Stupid Boston!

I came up to Boston today for a business trip.  I took the 6:30am flight out of Philly (yes, it is as painful as it sounds) and had a full day of meetings.  Actually, since I wasn't able to get on the flight my management team was taking home, I had to miss the last two meetings to catch my flight home (I was on the 4:30, they are on the 7pm)....  So, 5min after I get to the airport, they cancel my flight.  It was sleeting here this afternoon and all of the flights between 2 - 4:30 got cancelled... the 5pm was delayed and everything else for the rest of the night was on time....

After 25min online with customer service (as I stood in the non-moving customer line at Logan Airport) I learned that there were NO USAIR flights out of Boston until SUNDAY (!!!!) and they weren't able to book me on another airline today either.  Luckily, my admin who is a bit flaky (and hasn't been showing up at work much lately) was in today and able to book me on a TRAIN home.  Ugh.  So, I'm on a 5:20 train out of here, but I don't get home until after 10:30.  I am on an ACELA (fast train) until NYC, and then have 10min to switch over to a regional train for the last leg -- let's hope I make the connection.  The only ticket they could get me for the Boston/NYC leg was First Class, so I am currently enjoying the Club Lounge -- its kind of swanky --  A row of free computers to use, free tea, drinks, snacks, and newspapers... I'm walking out of here with a WSJ, tea, apple juice, and fistful of pretzels.  :-)

Luckily, I packed my portable DVD player, so I have plenty to keep me busy on the train.  I had a feeling that the bad weather may delay my flight -- never did I imagine that it would be such a zoo.

Update: First Class Trains Rock!  It felt like flying first class -- Free booze and a dinner were part of the deal!  The train was packed with lots of people like me, that couldn't take their flight.  I got home around 10:45pm - a very long day.  Turns out tha the mgmt team I was travelling with were able to hop on an earlier flight.  What the heck!!!  they tell me I can't get a flight at all for 3 days, but they can catch an earlier plane???  There must have been plenty of others like me that just gave up on flying altogether.  I was able to watch a movie and 2.5 epiosdes of Xfiles before the DVD players batteries died -- thank goodness I brought that thing with me!!!