New Years in San Fran

After a week of non-stop sunshine in Tucson, Cassie and I ventured back to the rain and cloud filled days of Seattle. Along the way we had a short layover in San Fran, usually this is just a small diversion that we are used to enduring to save a few bucks on flights. But this New Years eve the stars aligned in our favor. While waiting for our next flight we heard the announcement of an over booked flight. With one quick glance at each other I was in line to secure our vouchers and give up our seats. We were both given $400 worth of United Airline vouchers, not to shabby I must say.

After settling into our hotel and devouring our free dinner we headed out to the Mission District to celebrate the New Year with strangers. We settled on a bar called The Casanova. The crowd was eclectic and ready to party. We danced and drank PBR until the count down started. Afterwards we sipped a little champagne while some guy spent the next 10 minutes telling us about ourselves and our fortunes. Pretty funny and strangely accurate. 

The next day we ventured back to SFO to catch our flight with our new found airport family. We meet this older couple the night before when we both gave up our seats and the next day they were so sweet making sure we went through security with them and waiting for us to walk to the terminal together as well. We even sat with them for a while and chatted about where we would be going with our free tickets. Then once again over the intercom came another announcement of an overbooked flight. Without hesitation I was back in line giving up our seats. Could we honestly walk away with $1,600 worth of flights before we left San Fran? Sure enough we did.

So with a little patience and lots of horrible airport food consumed we can now fly to Seoul without paying a dime. Thanks United for funding our trip!