The Half Marathon That Wasn't!
Everything was looking good for tomorrow's Germantown Half Marathon in Tennessee until there was going to be a delay in my flight from Houston to Shreveport.
The flight was originally scheduled to leave at 2:25 p.m. out of Terminal A. A flight, heading to Tyler, had boarded before us, but no real word of what was going on with our flight. Eventually, we were told that we'd be departing at 2:50 p.m. However, as that time approached, it was very evident that we wouldn't begin boarding until after that - and the gate agents (not Continental employees because this was Colgan Air flying as Continental Connection) only knew what they were being told.
I was talking to a guy that was from there and he thought for sure that there were plenty of Shreveport to Memphis flights on Northwest. The flight from Shreveport was due to leave at 4:20 p.m. -- just 50 minutes from the scheduled arrival.
I called Northwest. No surprise. There were no other flights this evening after the one that I was scheduled to be on.
Sooooo ... doing the math, it would mean that we'd get there late, I'd miss the flight and be stranded in Shreveport for the night. Ugh!
What do I do? Call Continental to see if I can cancel the flight - since I was on Reward Travel (and because I'm a Platinum member) anyways. They were able to cancel the flight, and I'll have to wait until Monday to see if the miles got redeposited.
Checking here at 5:40 p.m., it looks as if they left at 3:18 p.m. and arrived at 4:13 p.m., according to the Continental web site. Northwest's website say that they left the gate at 4:35 p.m., but haven't taken off yet.
So maybe I would have made it ... but, I didn't want to lose the miles only to get to Shreveport and couldn't get to Memphis in time for the race on Sunday morning (which started at 7:30 a.m.)
Oh well. Another day.
[Funny story though. When I called Northwest and was telling her what I needed to find out, the young woman asked, "What state is Shreveport in?" I looked at the guy standing next to me and I'm sure that I had this flabbergasted look on me. Can you believe? I wonder if they're offshoring.]
The flight was originally scheduled to leave at 2:25 p.m. out of Terminal A. A flight, heading to Tyler, had boarded before us, but no real word of what was going on with our flight. Eventually, we were told that we'd be departing at 2:50 p.m. However, as that time approached, it was very evident that we wouldn't begin boarding until after that - and the gate agents (not Continental employees because this was Colgan Air flying as Continental Connection) only knew what they were being told.
I was talking to a guy that was from there and he thought for sure that there were plenty of Shreveport to Memphis flights on Northwest. The flight from Shreveport was due to leave at 4:20 p.m. -- just 50 minutes from the scheduled arrival.
I called Northwest. No surprise. There were no other flights this evening after the one that I was scheduled to be on.
Sooooo ... doing the math, it would mean that we'd get there late, I'd miss the flight and be stranded in Shreveport for the night. Ugh!
What do I do? Call Continental to see if I can cancel the flight - since I was on Reward Travel (and because I'm a Platinum member) anyways. They were able to cancel the flight, and I'll have to wait until Monday to see if the miles got redeposited.
Checking here at 5:40 p.m., it looks as if they left at 3:18 p.m. and arrived at 4:13 p.m., according to the Continental web site. Northwest's website say that they left the gate at 4:35 p.m., but haven't taken off yet.
So maybe I would have made it ... but, I didn't want to lose the miles only to get to Shreveport and couldn't get to Memphis in time for the race on Sunday morning (which started at 7:30 a.m.)
Oh well. Another day.
[Funny story though. When I called Northwest and was telling her what I needed to find out, the young woman asked, "What state is Shreveport in?" I looked at the guy standing next to me and I'm sure that I had this flabbergasted look on me. Can you believe? I wonder if they're offshoring.]
posted by WalkSports.com | 5:44 PM
2 Comments:
So you will need to run 13.1 today!
Danged logistics!
See you at Hog's Hunt?
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