Air Canada Morass

I am sitting at Starbucks in the Ottawa airport, listening to cheers from the restaurant nearby as Spain looks set to win.We came to Ottawa for the weekend -- an unusual choice, but we haven't been here in years, and the winter and spring in Montague felt long. I needed to get off the Island. An expensive mental break, but a needed one.Unfortunately, Air Canada had other plans. Flights out of Charlottetown are prone to problems, and this was one of those times. Our flight to Montreal -- Air Canada has no direct flights to Ottawa -- was delayed twice, which meant we would miss our connection. There's no help at the Charlottetown gate, so Sheryl got an agent on the phone who managed to find us a flight out of Montreal three hours later. That one was delayed too, but we made it.We got a ride to the Ottawa airport early today, dropped off by my cousin after lunch, and shortly after received a text saying our flight to Toronto would be delayed ninety minutes -- which meant we'd miss our…