Made any travel mistakes lately?

[cove]

Yesterday I realized that my US credit card wallet was not in my travel bag. I hunted high and low and couldn’t find it.
Finally after lots of looking I admitted to Mrscove that I had searched work and home without success. She went looking and in about 60 seconds she had found it. Oops!
Quite a relief but I did cop some comments about my “boy searching technique”.

 

[blackcat20]

Yesterday I realized that my US credit card wallet was not in my travel bag. I hunted high and low and couldn’t find it.
Finally after lots of looking I admitted to Mrscove that I had searched work and home without success. She went looking and in about 60 seconds she had found it. Oops!
Quite a relief but I did cop some comments about my “boy searching technique”.

You needed to have a girl look rather than a boy look

 

[cove]

A little bit troubling how quickly Mrscove found that wallet. I had found my other wallet with my Social Security Number from 1984 but none of those US cards I need next month. I really didn’t want to buy Mrscove’s birthday present on one of her credit cards even though we have always shared our finances for 45 years.

 

[love_the_life]

MrLtL had to be in Sydney for a few days in Sydney a couple of years back. When searching hotels it was really difficult to find something at a reasonable price but. finally I found one, cheaper on one website, so booked (non-refundable). When the email arrived I noticed it was for the same dates but a month later.
Oops, so MrLtL got two trips, exactly 4 weeks apart.

Last time we were going to the airport, our taxi didn't appear but when I checked the booking on the app I saw I had booked it for 11 pm not 11 am. Quickly sorted though.

 

[love_the_life]

A cousin who used to travel between LHR and HKG every few weeks rolled up to the checkin desk at LHR and handed over his wife's passport. Mad rush by said wife to find his and drop it off for him.

 

[Flashback]

Thinking that because I felt semi-human yesterday that today I would feel even better ... wrong!

 

[VPS]

I just remembered I booked a taxi to collect me at Long Beach Airport a few years ago and then rang them and asked where the hell they were. I'd booked it for LAX

 

[JohnM]

A little bit troubling how quickly Mrscove found that wallet. I had found my other wallet with my Social Security Number from 1984 but none of those US cards I need next month. I really didn’t want to buy Mrscove’s birthday present on one of her credit cards even though we have always shared our finances for 45 years.

Aahh, be a devil @cove and give it a bash - you’d have to up the ante - but it would pull in a few more points .

 

[Cossie]

MrLtL had to be in Sydney for a few days in Sydney a couple of years back. When searching hotels it was really difficult to find something at a reasonable price but. finally I found one, cheaper on one website, so booked (non-refundable). When the email arrived I noticed it was for the same dates but a month later.
Oops, so MrLtL got two trips, exactly 4 weeks apart.

Last time we were going to the airport, our taxi didn't appear but when I checked the booking on the app I saw I had booked it for 11 pm not 11 am. Quickly sorted though.

Also did that on our last trip to Tassie, ended up driving to the airport and leaving the car thre rather than wait for a taxi at that time of the morning.

 

[love_the_life]

Also did that on our last trip to Tassie, ended up driving to the airport and leaving the car thre rather than wait for a taxi at that time of the morning.

We were lucky as there were a couple of taxis down the road at the Realm.

 

[henleybeach]

I’ve sent several emails and finally got a good outcome from my dad’s mistake !
My story is -
About a month ago , I bought my parents a super cheap Emirates flight ADL-DXB return for $565. (Mistake fare I’m pretty sure)
Anyway after I booked it and sent the e-tickets through and dad being dad and read through the three pages of the terms and conditions came across the line, “name on ticket must be the same on passport”.
When I booked the ticket I didn’t put their middle names in, just their first and last. For the next 4 weeks, three times a week he kept ringing me panicking about the situation, I told him 100 times and even got a travel agent friend of mine to email him stating it’s fine. Last week I was around his house and he was carrying on again so I got on my mobile phone and did a dummy booking on the Emirates website and showed him it doesn’t even have a box / spot to put in a middle name. That still wasn’t good enough and he said he will ring Emirates, I told him don’t because you will get someone from overseas Who will tell you bulls!!t. Sure enough a couple days later I find out he rang Emirates and spoke to someone who then proceeded to charge dad and my step mum $270 euro pp for a name change . I lost it on the phone at dad and then after I sent several emails to Emirates they refunded the money back and apologised for the misunderstanding. I wonder how many people get caught out like my dad with a lack of experience !

 

[love_the_life]

Wow what an PITA. Lucky you were able to sort it.

 

[VPS]

I’ve spent several emails and finally got a good outcome from my dad’s mistake !
My story is -
About a month ago , I bought my parents a super cheap Emirates flight ADL-DXB return for $565. (Mistake dare I’m pretty sure)
Anyway after I booked it and sent the e-tickets through and dad being dad and read through the three pages of the terms and conditions came across the line, “name on ticket must be the same on passport”.
When I booked the ticket I didn’t put their middle names in, just their first and last. For the next 4 weeks, three times a week he kept ringing me panicking about the situation, I told him 100 times and even got a travel agent friend of mine to email him stated it’s fine. Last week I was around his house and he was carrying on again so I got on my mobile phone and did a dummy booking on the Emirates website and showed him it doesn’t even have a box / spot to put in a middle name. That still wasn’t good enough and he said he will Emirates, I told him don’t because you will get someone from overseas and Who tell you bulls!!t. Sure enough a couple days later I find out he rang Emirates and spoke to someone who then proceeded to charge dad and my step mum $270 euro pp for a name change . I lost it on the phone at dad and then after I sent several emails to Emirates they refunded the money back and apologise for the misunderstanding. I wonder how many people get caught out like my dad with a lack of experience !

Parents huh - who'd have them

 

[get me outta here]

Sometimes one feels a little under appreciated and not trusted. (I can use the hugs button for this now, well I thought I could).

I’ve sent several emails and finally got a good outcome from my dad’s mistake !
My story is -
About a month ago , I bought my parents a super cheap Emirates flight ADL-DXB return for $565. (Mistake fare I’m pretty sure)
Anyway after I booked it and sent the e-tickets through and dad being dad and read through the three pages of the terms and conditions came across the line, “name on ticket must be the same on passport”.
When I booked the ticket I didn’t put their middle names in, just their first and last. For the next 4 weeks, three times a week he kept ringing me panicking about the situation, I told him 100 times and even got a travel agent friend of mine to email him stating it’s fine. Last week I was around his house and he was carrying on again so I got on my mobile phone and did a dummy booking on the Emirates website and showed him it doesn’t even have a box / spot to put in a middle name. That still wasn’t good enough and he said he will ring Emirates, I told him don’t because you will get someone from overseas Who will tell you bulls!!t. Sure enough a couple days later I find out he rang Emirates and spoke to someone who then proceeded to charge dad and my step mum $270 euro pp for a name change . I lost it on the phone at dad and then after I sent several emails to Emirates they refunded the money back and apologised for the misunderstanding. I wonder how many people get caught out like my dad with a lack of experience !

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Does turning up at wrong hotel in Singapore all liquored up after serious J Champs infusion PVG-SIN on Mar 30 count as a 'Travel Mistake' or just 'occupational hazard'?

 

[cove]

Yep CE that is a travel mistake as the Crowne Plaza is only staggering distance in Terminal 3.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Does leaving computer on board new SQ380 in row 96 after transferring from your front of cabin seat to best seat in the house at rear of J then proceeding to get all liquored up on CH Champs and have a ball of a time with the SQ girls en-route PVG-SIN on Jan 13 - so liquored up in fact that you only realise it is missing as you are called to board 238 SIN-MEL - then with no chance to make the flt after you make the decision to wait until computer and iPad also inside are retrieved for you 2hrs later - now you check into CP and get 3 hours sleep before you are back on 207 1st flt out next morn - $300 for 3 hrs sleep - is that a 'Travel Mistake' or simple 'occupational hazard'?

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Yep CE that is a travel mistake as the Crowne Plaza is only staggering distance in Terminal 3.

Desperation time is the only time I would consider CP - see post imm above.

 

[Franky]

Does turning up at wrong hotel in Singapore all liquored up after serious J Champs infusion PVG-SIN on Mar 30 count as a 'Travel Mistake' or just 'occupational hazard'?

Well the old saying about travel being not about the destination but the journey, seems to me makes it the latter...

 

[cove]

Yes you didn’t buy points on IHG with 100% bonus so you paid too much. Crown Plaza is for convenience and is close to The Private Room (TPR) in Terminal 3 for your next round of bubbles.