Puck You, Delta Airlines

So D2 was booked on a flight for a long weekend home, first to attend D1's barkarette party and also the first night of Passover, which Paul and Patricia are hosting up in Aventura.  A barklarette party is where the bride to be and some friends and their dogs gather for celebration.

D1 eschewed the usual bachelorette party -- she's been partying with her close friends over 10 years now, and she thinks she outgrew the idea of a regular one, so it'll be dogs and ladies.

Delta had other plans.  Apparently they had awful weather in Atlanta Wednesday, and closed ATL.  That was a major problem for Delta -- the old joke is that if you fly Delta and die, your corpse will have to go through ATL.  Still, we all figured in a day or two, things would return to normal.  Ha. As if.

The LGA to MIA flight was canceled Wednesday and Thursday night, but on Friday D2 figured she'd make it.  Then came the text -- first a three hour delay, then a four hour delay.  No sweat for Dadber -- I planned a later dinner with Dr. Barry and figured I'd fetch my girl afterwards.

Barry and I retired to Christy's -- we sat at the bar and had a fine meal and time.  Then D2's texts took a worse tone - finally, around 11, they canceled her flight.  I left Barry and we spoke -- she figured she'd just come Saturday evening.  No dice -- they canceled that flight too -- but they COULD get her to South Florida Monday.

No, that wouldn't do -- so the woman refunded her $600.  We typically fly AA, as they are "our" airline at MIA, but this trip they wanted $900 for a coach ticket.  Spring Break, Passover, and Easter are all this week, and flights from the Northeast are packed.

So, sadly, D2 Ubered back to Murray Hill -- she really didn't want to miss this trip -- she and D1 are closer than, well, sisters...

At nearly 1 am, she called -- she got the LAST seat on a JetBlue flight, leaving LGA at 11 pm tonight, and arriving 1 am tomorrow.  If they do what they are charging her $1000 to do, she will make it, sleep a bit, and still attend the barklarette.

Yay.  Dadber plans maybe a movie and late meal at Lester's Diner near FLL.  Barry may wish to go -- his family is all visiting the Terrapin sophomore -- he fetches them at 1 am Monday.

I just hope we get our girl here, safe and sound.

As for Delta?  It seems absurd that a one day one airport weather issue effectively grounds them for the better part of a week.  I guess when all your planes need to pass through one airport, that'll happen.

In the future, we'll stick to American.  I just wish JetBlue flew to MIA, too...