Speaking of Are We Going There?!?!

It's Tuesday.

Yes, Tuesday.  Mark it on the calendar.

A friend sent me this funny --

Useless Purchase Poker:

I'll see your 2020 Planner

and raise you a travel backpack and an ESPN subscription.

Yup. 😂

Speaking of travel backpacks:  we had two trips to London planned for this spring.

We ain't going in two weeks, for sure.   Cancelled a long time ago (by the university).

But then there's Delta.  It took 45 minutes on hold on the phone before an "agent" finally talked to me -- it then took about 5 minutes to get my money back (supposedly -- "it may be a week before it shows up on your credit card").

You see, Delta was acting like there wasn't a travel ban from here to Europe.  Like someone was really getting on that flight (which BTW had changed airports and times) to London. 

😡😡😡

So, that's annoying.

But we also have tickets on British Airways for June 11. 

They think we are going.

This is crazy-making, as someone used to say.

I know the travel ban doesn't go that far, but does anyone think we are opening up the airways to Europe by then?  Is anyone going to want to travel for pleasure then, especially by air?  You did see one of the airline workers unions asked that pleasure travel be banned for the near future, right?  You know, it's like seriously dangerous being on a plane with someone who might be asymptomatic (who knew that word before this started?) just for shits and giggles?

So, here I am, wondering about June 11th.  My wife has said "no way am I getting on that plane" and I laugh and say British Air thinks you are. 😂

They are insane.  That they don't make it easy for you to cancel, postpone, or refund flights till...well, till there's herd immunity (which might not be a thing here) or a vaccine is not good business.  I know I'm going to look closely next time before picking BA.

But let's get to the point here: what are we looking forward to?  The end of "this"?  Our governor is allowing outdoor activities as of Friday (and the liquor stores are upscaling so you can get liquor easier).  Is that it?  Pretty blah.  At least gas is the cheapest it's been since 1892 so you can drive cheaply to...pretty much nowhere.

I doubt much of anyone is taking a vacation this summer.  Not much in the way of trips.  Disney Land and World are still closed (though the crazies in Florida are going to let Floridians go to World, which is really crazy -- ever been to one of those?  You're in line with ten people inside the social distancing circle CONSTANTLY!  The food venues you eat on top of someone (last time there, in Cali, we actually had to sit with two young women we did't know -- would you do that now?!?!). 

So, we are all bummed out and the airlines think we are going.  It doesn't get any more existential than that.