So, I get home from work at 10:30, and the phone rings. It’s American Airlines calling me to let me know that my flight out of Boston tomorrow has been canceled.<\/p>\n
Great.<\/p>\n
So I’m re-booked on a different flight, going from Boston to Chicago and then to SFO before getting to Sydney. This leaves me with less time to catch the international departure from SFO (and, coincidentally, only 1 hour to switch planes in Chicago).<\/p>\n
So I’m currently on the phone with the airline trying to make sure my new flights are CONFIRMED and that I will have enough time to catch my flights.<\/p>\n
We’ll see how it goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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