blank\">Great Lakes<\/a> to see when the next available flight to Gillette was.&#160; There was a flight at 12:30 (the current time was 12:00).&#160; I asked her if it was available.&#160; She placed me on hold while she contacted DIA.&#160; Unfortunately, they couldn\u2019t do ticket sales 20 minutes prior to the flight.&#160; She told me that the next flight would be at 5:55 pm.&#160; I booked it, wanting to get home before midnight and not wanting to spend the next 9 hours walking the concourses!<\/p>\n<p>I went to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.united.com\" target=\"_blank\">United<\/a> Customer Service Center to speak about a refund.&#160; I spent almost the next hour in the line.&#160; Finally, the customer service agent informed me that yes, they could port my United ticket to Great Lakes!&#160; Lovely!&#160; I just dropped $311 to get me a ticket home when if I would have spoken with someone who knew what they were doing, wouldn\u2019t have cost anything!<\/p>\n<p>I proceed to the Great Lakes counter (in a different terminal, of course) and speak with the agent.&#160; They can\u2019t do refunds, but gave me the 800 number for Great Lakes.&#160; I call them and they say that yes, they can do a refund.&#160; However, it will take 1-2 weeks to complete.&#160; At this point, I didn\u2019t care.&#160; I just didn\u2019t want two tickets for the same flight.<\/p>\n<p>After all of this was complete, I needed a drink.&#160; Lo and behold, there was a grille and bar and I had me a nice cold glass of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samueladams.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Adams<\/a>.&#160; Now that I was rehydrated and relaxed some, I did some walking around the terminal.&#160; I found me a nice quiet spot to work on my sermon a bit.&#160; Finally, after sitting for a while, I thought that I would grab me some food since I still had about 2.5 hours to kill.&#160; I ate and now here I sit typing this.&#160; I have enough time now to post this, use the bathroom, grab a drink and head on down to the Great Lakes gates.&#160; Hopefully, at 7:15, I will be pulling into Gillette like my ticket says and I can call it a night.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>So, here\u2019s hoping for a good flight.&#160; 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