Haley and Sarah both love to travel and never thought that a flight delay could completely change the course of their lives. However, it did. On December 28, 2015 Sarah was flying to meet her family in Colorado and encountered a 10 hour snow delay in Chicago on the way. At the same time, Haley was relaxing during winter break, at home in Chicago, by doing puzzles and looking at online dating apps. Sarah eventually made it to Colorado and found she had a notification from an online dating app from Haley who claimed that they were 10 miles away from each other. Confused, as Sarah could only see trees and mountains, Sarah responded to Haley saying that the app must have made a mistake as there was no one around her for miles. After messaging back and forth for a while, they pieced together what happened...they were connected during what turned out to be the best flight delay ever in Chicago and the rest was history.

After dating for several years and planning many vacations together ,Haley and Sarah decided to take the next step on their journey together. In fact, that step was supposed to be a trip to China. However, they had to cancel it as Haley broke her ankle playing softball 10 days earlier. Struggling with the reality of having to be on the couch and off her foot for two months during the summer, Haley's parents offered to take Sarah and Haley out for a nice dinner to try and cheer her up. After getting ready for dinner, Sarah took the dogs out. When she returned she walked into the bedroom and handed Haley a package she got out of the mailbox. Confused, as Haley wasn't expecting any packages, Haley examined the envelope and noticed that the return address said it was from American Airlines. Haley then opened the envelope and pulled out a first class plane ticket for a life time together with Sarah. As Haley looked up from the ticket and her bed, Sarah got down on one knee and asked Haley to marry her. And of course, Haley said "yes."