A Friend Is Just the Ticket
<http://www.guideposts.com/story/friend-just-ticket>http://www.guideposts.com<http://www.guideposts.com/story/friend-just-ticket>/story/friend-just-ticket Teaming up to beat the airline crushtwice. By Francine Duckworth, Brush, Colorado Long lines snaked back from the gate at the Denver airport that morning. No way I was getting a seat on this flight. I shouldn't have flown standby. The flight coupon I was using was a gift from a friend. I like to plan my trips carefully, even a short one like this to visit my daughters in San Diego and meet my husband who was coming after me using another standby flight coupon from the same friend. I had packed my bag days in advance and considered everything from what shoes I'd need to what books I'd read. But now, after all that careful planning, I was stuck. "Excuse me," a friendly woman wearing an airline ID said. "Are you trying to get to San Diego?" She introduced herself as Diane and said she was a ticket agent at the San Diego airport. She'd also been trying to fly standby. "Would you be interested in flying to Santa Ana with me, sharing the cost of a car and driving the rest of the way?" she asked. "Sounds like a plan," I said. "Thank you so much!" Diane said. She went straight behind the counter and used the airline computer to find the next flight to Santa Ana; she even had a rental car waiting when we landed. We made it safely to San Diego, and I thanked God for putting such a helpful stranger in my path. The time came to fly back to Denver. My husband, Larry, and I wanted to fly together, so I planned even more carefully than I had the first time, calling the airline to make sure there were seats available. But when we got to the gate, Larry couldn't find his standby ticket. "Try lost and found," the agent said, pointing to a gate nearby. We grabbed our bags and rushed over. There was Diane! Out of 20 gates and 40 employees, we were directed straight to where my friend was working. "No one has turned in a ticket," Diane responded when I explained the situation, "but you were an answer to prayer the other day. Now I want to help you. Your husband can use one of my flight coupons." Half the Kingdom! is now on Kindle + <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0029XFVT6> Half the Kingdom! on Kindle + <*}}}>< <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0029XFVT6>Subscribe on Kindle <*}}}>< --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please note that I do not send or open attachments sent to this list. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Catholics on Fire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Catholics-on-Fire May the blessing of Jesus and our Blessed Mother be with you -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
