Originally Posted by
pinworm
I called up the big boss, and he said "Look, just cancel and go home..no point flying out here just to miss the meeting". That was a good day!
This could show that business travel for such meetings is worthless. Good if you no longer like traveling, bad if you still like to travel.
The airline lingo to know is "trip in vain". Some airlines will refund, others will allow rescheduling of the trip. Do this and the boss might like it for saving the company money. Some bosses don't care.