There is also a pp office in Stamford, Ct. (closer than Vt.

), which may be able to do things faster than the NY office.
If you are using a cc to purchase your ticket, there should be NO rush to cancel, since only your credit line is being tied up [assuming it doesn't "hit" your account close to the end of your billing cycle.]
Yeah, Stamford requires tix/itinerary as well. So does Boston.
Since I needed to go _somewhere_, and in any case it blows the day away, I decided taking train to NYC since at least there I can work on the way (and not stuck driving behind the wheel) and hit the Met and maybe a show after. Can't do that in Stamford

(well, you can't do much of anything in Stamford).