Morgan Bellwhat do you mean you want your luggage?
May 9th 2008 15:12
i really hate travelling, i know most people love to travel but i suspect what they mean to say is that they like visiting new places, surely noone in their right mind actually likes the process of travelling . . . im talking planes, trains and automobiles . . . buses, boats, ferries, even walking ughhh hideous . . . anything with a bag, just hideous!
i recently took a domestic flight from tazzy to sydney, it was a return journey, the time spent visiting with my friends was fantastic, but the time spent in commute made me want to die (or kill, im not sure, i had mixed emotions)
airports make me irritable as i am herded around like a sheep with no control or respect
there was a traffic jam on the highway on the way to the airport due to an agricultural festival . . . i miss my flight by 10 mins . . . the airline wont let my transfer the fare for a small fee, a whole new ticket has to be purchased for a flight 8 hours later
i cant complain, its my fault, i should have left more buffer time just incase
what i can complain about is the return flight being 40 min late and the airline losing my luggage "im sorry mam but the bag you checked at sydney is still in sydney, we wont be able to get it on another flight until tomorrow"
ok well can i charge YOU the cost of full-fare for being late?
can i be compensated for being without my belongings for over 24 hours . . . my medications, my make-up, my hair straigntening iron, my phone charger . . . i doubt it
long term airport parking was expensive, petrol prices are ridiculous, the cost of transfers on the train between sydney airport and central seem extraordinary . . . have you seen the flag fall on a taxi lately? and when you get out they slap on all these other charges to the end price rather than including them in the meter display . . . and dont even get me started on wheeling a bag through meandering pedestrians!
then you get a pat-down and an explosives swipe at airport security, they make you take your shoes and jewellry off, they throw your hairspray and deoderant out
im not a happy camper!
when are we going to advance to the technology of star trek where we can be instantly teleported to any destination?
BEAM ME UP JETSTAR!
im traumatised from travel, i think im entitled to be a whingy bitch on a rant!
i recently took a domestic flight from tazzy to sydney, it was a return journey, the time spent visiting with my friends was fantastic, but the time spent in commute made me want to die (or kill, im not sure, i had mixed emotions)
airports make me irritable as i am herded around like a sheep with no control or respect
there was a traffic jam on the highway on the way to the airport due to an agricultural festival . . . i miss my flight by 10 mins . . . the airline wont let my transfer the fare for a small fee, a whole new ticket has to be purchased for a flight 8 hours later
i cant complain, its my fault, i should have left more buffer time just incase
what i can complain about is the return flight being 40 min late and the airline losing my luggage "im sorry mam but the bag you checked at sydney is still in sydney, we wont be able to get it on another flight until tomorrow"
ok well can i charge YOU the cost of full-fare for being late?
can i be compensated for being without my belongings for over 24 hours . . . my medications, my make-up, my hair straigntening iron, my phone charger . . . i doubt it
long term airport parking was expensive, petrol prices are ridiculous, the cost of transfers on the train between sydney airport and central seem extraordinary . . . have you seen the flag fall on a taxi lately? and when you get out they slap on all these other charges to the end price rather than including them in the meter display . . . and dont even get me started on wheeling a bag through meandering pedestrians!
then you get a pat-down and an explosives swipe at airport security, they make you take your shoes and jewellry off, they throw your hairspray and deoderant out
im not a happy camper!
when are we going to advance to the technology of star trek where we can be instantly teleported to any destination?
BEAM ME UP JETSTAR!
im traumatised from travel, i think im entitled to be a whingy bitch on a rant!
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Comment by Tracy
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I know what you mean...some of the travelling in between places is just plain painful.
So true:
ok well can i charge YOU the cost of full-fare for being late?
They compensate us with anything, a chocolate, coffee, first class, anything!
Tracy
Comment by Anonymous
The trans Siberian will always remain one of my best ever experiences.
Sorry - but I cannot agree with what you say and I am sorry to hear that you have had adverse travel experiences...
Comment by Jason King
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New Zealand a few years ago they lost our entire plane's luggage. How is this possible? The entire plane's luggage was left in Sydney. We were given a cleaning pack each including a t-shirt for our travels and was told all our luggage would be delivered to our respective hotels. This was the middle of winter, the bloody T-shirt did not help. 24hrs later my clothes arrived in my suitcase but not my $5000- camera and lenses. This I tracked down another day later with Warren Miller's film crew in NZ for a movie shoot. They found it sitting on the side of the road at the airport and thinking it a camera it must have been there's. I nearly killed the entire airport staff but got it back. Thankgod.
Was not a happy camper but I have to admit I do like traveling any way and I may be the only person alive who just LOVES plane food.
Comment by Morgan Bell
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they actually rung me up the next night and said "your bag has arrived, we are going to courier it out to you, do you mind if we wait until the next flight comes in so we can check we dont have to return any other lost luggage before we send the courier out?"
haha its obviously standard operating procedure to lose something every flight!
i really think they should have let me out of long term parking for free to compensate!
hi Anonymous,
oh i know im in the minority, people tell me how much they love travelling all the time . . . i think the whole experience must suit some personality types and not others . . . i think i also get stressed when i travel alone (which is 99% of the time) and i am constantly amazed when friends backpack across europe or asia by themselves . . . i admire them but it sounds like torture to me . . . also in domestic travel (i have no overseas experience) it is rare to chat to a stranger, once again could be more about my personality type
thanks for relating your experiences!
oh Jason,
thats what i needed a REALLY bad travel story to put mine in perspective!
i love how the airlines pretty much dont care because they know you dont have any other options than to fly with them time and time again! haha
i went to NZ as a kid (can we really count that as overseas? haha) but i dont remember the travelling really . . . but as an adult i never eat plane food because you have to purchase it all seperately now lol
im too cheap to travel, i think thats the real issue!
thanks for the comments everyone!
Comment by Cheryl J
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Years ago I flew back from an adventure in Thailand; back in the days when there were smoking sections. I asked to be seated in non-smoking only to be sat in the row directly behind the smokers. After half an hour of inhaling 40 or so people's second hand smoke I became incredibly airsick. I asked if I could move to one of the EMPTY seats toward the back and was given a stern "no!". After another half hour or so I moved anyway, there were plenty of empty seats and it wasn't like we were stopping en-route to pick up more passengers. I was there for about 10 minutes before being rudely told I had to go back to my seat. I explained I was sick, they didn't care. The only explanation I could think of is they wanted us in our own seats so that if we crashed they may have been able to identify our remains by which seat we were strapped into.
The flight crew were sadistically rude to everyone except those who spoke Italian and it took begging on my part just to get a glass of water. I will never fly Alitalia again.
Oh and Sydney airport is now just stupid. I picked up a friend last weekend who flew back in from China. He said he would meet me out the front at arrivals. They have now built it so that when you drive up the arrivals ramp it takes you directly into the car park, there is no other choice. You can't just pull up at the front of the International terminal. He was waiting and it took all of 30 seconds to get him and his lugage in my car and it cost $7 to get out. I felt like i had been robbed. Ridiculous!
Although the holiday was fun, the journey there and back was hideous.
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Comment by Morgan Bell
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hahaha oh i know, i did the same thing when i transported my cat by freight when we moved to tazzy . . . she came down first because i was packing and driving down, so she got a virgin blue flight which cost $180 because i wasnt flying with her, my parents picked her up at the other end . . . the really annoying thing was i asked virgin blue where to take her and they said the main terminal (which seemed strange) so i parked my car and walked in with the cat cage and this helpful gay flight attendant said i was given the wrong info and had to drive down the road to the freight department (he cooed and smooched with iota for awhile as they dont usually get cats in there) and when i went to move my car after the 3 min mistake i was also charged $7
annoying and stressful at the time . . . but i can laugh about it now!
i cant even imagine people smoking on a plane having grown up in the era of smoking bans, seems crazy now hey
thanks for stopping by cheryl, i always enjoy your input!
Comment by Morgan Bell
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yes because the plane had already left they said they couldnt transfer it and a second ticket had to be bought at full price rather than paying a transfer fee . . . i was more than a little surprised myself . . . considering the competition in budget airfares is so fierce you would think they would provide better customer service . . .
you are in a funny position if you miss a flight, you really are at their mercy because all of your accomdation, plans, and return flights have already been organised and paid for
it was was own fault for being late, but there seems to be a double standard as to what the procedure is when the airlines are at fault
Comment by postmoderncritic
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Trains are okay, but I don't like the extent of the metal I'm surrounded by... would love to do the Trans-Siberian, though.
I've gone backpacking in Asia by myself, and it's a bit stressful but very rewarding...
Comment by Morgan Bell
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you are quite the traveller hey!
i think you must be significantly more relaxed and patient than i am! haha
i seriously hear it all the time, people travelling around overseas all by themselves having the time of their lives . . . id be lucky to get out of sydney airport without having a panic attack!
Comment by RubySoho
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Comment by Morgan Bell
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really???? what jerks are virgin blue then! haha
i was pretty gob-smacked at the time, its the first time i missed a flight and i didnt realise they would be such petty money-grabbers . . . i ended up flying with jetstar later in the day because the virgin blue flights were just too dear to pay twice!