Finally got my ticket at 11pm and so glad to board the plane, had not eaten for 24 hours, figured I would get some food on the flight...
Taxied out, and waited 40 min...
Announcement came, air-con problem, have to go back to gate...
Waited till 2am before they said the flight was cancelled...
Bus to hotel after the airlines had to pay our USD$117 visa to get out of the airport, arrived at hotel 4am...
Waited till 5:30am while checking in and they announced to me, "We have run out of rooms, you have to go to another hotel..."
6am was checked into an executive suite at the Sheraton! "Breakfast starts in 30mins..."
Slept 4 hours and up for breakky. Collected by a CS friend and out for lunch...
Rebooked on 7pm flight to Sydney and got on...
Arrived at Auckland Airport at 11pm and told I was not in the system and would have to wait till 5am before someone could find me...
Slept on a bench 4 hours...
Had to purchase another Auckland Sydney ticket and got on 7am flight...
Arrived home three days after I had left to arrive home two days earlier!? Three nights in three different airports...
I had been away 9 days, 4 of them spent around airports...
Felt amazingly good, contentment tested and I passed the test. God is good even when our circumstances may not be...
Living the dream!
