So, I bought my round trip to Seattle a couple of months ago thru Priceline.com, They sent me the itinerary and I decided I would wait until almost travel day to figure out how to turn a confirmation number into a way to make it on the plane.

That day was today, and I had no idea what I was doing. So I started texting with my brilliant, well traveled, very tech savvy grand-daughter Shelby.

The flight leaves Nashville just before noon on American Airlines, lays over in Dallas, and Alaska Airlines finishes the trip to Seattle. The return flight is on Alaska and is a straight shot.

Shelby's first advice was to download the American app, sign up, then add a trip with the confirmation number off my Priceline printout. I did that, but it wasn't showing the Dallas leg. She told me I had to swipe left to see it, really?

Now I'm a little bit of a savvy tech guy, but I didn't see that option. Ok, American has my info now and twenty four hours before the flight they will send me a boarding pass that I can use from my phone. Cool.

Then I downloaded the Alaska app, signed up, and all they showed me was the return flight. What about the inbound leg, I didn't see it? Once again, Shelby explained that the flight was covered by the American app, and was just a slide to the left away.

Ok, I finally get it, but man, what a process. What if you didn't know what you were doing, didn't have a phone, or didn't have a Shelby. You would be walking around the airport waving a bunch of printed pages around and yelling "Help Me"!