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To put this into perspective, this is the first time in 40 years together that we've booked a flight!

Alarm goes off at 4AM......I check my mail and I get this.......

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I notify the driver who's taking us, then 30 mins later I get this.....

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So I phone the driver back and tell him to pick us up at 8am.

Just printed off the new boarding passes and we've got to wait 3 hours. No hope of getting back to sleep now!

And we're taking a detour to fucking Barcelona now!

hugh laurie facepalm GIF

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5 hours ago, XTreme said:

To put this into perspective, this is the first time in 40 years together that we've booked a flight!

Alarm goes off at 4AM......I check my mail and I get this.......

Screenshot2023-07-05043046.jpg.fedcaadb456316483445133b3ecffc2c.jpg

I notify the driver who's taking us, then 30 mins later I get this.....

Screenshot2023-07-05042639.jpg.d031343b8eda461e93121b9a0f89683e.jpg

So I phone the driver back and tell him to pick us up at 8am.

Just printed off the new boarding passes and we've got to wait 3 hours. No hope of getting back to sleep now!

And we're taking a detour to fucking Barcelona now!

hugh laurie facepalm GIF

Pretty good for a cheap airline to bother letting you know beforehand. 
Most of them just let you turn up and find out your flights cancelled.

They usually don’t even bother to let you know what’s going on while your there, that translates into hours sitting in an airport constantly checking the app or flight board wondering if you’ll ever get there. 

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19 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Pretty good for a cheap airline to bother letting you know beforehand. 
Most of them just let you turn up and find out your flights cancelled.

They usually don’t even bother to let you know what’s going on while your there, that translates into hours sitting in an airport constantly checking the app or flight board wondering if you’ll ever get there. 

They have a special system to avoid having gingers in the airport buildings for any longer than necessary.

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36 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Pretty good for a cheap airline to bother letting you know beforehand. 
Most of them just let you turn up and find out your flights cancelled.

They usually don’t even bother to let you know what’s going on while your there, that translates into hours sitting in an airport constantly checking the app or flight board wondering if you’ll ever get there. 

We're flying with Vueling.

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23 minutes ago, XTreme said:

We're flying with Vueling.

Yer I know, it's on your flight code 👍

They don't fly from Bristol so I've never used them. They fly from Cardiff to Malaga in the summer months.

Better baggage allowance than some of the others but they still whop you for any minor extras though. 

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The joys of your jet-set lifestyle! 😉😂😂

TBF, at least they found you an alternative flight. Most just cancel your flight and then it's your problem to find an alternative!

Anyway,  I hope that you get to NL OK now.

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1 minute ago, Tango said:

The joys of your jet-set lifestyle! 😉😂😂

TBF, at least they found you an alternative flight. Most just cancel your flight and then it's your problem to find an alternative!

Anyway,  I hope that you get to NL OK now.

Yep exactly. 
Bit shit for people who’ve paid for holiday accommodation they then can’t get to. 

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Update: NL is apparently having the worst storm it's ever had. And we're flying into it.

To make matters worse, all train services have now been stopped.

So when we get there we've got to stay in a Hotel in Amsterdam and take the train tomorrow.

Next up is the arrival of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse!

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1 minute ago, XTreme said:

Update: NL is apparently having the worst storm it's ever had. And we're flying into it.

To make matters worse, all train services have now been stopped.

So when we get there we've got to stay in a Hotel in Amsterdam and take the train tomorrow.

Next up is the arrival of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse!

That’s a bit of bad luck! 
Not exactly going to entice you into repeating the experience is it!

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1 minute ago, XTreme said:

Update: NL is apparently having the worst storm it's ever had. And we're flying into it.

To make matters worse, all train services have now been stopped.

So when we get there we've got to stay in a Hotel in Amsterdam and take the train tomorrow.

Next up is the arrival of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse!

If it's that bad they won't fly into it, they'll divert to somewhere else. 

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1 minute ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

That’s a bit of bad luck! 
Not exactly going to entice you into repeating the experience is it!

It's like NL is trying to stop me entering the country.

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9 minutes ago, XTreme said:

It's like NL is trying to stop me entering the country.

I did think that but then mentioning acts of god before you get on a plane to fly into a storm when you don't fly much seemed a little unkind.. oops :rofl:

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30 minutes ago, Tango said:

If it's that bad they won't fly into it, they'll divert to somewhere else. 

Did someone say kyiv?

I've heard it's nice there this time of year

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11 minutes ago, busabeast said:

Is that Spanish for titan Airways 

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Titan Airlines transported us back from Minorca when Thomas Cook went under, think Titan has gone under now too. 🤔 

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