What a layover in LAX taught me about learning from mistakes
A couple weeks ago I was on my way to San Francisco for a long weekend with some friends from college. I had just seen Foster the People at Red Rocks the night before and had an awesome time, but that late night wasn’t helping my early morning layover in LAX.
As soon as I landed I immediately found some coffee and a bagel to nurse before my next flight. I took a sip and settled down into an airport seat between a touchy couple and a teenager screaming into her phone. With an hour to spare I pulled out my phone and checked a few emails.
What’s this? I got an interesting email from Mint, the financial analysis service. I had just received a $40 fee on one of my credit cards. That’s a pretty sweet way to start a vacation.
Ouch…
The sad part is that the card that got charged is one that I don’t even use for anything besides length of credit history. $40 for a card with a small credit limit that I only pay my gym membership with… sweet. I looked into it and found out it was a $40 annual fee that I had already been paying for a few years without even knowing it. On the outside I was calm, collected Max but on the inside I was Frank Costanza.