So this was NOT a photo we expected to take on our European vacation.
Our itinerary called for us to fly from Paris to London, London to Seattle, and Seattle to Medford. Our flight from Paris was delayed about 30 minutes. While still in the air, a flight attendant came to our seats to inform us that we had missed our London connection. (I have to admit that British Airways attention was amazing. We have never received service like this on an American airline.) The flight attendant assured us that they would take care of us and told us that an agent would meet us at the gate in London.
When we landed in London, the same flight attendant escorted us off the plane and connected us with an agent who sent us to a rebooking desk. We were quickly rebooked on a flight from London to Las Vegas with a connection to San Francisco then Medford.
Ahh...all was good. We were actually scheduled to arrive home 10 minutes before our original flights!
We had to run to our gate in London, only to find that they had two long lines for boarding, one for women and children, one for men. Everyone was frisked and carry-ons were searched. We had already been through the traditional security check! This delayed the flight a little, so when we landed in Vegas, went through customs, and retrieved our luggage, we had to run to the domestic terminal. We arrived at the United desk and tried to check-in at the kiosk, but were too late. Our flight was closed. Deja vu! We returned to the British Airways desk in the international terminal. They rebooked us for the next day, reserved a hotel room for us (and paid for it) and ordered a shuttle. The service was amazing.
After being up for 24 hours straight, things weren't all bad. We got a good night's sleep (nope, no casinos - too exhausted) and were up for the 8:00 AM flight to San Francisco. All went smoothly and we were home by noon on Saturday.
A week later, we were pretty much readjusted to pacific daylight savings time, sorting through 3,000 photos and video, and loving our memories of a fabulous European adventure.
...and now, you know, the rest of the story.
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