Post by Tracie on Oct 5, 2004 2:18:20 GMT -5
So I'm back from my week in Paris (with a few sidetrips). I will post in the Just Back Reports as soon as I get my life back in order. I just wanted to tell everyone about my trip back. We were scheduled to fly out of CDG at 12:15 to San Francisco, have a layover, then on to Vancouver, but they needed volunteers to give up their flights on the route to San Fran so we decided what the heck and volunteered. Right before we were about to get on our original flight they called our names and offered us a different route. CDG to Washington DC, to Denver, then Vancouver. Doesn't sound great, but the long flight to DC was BUSINESS CLASS, plus they gave us $400 each in travel credit. Pretty cool. So we're waiting for seat assignment on the DC flight when every computer gets shut down cause some dummy has left a bag unattended in the check out area. They evacuated main terminal (but not our area, we just got to sit around an wait). After 2 hours they finally got everything sorted out, we got our seats (what a difference...I'm going to have to save lots of extra money to fly BC again; it was great) and we were off. Problem being that our flight is now really late. We get to Washington/Dulles and have to get shuttled off the tarmac so we have 15-20mins to clear customs and catch our connection. I think that we were the only ones on our flight that made it (we had to run through the terminal Amazing Race style) because we only had carry on luggage and didn't need to claim checked bags. Phew!! Except that my boarding pass didn't work since they had offloaded me from my seat (because our flight was so late). Luckily it got sorted out. From Denver we had less than an hour before our flight to Vancouver where we arrived safe and sound (and a little worn out). We actually arrived home earlier than we would have if we had stuck with our original plans. Man is YVR so nice compared to some of the other terminals out there.
Anyway, as I say, I will post more later. Had a great time. I will send out some photos too.
Anyway, as I say, I will post more later. Had a great time. I will send out some photos too.