Let’s recap.

At about 7:45 am Eastern on February 13th, I purchased a Grande Café Mocha from the Starbucks at the corner of Boylston and Tremont streets in Boston on my way to the airport.

At about 11:00 am in Chicago, I purchased a regular “Traditional” on wheat from Quizno’s on Concourse B at O’Hare International Airport (billed, strangely, as “Liquor Bar”).

By about 10:15 pm Mountain Standard Time, I paid for drinks, dessert, and tip at Boulder’s Dinner Theatre in Boulder, Colorado.

Once safely home again, I tried checking my card’s balance online, and instead got this disconcerting message:

Your account may be at risk for unauthorized use.

They’re now disabling my card and mailing me a new one.  Since there are no unexpected transactions listed online, I can only assume that I’m effectively being punished for having a layover in Chicago during which I was hungry.

If that’s the case, we’re going to have to have a little chat about how airplanes work.  See, although I started my day in Boston, it’s completely plausible that I’d end it in Boulder.  Airplanes move very, very fast, so it’s possible to travel a long distance in a short period of time.