Got To the Airport Early

We got to the airport nice and early. We got to go right through the check points very quickly. They had changed our seats but still not quite what we wanted. The other group got there quite a bit later than we did and about 10 people did not get assigned seats at all. Finally the Delta agent announced that the flight was overbooked by 30 passengers. Four of these passengers were some of our tour teenagers. They were offering $400 for each person that would give up their seats and fly later. This went on for about a half hour and then Jewel, my daughter said she would like to get $400 each for her and Tiffany. I said Mike and I would like it too. Then the agent said the passenger who gives up their seat would get the $400 and first class seats on their next flight. We couldn't stand it....we went up and said we would give up our seats to the 4 teenagers in the tour if they could get us to Madrid the next day. They said they thought they could...they would give us a room at the Hilton Gardens, get us there and back to the airport, give us dinner, breakfast, & lunch vouchers and first class tickets. We said "First class all the way to Madrid, Spain. They said they would probably get fired but they would. So now we are spending the night in a nice hotel in Detroit, eating free, swimming, sitting in the hot tub, and even able to wash our dirty clothes. Jewel' s boyfriend Jeff, came back up and we are all having a good time. Tomorrow they will get us to the airport, and we will fly to Amsterdam, and then on to Madrid. The tour group will send a taxi for us and we will be able to meet up with the others. They have assured us that our luggage will be at Madrid when we get there. We packed our carry ons so we had swimsuits, our medications, cosmetics, etc. and two changes of clothes, so we were lucky there. We like all the perks we will get, but we do kind of hate to miss the first day of the tour. We are hoping we can get bumped again on the way home from Rome.$$$$$$$$$$$$$