If you thought I'd had enough stuffing around in airports, here's another tale.
I
spent another 5 hours on Sunday coming back from Bali... first I had to
fly from Denpasar to Jakarta, then Jakarta to Medan before a short
flight on Monday morning back to Simeulue (a lot of travelling
considering it's not actually that far. About 4 1/2 hours flying).
Surprisingly I made it to Jakarta without incident. But then...
My
flight from Jakarta to Medan was delayed by 2 hours, so I paid $40 to
change my ticket to another airline and earlier flight. Then when I went
to the boarding gate, they told me THAT flight was delayed by 2 hours
due to mechanical problems, and wouldn't leave til 10pm - an hour after
my original flight. Talk about pissed off! I was ready to swing a
punch...
Then, to top it off, considering I had so much
time on my hands and didn't want to sit in the boring, dark lounge for
another two hours (well, had already been waiting for ages), I went for a
wander for a while - and almost missed my plane! In the meantime they
had rectified the mechanical problem early, called the flight (in the
lounge only) and the plane left an hour early... I had to sprint to the
plane, and was the last to board... bloody hell!
I'm sure there will be plenty more tales like this to come!
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