Originally Posted by
fastair
Sorry that the rest happened. You ALMOST lucked out and dodged the bullet by getting on that earlier flight, but in the end, your destiny was already pre-written for you, and once the Oracle at Delphi decrees your future, you must follow it. (just ask Laius, Jocasta, and Oedipus.)
Thanks for all of the good info. I'm glad I checked in with flyertalk before sending off an email with inappropriate demands.
Although I prefer William Jennings Bryan's "Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice: It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved", perhaps in this case I must defer to the French proverb, "One meets his destiny often in the road (or the plane?) he takes to avoid it".