No, I'm not going all junior-high girl on you. What happens when you assume? You make an ass out of u. One of my aunt's favorite jokes of all time.
I am, of course, down in Ohio. Currently, I am sitting at Katie's grandmother's kitchen table where I have been for about the last half hour. I came down to get some coffee, coffee cake, and to check-in for tonight's flight. That is where the fun began.
I was able to Katie checked in without any problems whatsoever, even changing her seat. Then I went to check myself in. NWA.com told me that my flight had already left. Wheels started rolling around in my head.
I had put myself down as available for today, Tuesday, on my work schedule because I thought I was going to be back home by noon, but Katie's ticket (and mine?) very clearly showed that the return flight was for the evening.
I hit the 'change flight' button on NWA.com, which would also show me what flights I was confirmed for while simultaneously going back to check the email from NWA that my dad had fowarded to me.
Sure enough, Katie and I were on different flights and mine had left just a few minutes ago.
Well, NWA.com had a list of other flights leaving from Columbus and going to MSP today so I paid $25 to change flights. Really, that quite impressed me, I was able to change flights
after I had missed mine (where missed means, "slept through because I didn't know I was on it,") and get on another flight of my choosing. Oh, and the ticket was free thanks to miles in the first place.
So I went from panic mode to, "k, it's coo'" in about five minutes.
Say "yay!" for the internet!