As many of you know my dad works for an airline company so I get essentially free flights on standby.. which sounds like a sweet deal but it is a nightmare planning around trips on standby.
First of all, airport security are suspicious as f (sorry for the language), because I'm not booked as an official traveler. During holiday season it is a nightmare because all the flights are full. And with all the weather changes, flight cancellations and delays do happen in which you are doomed.
This time it was not exception with some odd issues going on at SFO. Few flights from La Guardia to SFO were delayed so seating becomes changed and overbooked.
Many many skype conversation with dad (who can see the flight database) were involved on strategizing my flights. Depending on which flight you list yourself as standby, sometimes you can get a seat/other times you are denied so it's a huge risk.
All in all, I waited close to 9 hours at the airport before I was able to get a seat - and I was very lucky since I had to ran to the gate 20 min before it took off. The silver lining was that because all the flights were delayed, my suitcases got mixed up on the cargo which took another hour to find my luggage at SFO.
It took me 28 hours to get home door-to-door. But nothing can beat home.
The second we got back, I gave my dad his Christmas present - 2 bottles of Swiss wine to which he responded "let's drink this right now, I'm thirsty". So off goes the drinking family drinking session. In between food, drinks, and the catching up we stayed up until 4am chatting away the night. I was exhausted and tired but a good family bonding times. It's good to be back!
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| Ended opening up 2.5 bottles.. alcoholic family :D |
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| Mom's food...I missed this! |
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