It's hard to avoid traveling over the holidays but the experience I had last week really takes the cake .
I flew back to Tucson, Arizona, to be with my wife's family, as we do every Christmas. I got to the airport an hour and a half before my flight, which I thought would be plenty of time. When I got there, though, I saw that the security line was out the door . Because it was the holidays, people were traveling with a lot of extra packages . It took twice as long as it normally would to get to the front of the line. When I finally got to the gate , I found out that my flight had been oversold. The gate agent was looking for people to voluntarily give up their seats for a later flight in exchange for a $100 travel voucher . If she didn't get enough volunteers, she would have to bump people from the flight . Luckily, several people took her up on the offer and the rest of us boarded .
What a hassle ! I love the holidays but I don't love holiday travel.
I flew back to Tucson, Arizona, to be with my wife's family, as we do every Christmas. I got to the airport an hour and a half before my flight, which I thought would be plenty of time. When I got there, though, I saw that the security line was out the door . Because it was the holidays, people were traveling with a lot of extra packages . It took twice as long as it normally would to get to the front of the line. When I finally got to the gate , I found out that my flight had been oversold. The gate agent was looking for people to voluntarily give up their seats for a later flight in exchange for a $100 travel voucher . If she didn't get enough volunteers, she would have to bump people from the flight . Luckily, several people took her up on the offer and the rest of us boarded .
What a hassle ! I love the holidays but I don't love holiday travel.
