We told each of the kids that when they graduated high school, we would take them on a trip anywhere in the world.  My oldest Kaleigh wanted to go to Ireland and learn more about her roots on the Hanley side of the family, so we were more than happy to oblige.  The three of us (Kaleigh, my girlfriend Debbie and I) set off with my best friend Liz in tow.   Luckily, we had enough United miles for three plane tickets so that helped bring the cost down significantly.  At the time we were miles newbies and weren’t aware of the United excursionist perk – had we known then what…