Found out that the strike is supposed to only be 4 hours in the afternoon of the 10th. I was chatting with United for over an hour, much of that in the queue. I told them I wanted my original itinerary back. They were going to charge me 73000 miles in addition to the 36000 I already gave them. I told them that, due to the strike, they told those of us on the original flight that they were giving us a waiver and would not charge more if we changed flights due to the strike He said I used the waiver up when I booked the flight to Zurich. I went on and on about how unfair that was but knew it wouldn't do any good.

SO, I canceled the entire trip. I got my miles and money back. Then I searched again and I got the trip I wanted but I leave Friday instead of Thursday. I'll spend another night at this hotel which is almost 1/2 the price of the train from Zurich to Rome! And it will be so much easier on me not having to navigate from Zurich to Rome.

I'm hoping I can get some sleep on the plane so I don't waste all of Saturday due to jet lag!

I am freezing. Can't get warm. I jacked the heat up to 80 in here and I'm still cold! Took a muscle relaxer and an anti-inflammatory with a Prilosec
Hopefully I'll be asleep soon.

Yes, I can pivot but, geese, this is crazy and exhausting.