On Tuesday the rain which had plagued our Ohio visit became even worse. So bad that we really couldn’t do much outside at all. To make up for this mom took Sam to a cooking shop and a chocolate shop in “downtown” Marietta.
We had home made BBQ pork ribs for dinner before heading to the airport.
Except we didn’t head to the airport. Google Now notified Sam that the flight was delayed. We never heard from Silver Airways about it so we called them and eventually got hold of someone who said that, yes, the flight was possibly delayed for “mechanical issues.”
Then it was delayed more.
Then Google Now told us the flight was cancelled altogether.
Finally, after the flight was supposed to actually be in the air, I received the first outreach from Silver Airways. They called and said the flight was cancelled and we had the “option” of a refund or going on the first flight tomorrow – IF that flight even happened.
We had already paid for a room in Washington DC that night, a rental car, and had reserved a White House tour six months in advance with our state rep (as that’s the only way you CAN take a White House Tour). We also made reservations months ago to go up the elevator to the top of the Washington Monument on Wednesday morning, which, of course, was something that was now sold out for all other days we’d be in Washington.
We pondered renting a car and driving, but that wouldn’t have worked, as small town car rental businesses aren’t open at 8pm on a Tuesday, and leaving at 7am the next morning would not get us to Washington in time to do any of the things we were going to miss.
We, as well as my father, expressed our displeasure to the Silver Airways representative, but he stated there was nothing he could do. Apparently this is true, the airlines are allowed to screw you any way they want without any compensation other than a refund.
So, we resigned ourselves to hoping the flight would leave in the morning, even though we’d already squandered the two things we were looking forward to most about visiting Washington.
