Flight today was supposed to be LGA-ATL-BMI (Bloomington IL), leave at 7:00 am get into Bloomington around 11:00 am Flight to Atlanta was cancelled yesterday around 6:00 pm.
Was called back by a really rude diamond desk person who told me I could only fly from White Plains at 6:00 am, I live in Brooklyn, White Plains is no where near me, and head to Peoria. Finally tell him no thanks after he yells at me for having the gall to remind him his company is the one that melted down, "I love my company only an "ahole" would say such a thing" and I will call back, though he still books me on the White Plains flight. Whatever, you are not good in a crisis.
Call back, get put on a 6:00am LGA - ATL flight, and my regular flight to BMI. Flight is cancelled out of LGA 20 minutes after I get off of the phone.
Try again, get called back and get EWR to Detroit and then to Peoria. Flight out of EWR was fine this morning and presently in the pretty uncrowded Sky Club. Flight to Peoria looks like it will go, and Peoria isn't too far from Bloomington. So assuming the flight is on time, only 5 hours late and only 40 miles from my original destination.
If that is the case, I got off easy compared to you guys. Good luck!