Airport StoriesBack when I was a moody teenager I took a cheap flight that involved changing planes and having to go through security again. My bags were pre-checked so, when I set off the metal detector, I honestly said to the security guy that I had no idea what had set it off.
Until, that is, he searched me and found the metal knife and fork stamped "KLM" I'd nicked off the previous flight.
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chthonic, Fri 3 Mar 2006, 10:09)
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EasyIdiotA couple of years back I was invited to a friend's stag party in Prague. Plan was that we'd drive over from Merseyside on a Friday to East Midlands airport and get an EasyJet flight from there.
Problem was that I was in the process of moving into my first house with my girlfriend. She wasn't happy about the extra cost. In the end, I checked on the EasyJet web site and found that I could change the tickets from the Friday to the Saturday, shortening my stay and saving some money. It would cost about £5 to change the ticket date.
No problem, discuss it with everyone, go to change the ticket dates and find it's now £30. Twunts, I think and pay the £30 anyway. Easyjet is a ticketless airline for those who don't know, so I scribble down the booking number and turn up at the airport on the Saturday.
For some naive reason, I turned up about 30 minutes before the flight left. I'm not sure of my own logic but I thought that as it was EasyJet and I only had hand luggage I'd be okay. This is made worse by me not being able to find the Easyjet check-in. If you've ever been to East Midlands airport you'll know this is a pretty hard thing to miss as the Easyjet check in is one wall and is painted bright orange.
The check-in desk lady looks at my number and says she has no record of me being on that flight. After various checks and being sent over to the Easyjet helpdesk, it turns out my ticket was booked for the previous Saturday and I was down as a 'no-show'.
I have to phone my friend and tell him that I've now missed the plane, they wouldn't let me on it anyway and the next flight isn't until late that night and it's not worth me paying that money for about 14 hours in Prague.
I blame EasyJet, how could an experienced programmer and web monkey like myself get the dates wrong when changing details like that? However, the more I've thought about it since I realise that I must have put the wrong (earlier) date in when I changed dates, hence the cost going from £5 to £30. Muppet...
I missed the next stag weekend I was due to go on because of a death in the family, no complaints there. The next stag weekend is my own and I'm hoping to make it 3rd time lucky...
(, Sun 5 Mar 2006, 8:26, Reply)
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