If I ever find out who knifed my tire the night before I flew down to San Diego I will kill them in a slow, painful way. Thanks to that little surprise I arrived at the airport 6 minutes after my flight took off, had to go on stand-by for a later flight that was delayed nearly 3 hours, and had to rebook my return flight as well. Why? Apparently, when I missed the first leg of my itinerary the entire thing was automatically cancelled. Alright, I could deal with that. I rebooked for a day later than I had originally planned and went on my merry way to sit in front of a gate for 4 hours. The flight, while bumpy, was over quickly and I arrived in San Diego without further incident. I've spent the last week hanging out with friend and family, receiving far too many gifts, and generally being spoiled.
A few hours ago I thought it would be prudent to call the airline and confirm my reservation, especially since I had no physical ticket. I called and have since spent 2 hours trying to determine why the hell there is no computer record of my flight reservation for today. The first person I talked to told me that unless I find the paper tickets which were apparently placed in the same envelope as my boarding pass for the flight to San Diego and are consequently now in a landfill somewhere I will have to buy new one-way tickets. After conferring with my more seasoned family members I concluded that this was bullshit and had one of them call. It was eventually determined that I'll have to pay a change fee of $100 and either show up at the airport to go on stand-by for the flight I was reportedly booked on OR call a partner airline and try to get them to book me on that same flight.
And now.....I sit on hold.
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Alright, it's the next morning. After giving up on Alaska Airlines and going to American Airlines I managed to get things straightened out just as they should have been in the first place. No change fee, no stand-by, just nice, smooth, check-in and flight. The two hour drive home was wonderfully soporific, but I managed to find the energy to lug all 3 suitcases and backpack up to the fourth floor and unpack them!
I'm about to go take a much-needed shower and then test out my new VEG box thing. Soon......soon I will be able to play DDR whenever I damn well please! MWAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!
Trivia: Goddamn I hate dealing with airlines.
A few hours ago I thought it would be prudent to call the airline and confirm my reservation, especially since I had no physical ticket. I called and have since spent 2 hours trying to determine why the hell there is no computer record of my flight reservation for today. The first person I talked to told me that unless I find the paper tickets which were apparently placed in the same envelope as my boarding pass for the flight to San Diego and are consequently now in a landfill somewhere I will have to buy new one-way tickets. After conferring with my more seasoned family members I concluded that this was bullshit and had one of them call. It was eventually determined that I'll have to pay a change fee of $100 and either show up at the airport to go on stand-by for the flight I was reportedly booked on OR call a partner airline and try to get them to book me on that same flight.
And now.....I sit on hold.
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Alright, it's the next morning. After giving up on Alaska Airlines and going to American Airlines I managed to get things straightened out just as they should have been in the first place. No change fee, no stand-by, just nice, smooth, check-in and flight. The two hour drive home was wonderfully soporific, but I managed to find the energy to lug all 3 suitcases and backpack up to the fourth floor and unpack them!
I'm about to go take a much-needed shower and then test out my new VEG box thing. Soon......soon I will be able to play DDR whenever I damn well please! MWAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!
Trivia: Goddamn I hate dealing with airlines.
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I'd like to think I'll never do it again, but I know I'm just kidding myself.
Happy New Year!