We Traveled 1000+ miles to NY to see Paul McCartney’s 80th Birthday Concert only to end up in Boston

I surprised my daughter on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, with tickets to see Paul McCartney’s last performance of the American Got Back tour on June 16, 2022. We live in Florida so I arranged for our flights and hotel to NJ.

We woke up at 4am 6/16, arrived at the airport at 6:00, only to have our flight cancelled. We rebook with another airline and our 10:50 flight with them finally left at 1:50. Around 4:00, it was announced that we couldn’t land in NYC and that we were being diverted to Boston, which was 4 hours away from the concert venue. Between sitting on the ground for a couple hours, and then sitting on the plane with the promise of a gas and go, we were finally told around 9pm that our flight was cancelled and we were to stay in Boston.

Rental cars were unavailable. Hotels had no vacancy due to a NBA finals game. Ubers were crazy. We ended up staying about 25 minutes away from the airport, arriving at the airport around 1am.

We ended the trip Friday sleeping in a bit to recover from the prior stressful day, then took off to spend a quick moment looking at Boston and enjoying a quick lobster roll lunch.

It was a very emotional trip but wonderful spending a couple days alone with my oldest baby, navigating through a challenging situation together. We both agree that we can’t wait until the next Paul McCartney North American tour where we will give it another try.




Happy 80th, Sir Paul!

With Love,
The Bender Family