Two day post extravaganza!
Nothing really happened yesterday (the uh.. 31st Aug). We lazed around, waiting for Friday. I bought a new shirt, and some shorts. I think we probably went out to eat. It seems so long ago.
Today.. or.. damn, yesterday, rather, (it's just after midnight here).. the 1st Sep, we did a lot of the same, although I did have another little adventure, I guess.
We went out for lunch, Megan and I, with Megan's brother Eddie and his common-law wife. We went out for sushi. It was quite nice, and they treated us. I'm going to miss the different types of food they do here, although we have an entire sushi place in Milton Keynes it isn't up to scratch with what they have here.
After we went shopping, where I think I injured myself slightly by uh.. rearranging myself. I guess it was just trying to remind me "hey, I'm still injured, get me sorted out!". Kinda felt like I got kicked in the balls. As if I could forget, it doesn't need to keep reminding me!
But anyway afterwards we came home and lazed around for a while. Then Megan reminded me to book seats on our multiple flights tomorrow. So I grab all the confusing itinerary the lovely black lady printed off for me last night, and sat in front of the computer.
Our first flight, the one from Houston to Dulles, Washington, was no problem. We're flying Continental, booked by Continental. I had two separate emails sitting in my inbox, one for my ticket, one for hers. I thought that was a little weird, but I managed to put our passport details in and book seats next to each other (with me in an aisle seat, hah). No problem.
Then came the longer flight, from Washington to London. Flying United Airlines, booked by Continental. No problem, I thought, they are two companies merging together, surely they must function the same, right?
Wrong. I managed to book a seat for myself, although I had to pay $89 extra for an "Economy Plus" seat, as all the Economy seats were taken, and there was no way I was taking a risk and getting to the airport just to be told the plane was overbooked. Popped in my passport details, all done.
Tried to log in as Megan.. her info came up, but I couldn't check in. It kept flashing up an error stating that without return flight information, the UK would not allow her to check in. Of course, we have return flight information, but it's booked through Continental, not United Airlines.
After trying several times, I give up. I explain to Megan we'll just have to deal with it at the airport, but she decides to call United Airlines (UA) instead. She's told she has to speak to Continental. I try to explain it myself, but I'm also told we need to speak to Continental. We phoned Continental. We are told we need to speak to UA, and are put through to UA. The UA rep is more helpful this time, but tells us we are basically out of luck and need to talk to a Continental spokesperson at the airport.
Alright, we decide, the airport is open 24/7 and we are going that way to re-print our boarding information (including return flight, in case Megan is questioned at the UK border). We head down there, and queue up at the Airline Express Continental kiosk, as the regular kiosk is unmanned.
A handsome suited black guy behind us asked if we were queued up. I guess two people in trashy t-shirts and shorts don't really seem the type to be queued at the Express lane. A rep asks us if we need to check in, so I tell him I need some advise. I explain the situation briefly, and he hands us over to a short but wide Latino woman for help.
I explain the situation, almost tripping up a few times (it's a very complicated story!) and she tries her hardest to book us seats next to each other. In the end, she failed too, but she did manage to give Megan a seat in the same area as mine. She told me to talk to the flight attendants once I get to Dulles, or if all else fails try to exchange seats on the plane. Shouldn't be a problem, people always swap seats once they get settled and all passengers are on. She did upgrade Megan to Economy Plus though, and didn't mention the $89 fee. So that's good. We got a free re-booking, and a free upgrade for one of us. Not bad.
So all our tickets are now printed, and she assured us that our bags are still chilling out in the UK, and that we just need to show our claim receipt once we get there. So who knows, maybe I will get home after all.
Then, on Saturday, since my GP will be closed, I am going to head straight to the A&E department at MK hospital and wait. And wait. And wait. And then maybe I'll get seen. I just hope all this delaying hasn't damaged anything.
I tried, that's enough, right?
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