Uneventful? I should say not, THANK GOD! First, I shared a cab ride with the GORGEOUS, BRIGHT, WITTY, BEAUTIFUL "lurkernomore!" (we had breakfast together at the Terrace Cafe earlier that morning), then when I checked in, they changed my seating and gave me the window seat on the emergency exit, which meant more leg room for me! Why they did that, I have no idea. I did not ask for the change. They just offered it right out of the blue (maybe they heard who I was and wanted the chance to push me out during the flight?). Of course, I took it and checked my bags in. Then I made my way to lurkernomore's airline to spend some time with her before her flight took off. We hung around the gift shops and such, and exchanged small talk, and it was GREAT just being with her. :-). It came time for her flight to leave :-(, I used up the last couple of pics in my camera of her as she waited on line to board, we hugged, and said our goodbyes. I WANT to see her again. I MUST see her again!
I headed straight back for the area of the terminal where my flight was supposed to take off. After sitting around for an hour or so, they announced that the flight was overbooked and asked for passengers to volunteer to give up their seats in return for a first class trip on another flight later that day PLUS a 400 dollar credit voucher, good towards a round trip ticket to anywhere the airline goes. NATURALLY I took their offer! Considering that the usual prices for their tickets are in the 250-300 range, I got a free airline trip (which has to be used within a year)!
So, having a little more time on my hands (my original flight was at 4pm, but my new 1st class flight was at midnight!), I gambled at the video poker and proceeded to to win 17.50. Then I moved on to the gates where my new 1st class flight was supposed to be. And since I still had more time, I gambled again at the video poker machines. I proceeded to win 78 dollars! Which completely wiped out my losses at the treasure island casino!
How good is this? :-)
I get to spend time in the company of one of the most gorgeous women on the face of the planet, I recover my gambling losses, with a little more to spare, I get bumped up twice, first to an emergency exit seat, then to first class, plus I get a 400 dollar voucher which translates into a free round trip flight ticket for me to wherever I want to go in the future. And ALL of this happened at the Vegas airport while on my way home! I'd kiss the hallowed ground of that airport, but I'm too far away now.
It was great to meet you. And your suggestion that we really should have done a group photo has several of us smacking our foreheads. Ow! Oww!!
Same thing happened to us, only it was on the way out of Treasure Island. Video Poker. Great game!
lurkernomore is definitely pretty special. Glad to hear that you two hit it off. I found a nice companion to fly with as well (but you'll need to buy my memoirs to hear more about that) ;)
(cough) strelaisattractedtoredheadslikeamothtoabugzapper ... (cough)
Your story is incredible - talk about divergence of experience! See my Post 172 in this thread. The 8-liner machines we have here in Texas will surely be a poor substitute for the one-armed bandits I had so much luck playing at McCarran. And the best part was ... they were in an area where smoking was permitted, not 100 feet from my gate (D1), on the other side of the "security zone". Guess where I hung out waiting on MY flight?