It is not a nonstop flight. The reason for that part of my trip had been canceled. When I arrived at the Northwest counter in Meridian, there were just minutes before our little DC-3 was to take off for Memphis. Its little propellers were whirring to beat the band. The desk agent did not look as if he could route me back to Miami instead of on to Houston in seven minutes, so I grabbed a Northwest schedule and read it on the plane.
Cell phones are such wonderful things.
Ah, brave new world. Ticketless travel, bags with wheels . . . The only catch was that I'd have to go to the ticket counter to have the fare recalculated. A supervisor was found. The supervisor agreed to take my extra payment over the phone.