We are back home after a harrowing return trip. Our Chicago-Los Angeles flight was delayed by several hours and we were clearly going to miss the flight out of LA to Sydney on Qantas late that evening. So, we were re-booked on the far less desirable American Airlines flight leaving an hour later. But there were no Business Class seats available on that flight so sadly, the longest leg of our two months journey (14 hours) was spent in Economy - something I vowed never to do again. Sob!
I was thinking longingly of the flat bed I enjoyed on the flight out of OZ for which I had paid handsomely. Now for the claim for the refund.
To cap it all off, our luggage, in spite of reassurance at American Airlines Customer Service in Chicago, did not make the flight and there was no luggage for us in Sydney as we alighted from the plane. It was four days later that we were re-united with our luggage. By that time we were home in Canberra.
The only silver lining to this sorry tale was the four hours we spent in the American Airlines Lounge waiting for our much delayed flight. Being a Business Class passenger, I am able to take a guest into the airlines lounge in most places, except for Helsinki. In spite of flying with Finnair, I was not allowed to take a guest into their airline lounge which is rather deplorable. I will certainly think long and hard before using Finnair again which is a shame as their Business Class facilities in all other respects was very enjoyable.
A sad ending to a wonderful two months holiday. Apart from the ending everything went pretty smoothly.
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