We are currently in Taipei, Taiwan at a neat little lounge with internet and showers awaiting our flight back to Thailand! We didn't pack our toiletries or towel in our carry-on, so just dried ourselves off with a t-shirt and hairdryer. =O Thankfully they had complimentary soap!
What an adventure we've already seen!
Anders' Dad & Mom drove us to LAX where we unloaded our luggage three times at three different terminals! We purchased our tickets through Delta, they put us on Air China Airlines, and we finally (third time's a charm) found out we weren't flying on Delta, nor Air China, but China Airlines... goodness.
After saying our tearful good-byes and thinking we were finally on our way...
We spent two and one-half hours at the check in counter trying to understand why our second leg of our journey had been cancelled and we hadn't been re-booked to another flight. China Air rep said "Can't you see I'm very busy? This isn't our problem, please move aside so I may help other passengers check in." Taking a large breath, saying a little prayer, Lori ran over to the Delta Terminal (visiting them for the second time now) and I insisted upon using the agent's phone to call Delta so she could explain it and not back out so easy. Delta blamed China and China blamed Delta and us. China Airlines said we should have called three days ahead of time to check our itinerary. Huh?? Never have done that before.
Thanks be to God, we finally ended up getting on the first leg of our flight, arriving at the boarding gate fifteen minutes prior to departure. (Note: we originally arrived at the airport 3.5hrs ahead of time). They moved our second leg of the flight 12hrs later after much convincing that we deserve a ticket. We later found out that Delta needed a favor and China Air needed a favor and we were in the middle of their "deal".
We were relieved and feeling that we were out of the woods, in comparison to other options (like spending the night at LAX).
Not so much...Upon arriving in Taipei, we learned there were seats available on our originally scheduled flight, but they were in business class and if we wanted to take that flight, we must pay the difference. =(
They also mentioned they couldn't find our luggage, at which point they decided "to fit us in" on our originally scheduled flight, then told us to take up the luggage issue with China Air in Bangkok. Second prayer answered.
We decided to cool down, pray and take showers (hence the t-shirt). After a much needed shower, we were told that our luggage has been located and it would arrive in Bangkok on our originally scheduled flight. Third prayer answered!
Moral of the story? Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we respond to it. It looks like God has fun sometimes trying to determine how we will respond to things that seem so disastrous at the moment.
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