A certain someone hadn't actually finished packing their bags when it was time to leave and people were starting to get frustrated and cranky. That certain someone was me who, as always, had left packing until the last minute and forgot to leave room for the chargers. Nonetheless, we arrived at the airport with plenty of time to spare.
"Please check in at the kiosks" No whackas, I've got this! Jessica, check in done. Leanne and David, check in done. (I am flying out of San Francisco so was booked on a separate booking) Print out boarding passes and luggage tags. Houston, we have a problem. Guess who is sitting fifteen rows in front of everyone else on the Auckland to LA flight? Yep, it's me again! We very kindly asked the nice girl at check in if she would mind moving us so that we were sitting together. "Sorry, we can't get you a window though" As long as we are all seated together right? WRONG! I figured I must have done something wrong when I booked the tickets so we took our new boarding passes and toddled off to fill in our departure cards.
The more I thought about it though, the more I was certain I hadn't made a mistake so I got Mum to fish out our tickets that had been printed less than a week before and lo and behold we were meant to be sitting together. Now anyone who knows me well knows that I'm a window person and would do pretty much anything to guarantee a window seat. I was a tad peeved that I had been moved without notice to a different row so went up to the customer service desk and casually mentioned how I always book my clients flights properly and that as a travel agent I always forget to do my own stuff properly. Nek minut, window seat was again mine, with my parents next to me. Victory!
Security and immigration were about the same as normal and as usual my passport can't be read because of a corrupted chip (stupid staple) so I got to do the walk of suspicious eyes down to the office at the back for them to scan my passport again. One overpriced coffee and chocolate bar later, we were ready to board.
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