Ok, that's one of the funniest things I have read in a really long time!

I don't commute, but this is my best jump seating story... Living in CLE, trying to get to FLL for a wedding...

Direct flights from CLE - FLL were overbooked. So I flew Continental from CLE - CLT, just to find out that all of the USAir CLT - FLL flights that had been wide open the night before, were suddenly oversold. Something was going on in CLT that day, because every option I investigated was oversold...

Now in a panic to get out of CLT before the push was over, I asked the USAir agent closing the flight at the gate next to me if there were any seats available. She said yes, and I found myself on a flight going to BWI. Thinking myself quite clever, I called a friend and asked them to find me a way out of BWI once I landed in the next hour and a half.

I land in BWI, to find out there are no available seats direct to FLL (apparently half the darn country wanted to be in FLL that weekend!!!). So I took Southwest to BNA, and then BNA to FLL.

I started out at 6:00 that morning - and made the rehearsal dinner a little late at 7:30 that night. 5 cities, 4 legs and 3 airlines in over 12 hours. That's when I learned there is no way I could ever tolerate commuting. I honestly have no idea how you guys do it.