Standby vs Confirmed

Hey Prayer Partners....we MADE IT!!! But not without incident. We started in Tallahassee and the flights were completely overbooked...so the veteran airline employee, at 3 am got on the computer to look for alternates and discovered NONSTOPS to CINCINNATI from Jacksonville.....2 hours away...no problem...National Rental Car.....the Standbys drove to Jacksonville. The first flight was a 1:30 PM departure....we get there...no problems...make it through security...Hannah was a selectee ( another blog)...got to the gate...at the LAST MINUTE, we were cleared from the standby list....boarded...in our seats...seat belts fastened...and then the dreaded PA Announcement, " Party of 3 Ackley...please collect your personal belongings and come to the front"....so now we had 4 hours to kill in the Jacksonville airport....Papa was NOT HAPPY....for those that know Jason...just picture it....(refer back to the "selectee" portion...use your imagination)....fortunately...when you have been around Delta for 29 years, you meet a few folks....and one of the folks I know works in the Crown Room...an exclusive membership club....we were invited in as her guests and that made our wait so much nicer. Free snacks, comfortable seating, a lounge...tv or not, nice magazines....Free snacks....nice bathrooms....away from the riff raff....now it's 5: 30 PM....next flight...we proceed to the gate area....WE MADE IT!!!
Hannah and I even got to sit together....
We dropped off Papa....went to Frisches for late dinner and then Wal-Mart for PJS for Hannah and then off to JULIES....more later