Delta Airlines' Epic Fail...

You know how there are some people who like to plan everything way ahead of time? The ones who need to have every little detail figured out so they can fool themselves into thinking that everything will go according to plan? Well, I'm that person. And tonight at 9:30, a little less than 11 hours before my greatest adventure was to begin, Delta Airlines called and informed me that my flight from Dallas to New York-JFK was canceled.

I'm typically not the kind of person who calls and rips customer service a new one, but as I got transferred from one representative to the next, I was ready to let them know how irate I was about the whole ordeal. Basically, in FEBRUARY I booked a flight from Dallas to JFK to Venice, landing me in Italy on the morning of May 18th. Delta canceled the flight from Dallas to JFK, putting me in Venice at 9:40AM on May 19th. Well... that's a problem, considering that my first Business Law class begins at 8AM on the 19th. Plus, I need at least 2 hours to get from Venice to Bassano del Grappa, where I am booked to catch a bus to Paderno on the 18th at 2PM.

So, after too much time spent on the telephone, I have a new plan! Dallas to Atlanta. Atlanta to NYC-La Guardia. Shuttle/cab/subway/bus (who knows at this point) from NYC-La Guardia to NYC-JFK. JFK to Venice (on the same flight that has been booked since February). At this point, I am less nervous about me getting to Venice than I am about my checked bag getting to Venice. I know that everything will work out fine. I'm just hoping that it all goes smoothly.

May 17th, 2009 will probably be the longest day of my life. Which is ironic, because it will only be 17 hours long due to the 7 hour time difference between Texas and Italy. I will try to post either Monday night or Tuesday morning.