There are good people in the world.

An Expedia customer service representative named Andy came through for me tonight. Thanks to him, I was able to complete my piece-meal booking to Iowa by way of Omaha to visit the boyfriend over Labor Day weekend (2 weeks... 2 weeks). I had to book two one-way tickets (departure to Omaha, then a return flight from Des Moines) just to make it affordable and at decent departure times. After the stupid website put a hold on my credit card, he took it upon himself to call my credit card company to get the needless authorization hold lifted and then proceeded to book the flight for me. Let's hope the actual flight goes just as smoothly.