Sitting in the Birmingham airport
Good business trip to Birmingham. Had a series of good meetings with several prospects.
Now I have a 3 hour wait in the airport. Why?
I moved this trip several times (2 or 3 times). Everytime I changed the date, I changed my flight and hotel. Apparently, I forgot to change my car rental. So yesterday, I had a meeting planned an hour after I touched down. I go to the Hertz counter to get my car and they can't find my reservation. I can't afford to shop around to find someone who has a Taurus sitting around so I had to take whatever Hertz had available. Turns out, it was a Mazda Miata. And based on when I am going to return the car, it's going to be a 2 day rental. This is not going to be an inexpensive sales trip. Great, my boss is going to love this expense report.
Fortunately, my lunch appointment today wanted to grab an early lunch, so I went straight from lunch to the airport to try and get in in during the 1-hour grace period. When I finally returned the car, it was just beyond the grace period, but because I am a loyal Gold member, the folks at the counter adjusted my bill for one day plus a surcharge for an extra hour. Doing this saved $46, and fortunately the Birmingham airport has WiFi so I can get some work done.