Planes, More Planes, More Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Finally)
This is how it started. Our strange flight schedule took us from Chicago to Newark, where we would need to transfer from Newark to JFK for a flight from JFK to Zurich, all on American Airlines. Why the strange schedule? Because we used miles to get three of the tickets for free. So, we drive to Chicago and stay overnight (thanks for taking the car back home, Dad), we leave Chicago in the morning, no problem. Flight is bumpy but fine. About the time we expected to be on the ground in Newark, we find out that Newark is closed and that we are being diverted to Syracuse. At Syracuse, American arranges us last minute to join a Jet Blue flight to JFK. Then Syracuse is closed. Eventually, it reopens, and we arrive at JFK about 10 minutes after our flight to Zurich departed. American then arranges us to get on a last minute flight with British Airways. As we boarded the BA plane, we noticed it was a double decker. We dragged our overstuffed suitcases, barely disguised as carry-ons, down th...