marybeth
Senior Insider
A Day Late and (several hundred) Dollars Short
So for the first time in like, forever, (2006- return from the Orange Bowl) we missed our flight. It was a shared responsibility of us (90%) and our very late cab (10%). We simply did not allow enough time to flight internationally during the holidays in the Plague Times. Live and Learn.
Gratefully, AA rebooked us on the same itinerary for the next day. However, Winair did not have anything available. Good thing we had plenty of time on our “free” day, because we also needed new COVID tests and to resubmit the EHAS with new dates. Oh, and get ferry tix.
Arrival attempt 2 was much improved. We drove ourselves and got an amazing parking space. Flights left on time and we were able to move seats so we could sit together from CLT to SXM. Then right at boarding I thought to check the Winair site. Sure enough, there were seats on the 3:50 flight. Quickly emailed them and were booked! Woo hoo!
Not for nothing, but SXM is still a circus. We were already cutting it close with a 2:37 arrival and no boarding passes (on your phone does NOT count). I think we had 6 or 7 different stops or checkpoints. So it was off to the races and with a combination of my bossiness and the boldness of another group even more anxious than us to get there (or more willing to cut lines), we made it to the gate at the moment of boarding. Apologies to any readers who were standing in the lines at SXM.
So we’re here. And enjoying this view:
It feels like home.
More later. This feels like doing something and I need to do nothing….
So for the first time in like, forever, (2006- return from the Orange Bowl) we missed our flight. It was a shared responsibility of us (90%) and our very late cab (10%). We simply did not allow enough time to flight internationally during the holidays in the Plague Times. Live and Learn.
Gratefully, AA rebooked us on the same itinerary for the next day. However, Winair did not have anything available. Good thing we had plenty of time on our “free” day, because we also needed new COVID tests and to resubmit the EHAS with new dates. Oh, and get ferry tix.
Arrival attempt 2 was much improved. We drove ourselves and got an amazing parking space. Flights left on time and we were able to move seats so we could sit together from CLT to SXM. Then right at boarding I thought to check the Winair site. Sure enough, there were seats on the 3:50 flight. Quickly emailed them and were booked! Woo hoo!
Not for nothing, but SXM is still a circus. We were already cutting it close with a 2:37 arrival and no boarding passes (on your phone does NOT count). I think we had 6 or 7 different stops or checkpoints. So it was off to the races and with a combination of my bossiness and the boldness of another group even more anxious than us to get there (or more willing to cut lines), we made it to the gate at the moment of boarding. Apologies to any readers who were standing in the lines at SXM.
So we’re here. And enjoying this view:
It feels like home.
More later. This feels like doing something and I need to do nothing….
