Well my journey to Buenos Aires has gotten off to a great start (sarcasm implied). I got to Washington National yesterday to find that my flight was delayed 4 hours because my plane was still in its previous city. So, I waited in the airport for 4 hours while missing my conncector to to BA from Atlanta, flew to Atlanta, and was picked up my David Smith and Luke Wilkinson expecting to be able to fly standby to BA the next night (there is only one flight per day). I called this morning and apparently today's flight is overbooked by 40, tomorrow's, which I could have gotten a seat for yesterday if I was logical and risk-averse traveler, is overbooked by 31, and the only day I can get a seat on a plane is Monday.
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