I didn't like my flight options, so I countered with my preferred flights

. He said he'll check. The option he gave me was to leave Cincinnati at 6:55 AM, which means I'd need to take the whole day off. It would've been cheaper for me to buy my own ticket than to take the whole day off and pay the 30% tax (25% fed, 5% OH) on the ticket value. Oh well.
Brett