Some other interesting events happened on our travels, but between experiencing the events and getting online to write about it was a hard thing to manage. So I’ll back track and fill you in in the coming few weeks as time allows. I still haven’t shown you our video of the friendly countryside in Cambodia tour, or our dinner in a cave at Halong Bay.
On our whole trip we took many flights within Vietnam, to Cambodia and in Thailand to get around and each time the flights were on time and no problems–I haven’t counted, but we must’ve taken at least 10 flights; that’s a lot of airport time. It took a lot of planning on Jim’s part to get all of those details square before we left. He would do well with Jim’s Travel Planning service!
Once we left Koh Chang island, we took the ferry to Trat Thailand for our flight to Bangkok, then from Bangkok we would fly about 3 or 4 hours to Hong Kong. Then stay one night in Hong Kong and fly home on United, where we were using frequent flier miles and they already told us they didn’t have anything else (we tried to extend our stay by a day or 2). BTW, quick note: I was always careful on my blog not to let on where we were going next, or details of hotels…you never know who is out there watching and waiting your next move–high profile people that we are! He he. In anotherback tracking post I’ll fill you in on our itinerary and hotels if you care to know.
So we got to Bangkok airport and went to Emirates Airline (a very posh airline, wow! Their coach class was like 1st class on other airlines, complete with electrical chargers, cushy chairs and plenty of leg room…would definitely fly them again). We had 2 hours prior to departure to Hong Kong, so we went strait from Bangkok Air (also a very nice airline!) to Emirates counter.
Lo and behold, they couldn’t find our reservation! Turns out, Jim booked it for February 9 instead of March 9, and the guy at the ticket counter said the flight was overbooked and we couldn’t get on that flight. Huh?!
I stayed with our stuff and tried getting online so I could find alternate flights, while Jim rushed over to customer service to see about a refund or credit for the unused flight. He asked the lady if she could get us on that plane, and after some searching she was able to do it.
In the end it turned out fine, and we got on our scheduled flight with a minimal fee. Worse case, I suppose we would have found a later flight and gotten in super late to Hong Kong .
Well if you want to use Jim’s Travel Service, just make sure all the dates are right before you pay! 🙂 Love you, Honey!
Gone to Asia! 