1128: Too Fat to Fly

[DarkKnightJared]

Now we just need an impression of Samantha raping Keith's Dog and it'll be a trifecta of comedy.

[Really]

buy travel insurance. Our family of 5 got stranded in Houston because our connecting flight left before the original flight arrived - there were at least 100 people on 'standby' for the next flight which had 10 seats. Airlines were just assholes about it, offered no help, offered no vouchers, told everyone to check in to a hotel at our own expense, and we could take a flight three days later.

Although we usually don't, we had purchased travel insurance for this trip, so I called about the insurance immediately, and got in line behind the other 100 people on standby for the next flight. I explained to the travel insurance company what was going on (we were on our way to Disney, had spent $10000 on the extended trip). Then something magical happened - we got called from the back of the line to take half the seats available. I'm thinking that by buying the travel insurance the insurance company has a much bigger hammer to apply to the airline than a single person. I felt bad for everyone else that got screwed by the airline, but I will always buy travel insurance from now on.