A few months ago, I mentioned that I'm turning 50 this year. I had four roommates my freshman year in college and we have remained close all these years. The first of us to turn the big 5 - 0 goes this month. Her husband threw her a mega surprise party in Kansas City and invited us all to come. The other two roomies are in Atlanta, Georgia and have Delta flying privileges. They can fly anywhere for free so I knew they'd go. When I looked up airplane tickets for me (after all Kansas City is just a short hop away from Denver) they were over $300 EACH way. I knew this wasn't going to happen...