First Class

Its the 4 small words that every traveler dreads hearing, the ones that strike fear into the heart of a person who has spent time planning a big trip, the ones we heard when we arrived at the airport at 10:00 AM this morning: "Your flight is cancelled." Yes that is right our flight was cancelled. We were scheduled to leave from the ATL at 11:30 am, fly to New York Laguardia, where we would then change airports to JFK and fly into Amsterdam arriving at 7:40 am their time. At the check in desk we were informed that our flight from New York had been cancelled due to techinical difficulties. This is something that you never want to hear, an airplane having technical difficulties..I mean what if they wouldn't have found them? What if there are more later in the sky when they can't do anything about it?
However, this potentially scary phrase, "Your flight is cancelled" turned into an even bigger blessing. The airport booked us on a direct flight from ATL to Amsterdam leaving at 5:40 pm. As if this wasn't good enough (saving us a trip between airports in New York and the cab fare that would have cost my left kidney) the lady said the phrase that had 4 college students jumping up and down with 30 lb packs on our backs, "We'll bump you to FIRST CLASS!!!" WOO HOO!! So, we have been spending the last 4 hours in the airport and we have 3 more to go. So if you think about us while you're sleeping, we will be high in the sky, in big comfy chairs, sipping free alcohol (just kidding about that one), living it up for 10 hours on Delta First Class. Who knew a cancelled flight could be an amazing blessing?
Thank you for flying Delta!!!