Ok, so this journey to Australia has been planned for about 2 months now and it's nearly here. I'm pretty excited about it all. I mean its the furthest I have ever travelled, and probably will be unless I decide to take a trip to the South Pole (or maybe New Zealand thinking about it).
I've said most of my goodbye's now....lets not get carried away, i'm only going for 3 months not forever, but these people are like my brothers (and sisters) so it has been a pretty emotional three days for me. I've been hiding the tears well I think, they'll never suspect it.
Unfortunately my journey with Emirates has got off to a shakey start. Online check-in sounds like a great idea, at least that is what I thought. You can check in online 24 hours before your flight, so for me that was 2pm. However, I had been invited to a last minute Karahi Curry down town Eastcote and couldn't resist so I thought that i'd just check in at 2:30 pm when I returned....no big deal? MISTAKE. It seems that everyone else on the bloody plane checked in online in those 30 minutes when I was stuffing my face with mediocre (cheap @ £5) chicken curry.
So while I was staring at the screen, bemused by the fact that all the good seats had gone, the "session" timed out. When I tried to log back in it said that I had already checked in, which I hadn't, and it wouldn't let me do anything! So now I have no printed confirmation which it says I need, no idea what seats i'm in and no idea whether i'm anywhere near the person i'm travelling with. Never Mind, i'll have to sort it out tomorrow at the airport.
Moral of the Blog: Don't fly with Emirates...actually that's probably a bit harsh. The real moral is: Check in 23 hours and 59 seconds before your departure time to ensure you get a seat...somewhere.
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