Carol, after my emails and phone conversation with JB (had to vent) I finally canceled the flight and got a refund. I was trying to say that the airlines have the upper hand with schedule changes because of "Contract of carriage"" that I don't believe many people read or dont understand. I was able to book another flight on another airline 4 months later (checked pricing to get a decent price closer to JBs) for our January vacation. It ended up costing more but no grief coming down. Waiting to see what the return trip holds (flying AA out of PHL)