Deb set us up for a relaxed schedule, but mother nature had other ideas. We had a leisurely morning closing up shop and left Bisbee around 9:30 to head to the airport in Phoenix. Last minute errands downtown and then north to Benson on RT 80. We hit two accidents on I-10 but other than that we had an uneventful trip to an airport Holiday Inn where we stored our car. Shuttle to the airport and a 2 hr flight to Dallas. Long welcome walk to our terminal (no SkyTrain today) and our 10:49 pm Auckland flight was on-time and full. We have Global Entry passes so we made it through security really fast. But then…
We sat on the runway for an hour in our brand new Boeing 787, 9 across, very comfy, scrolling through a long list of movies to watch on our 15 hour flight. There were thunderstorms they tried to get around but in the end, we had to return to the gate and de-plane. Our luggage stayed with the plane and we and the other 2-300 passengers had to figure out what to do next. Deb had the American Airlines app and she got a text saying the airline would comp us a hotel and provide vouchers for dinner and breakfast. The only problem was it was midnight by then (on Sunday) and we had to be back at the airport by 6 for the rescheduled 8 am flight. So long and short of the story was we got an Uber to the hotel, a long line to check in, asleep by 1:30 am, 3 hours sleep, shuttle back to airport, new boarding passes and a tall coffee.
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