... and I KNOW this because ... we just did it. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

When we got to the airport in Cozumel, we checked in and managed to change our flight out of Dallas from leaving at 10:40PM to leaving at 8PM .... improving our layover in Dallas from about 6 hours to only a little over 3. This you would think is a good thing ... WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We got to DFW from CZM with no problem at all (in fact a little early) ... had a bite to eat after getting thru customs an rechecking our bags on to San Antonio and then sat at the gate ... there was what appeared to be a small thunderstorm that passed thru pretty quickly but we were advised that the flight coming from Detroit had been rerouted to Oklahoma City would refuel and be in Dallas a little late ... no big deal ... then about 8:30PM (flight was to leave at 7:55PM) it was announced our flight had been canceled ... no explanation just "tough" .. there are 150 passengers on this flight please line up at the desk so we can confirm you on a flight tomorrow ... the two later flights tonight (the last of which we were initally scheduled for and changed in Cozumel) are booked solid but we will put you on standby for those ... "good freakin' luck".

So ... we went to the desk (waited in line) and got confirmed on a flight for Wednesday morning ... btw ... American Airlines will NOT pay for your hotel BUT will get you a reduced rate. ... THANKS A LOT!!

So we boogied over to the rental car complex and started looking for a car to rent ... 1st price we got was $200 plus tax .... NOT .... finally got an AVIS car for what we thought would be $165 ... so we drive the giant gas guzzling Grand Marquis ... the 4 hours to San Antonio airport, arrive about 1:45AM ... it requires three passes to actually get INTO the airport because of poor signage and construction ... we got to the AVIS rental place surprised to find they were actually open at that ungodly hour only to be told the cost was $213 .... NOT .... turns out they had made the car reservation to be returned to San Diego .... we'd have to drive pretty damn fast to make that in 24 hours.

So .. got that straightened out actually paid $157 for the car and are now trying (to no avail yet) to get a refund for the DFW/SAT leg of the airfare.

Got home about 3AM ...

Other than that how did you like the play Mrs Lincoln?