As promised...

I wasn't in a huge rush to get where I was going (and honestly, having gotten there, if I'd known what it would be like, I'd have been in even less of one!).

ATL had a lot of fog at one point in the morning - barely saw the ground before we landed. Some other flights had misconnected and there were tons of people wanting to standby on my 12:10 connecting transcon. Our equipment was late arriving as well.

I asked the GA whether he needed volunteers and he said he didn't expect to, but would let me know if he did. Just before boarding, he called me and another guy (who had also asked) up and offered us seats up front on the 18:50 flight, plus $400 vouchers and 2 meal vouchers.

I accepted (duh) and the other guy (to everyone's amazement) accepted and asked to go on the last flight of the night - in coach! He just wanted the voucher. One or two other opportunists asked if they could volunteer too, but the GA wasn't taking any more at that point.

So I had 6 extra hours at ATL, most of which I spent in the CO PC because it has free Wifi. Wound up doing some work during that time, alas... then noticed a Chic-Fil-A near my gate and finally used one of the vouchers for some food.

My bump had moved me from 22C on a 738 to 3D on a 763 - but unfortunately it was a domestic-config one, pretty much like being in domestic F on a NW 753, but with 2 aisles. No footrests, though...

The food was okay, but there was apparently only one entree available - we could have anything we wanted as long as it was chicken. I have to say I prefer NW's domestic F offerings (even on much shorter flights) to what I got on this one.

By the time I got off my transcon, the miles from this morning's flight had already posted to my WP account. I guess at least one aspect of the IT is integrated! I didn't realize the elite bonus was lower (100% instead of 125%) but oh well, I'll live.