I think that people who aren't from Boston don't realize the extent to which everyone believes him/herself to be a first line individual stakeholder in every decision. Witness the mess which resulted in Boston withdrawing from a bid to host the Olympics and the current nonsense of one of the small town mayors (Joe Curtatone from Somerville) trying to shake down Steve Wynn, even after problems with the city of Boston were resolved. Complete nonsense.

As far as availability only showing up in the week or so before departure ex-BOS, that's not at all unusual for CX. In fact, I'd say that it's SOP.