Fuck tits. Back in Moscow. BUT not with out an amazing story to tell. So, here is what happened. I was supposed to fly out of Orlando on Saturday to get back to Spokane on saturday night. That way I would be able to sleep in my own bed, do some laundry, see my animals, do whatever before coming down to Moscow the next day. Well, the air lines had another plan for me. When I get to the airport, an hour and half before boarding mind you, I check my bags and the guy behind the counter hands me what I thought was my ticket and says, "this is not your boarding pass. See the person at your gate." Weird, I thought, but didn't think to much into it. I passed through security, took the railway to Southwest airlines, go up to the lady behind the counter and told her what had just happened when I checked my bag. She took the ticket thing from me and was like okay so we're over booked but I'm going to see if I can get you on. Oh fuck. I sat down and waited. And waited and waited until she finally called me over and was like "so we are currently over booked. I'm trying to find someone to give up their seats but no one is coming forward. What this means for you is that if no one is willing to give up their seat you will not be allowed on this flight and will have to fly out tomorrow." At this point I was panicked because I didm't want to be late for school, and my dad had already headed back home.
She continued on by saying, "Because we are unable to give you a seat, we will give you a check for $1300 and put you in a hotel for the night and you can leave in the morning." My mind went blank and I'm pretty sure my mouth hit the floor when she mentioned the check. I couldn't really listen after that because I felt like I was going to cry with excitement. She explained to me that its called an "involuntary dismissal" which basically means that the airline kicked you off the plane. As an incentive the airline pays four times what your ticket was but it cannot exceed $1300. I did not give a damn about missing school anymore. Hell, I just made two months of a paycheck in less than an hour! She continued on by saying how I was THE LAST person to check in. Lets refer back to the fact that I had checked in AN HOUR AND A HALF before take off. If bitches got there before me why the fuck were they there so early!? But I this point I didn't care. I was so grateful to be receiving this check. And on top of that since they were unable to find a room for me, because it was spring break and everything was full, they gave me a $100 incentive for my next flight. It expires in a year. So I had basically made $1400 by missing a flight. HELL YEAH! I called my dad and we both laughed our asses off. He could not believe it! My mom was sad that I wasn''t going to be home soon but was in awe of the amount they gave me. Either parent had a dumbfounded look on their face when they saw the check.
But the unfortunate this was that were unable to pull bags off the plane. So it had arrived in Spokane before I did. Which meant all I had were the clothes on bag and my laptop and chargers in my backpack. But fuck, I did not care! I was able to buy whatever the fuck I want! And this money can help pay for summer school as well as me being able to send in my two weeks notice earlier than expected!!!!! HOORAH FOR AIRLINES OVER BOOKING! but yeah, that was my highlight. BYE
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