Please, I have have far better things to do than write fiction novels for your benefit, Violinist.

BTW, I could tell from the IP address you posted your message from that you were really in room 6 at the Rodeway Inn, in Rockford, Il.

My post referred to a regular United flight, not a shuttle flight. It was a flight from San Fran to New York, non shuttle, regular flight. My ticket price was in the neighborhood of $690 for the one way segment.