Story # 1

We left for Mexico last Monday, at an ungodly hour of 3am! We drove to Richmond, and flew to Philly.

As we were walking slowly to our gate in Philly, we heard that there was room on the next flight out to Cancun, but they were boarding in just a few minutes. Well, we mustered up the energy to run far, and fast through the airport. We got to the gate, and they had enough room, and they even got our luggage quick enough to transfer it to our new flight. We were SO excited that not only were we not going to have a 3 hr layover, but we were also going to be in Cancun by 12pm...yah!

Well, about every 30 min, the flight was delayed, and delayed, and then delayed some more. It was about 9am, and I started thinking that it was never going to board, and we'd be sitting in the airport far longer than the original 3 hr layover. I told John that we should try and get back on our original flight. I talked to the agent at the desk, and she told me there weren't any spots left, b/c we gave up our seats...oh crap! So, we went back to our seats figuring we'd wait another 3 hrs, and get to Cancun at night some time. Shortly after those thought went through our minds, the agent walked up to me and told me they had 2 FIRST CLASS tickets for us! We were stoked! Not only did they give us first class seats on an international flight, they also said they were going to try and get our luggage in time (meanwhile, boarding was in about 5 min). We said 'No problem' to the luggage, 'Just get us on the flight!' We boarded, and everything was smooooooth sailing to Cancun. We got there safely, AND our luggage was there! Hip hip hooray!