Throw Down Your Leavy Screens

I tripled-down on dumb on the same trip in 2003 or so:

1. Booked a roundtrip ticket RDU-BOS for a funeral in June. Unfortunately, I forgot to notice until AFTER I had purchased the ticket that I had accidentally booked the return trip for January instead of June (understandable error, misreading "Jan" as "Jun"). This was in the days before the 24-hour free cancellation, so I called up DL and a sympathetic agent fixed everything for nothing more that the differential in fare.

2. I live in Charlotte but booked the flight out of Raleigh. It's 2:30 to drive from CLT to RDU. I allowed only 2 hours. Oh, did I mention I hit traffic on I-85 in China Grove?

3. Then I parked in one of the RDU lots that is in Cary instead of the deck in front of the terminal. The bus took forever to get me to the terminal. Then I had to check in, then go through security...

All in all, I made it to the gate a couple of minutes or so after the GA had closed the door. The gate agent that day had pity on me and let me board anyway.

So a double (retroactive) thank you to Delta for being forgiving.