My brother Bob and his wife Judy dropped me off at Raleigh-Durham Airport yesterday at 3 pm and I had a three hour wait before the plane took off for Cleveland. The flight left on time and got right upto the gate in Cleveland. That sure is a long, long walk from Terminal D to Terminal C, where the connecting flight was leaving for Milwaukee.
When I got there, I thought I heard the gate attendant asking for a volunteer to be bumped for $250, but wasn't sure. No one was making any moves toward the stand. A few minutes later, I heard her call for a volunteer again.
This time, I heard that a bump would involve an over night stay which they would cover along with vouchers for dinner and breakfast. AND... a voucher for $300 for a future flight with Continental.
I called Liz to tell her I wouldn't be home tonight.
Just TOO good of a deal to pass up!!
Unfortunately, they were unable to get my luggage off the plane and it went to Milwaukee where I picked it up earlier today.
I stayed at the Airport Sheraton and ate at their Horizons Restaurant, quite a bit nicer than what I'm accustomed to. Great seafood pasta dish.
The Stuff I'll Do for $300. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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