25th Anniversary Trip

While trying to figure out if our plane was going to actually take off or if they would get another plane or what, we ended up being able to get switched to the place boarding at the gate across the aisle. They were giving the last call announcements as we were getting our boarding passes and closed the gate shortly after we got on. Unfortunately, that means our bags won't be with us, but we will hopefully meet up with them again in London! Flight scheduled to leave at 7:16pm.

When we walked up to see whether or not we could get on that flight, the gate attendant wasn't sure about booking us. Kyle showed her the app, as it was giving him options to change his flight & that flight was an option. (Note: None of the rest of us were getting that option on the app.) She then happily booked all 4 of us on the flight in the same row. We couldn't get seats together on our original flight!

Karl sat next to a young man from Birmingham, Alabama. He and his brother were flying to England to watch their cousin play in the British Open. The young man had discovered his passport was expired just 2 days before the flight. (He and his siblings had gotten passports at the same time, but he had only been 15, so it was only good for 5 years.)

Upon discovering that, he and his mom got up early the next morning and drove to New Orleans to see if they could renew his passport. The only appt available was 8 a.m. the next day in Minneapolis. So, he flew to Minneapolis, renewed his passport, and then flew to Chicago to hop on the flight to London. His brother had taken the original flight they had booked, so he was already there.Read more