A few brief notes:
- If traveling from Alabama to Texas to Louisiana to Texas to Arizona to New Mexico to Arizona to Alabama in six days or less, do not fly standby.
- If the first leg of your trip is actually to flee a hurricane, carefully plan to return at least one day after your fellow crew members have already done all the hard work of reopening the ship. [Highly recommended.]
- If trapped in Houston's Bush Intercontinental overnight by ridiculously anemic bad weather (defined as "anything less threatening than the dud of a hurricane you evacuated for in the first place"), do consider the lobby armchairs at the airport Mariott. Three and a half stars.
- Finally, NEVER, EVER EAT AT CINNABON.
Cardinal rule, that. Should've known.