They have other planes here

I resigned myself to taking the delay and going home for a few hours, but before exiting the secure area of the terminal, I decided to try the American Airlines app one more time. Success! The reservation system suggested a 1 pm flight through Dallas and a connecting flight to SFO that gets in around 7:30 pm. Not ideal, but also not wasting two hours going home and back and getting to SFO after midnight Chicago time.

I won't be able to make the Brews & Choos stop I'd planned for this evening, nor does it look likely I'll get 10,000 steps today, but it does mean I'll likely be in a better mood tomorrow morning.

So, the airline did something right, and I can easily deal with a couple hours in the Admirals Club. And like I said yesterday, this is nothing like the 28-hour ordeal I went through in 2009.