When I was in California a few weeks ago, Delta had oversold my return flight, so I ended up with a generous coupon to be redeemed for future Delta travel. Thus, in the process of checking out flights, I paid special attention to the offerings from Delta. Why not get my return trip to Toronto as a freebie, if I could?

Well, it turned out that the best Delta could do was around $250, so I’m saving my coupon for the future. But as I browsed the options Delta proposed to me, one in particular stood out as kind of bizarre. Surreal, you [might even say](http://uwmike.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/delta-surreal.png). I guess these kinds of things happen when you have a computer proposing itineraries:

The funniest thing though, was that I even briefly considered that trip. It’s *still* an hour shorter than the [Maple Leaf Line](http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Route/Horizontal_Route_Page&c=am2Route&cid=1081442673791&ssid=134), and I’ve never actually been to Florida before.

Really, I don’t think the best way to enjoy a city is for an hour at an time inside its main airport terminal. But still, it would be pretty funny to be able to say I traveled from New York to Toronto via West Palm Beach, Florida, and Atlanta, Georgia. And as I say to anyone I’m lost with, *the getting there is as much an adventure as the destination, so long as you can turn it into a good story later*.

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