Well I finally got on the plane to Bangkok and it took off around 2 hours late. That was the upside. The downside were two children who cried most of the time. Also none of the toilets on my side of the plane worked. It's no wonder I am feeling a bit stopped up now.
Bangkok
By the time I got here my connecting flight was long gone. However, I have to say there were pretty organized. They had a little sign with my name on it. I was offered new flights and a room. The room was in the Novetel and it was a beautiful hotel. The bed was really soft. I got to my room around 2am. The bad news - more screaming children in the hotel. I had to get up at 5:30. Then I got a free breakfast and I had an awesome waffle that they made right in front of me. When I got to the airport I checked in and they said I would have to get my boarding pass for Tokyo to LAX in Tokyo. Well I had about an hour layover. I said that I wanted my boarding pass before and that I was worried about a middle seat. They said they couldn't do anything. Finally, they said they would telex Tokyo about my seat and a veggie meal. I asked for a copy of the telex. In the mean time I went to an Internet centre to get my boarding pass for my flight from LAX to PHX (Southwest). I was able to check in but couldn't print it. I wasn't really sure what would happen from that. The really good news is that I got a whole row (3 seats) on this flight. The flight was only half full.
Tokyo
Again they met me at the gate with a sign with my name on it. They escorted me to my departing gate and guess what? They gave me a middle seat. I complained. They said that was all they could do. I said that wasn't good enough. I suggested maybe they should upgrade me. They said sorry and asked if it was alright. I said "No' that I had bought the ticket nine months ago and paid quite a bit of money. That I had addressed this issue at Bangkiok and showed them the telex. In the end I kept my cool and walked away. Later they came over to me and gave me an aisle seat in premium economy. Funny it appeared that a fight almost broke out. I didn't understand what was going on because it was in Japanese. The flight attendant looked like she was about to have a heart attack. It was a pretty nice flight but I couldn't eat the dinner (no veggie meal). I took one of Wendy's sleeping pills and got some more sleep.
LAX
I got through immigration so fast I couldn't believe it. That was likely because I was going to wait anyway as my bags didn't arrive and I had to fill out alot of paperwork. The folks were pretty nice. They seemed to even have my name already so I feel that those bags should turn up pretty quickly. I made my way over to Terminal 1, printed out my boarding pass (B11 - not good for me I like to be A1), went through security and called Dad. That is when I got another piece of bad news. My flight had a two hour delay. I am currently trying to get on an earilier flight standby but i am not feeling optimistic as they are all oversold and they are offering people money to take later flights.
The very good news is that it seems pretty likely I will make it home sometime tonight (Dec 24)
Merry Christmas !!
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