July 28, 2005 - 9:35 am
The strike is over!! It's not really an "adventure trip" until you risk losing all the money you've paid because flight and ground crew unions for your airline decide to strike days before your departure! We are happy to report that mediation reigns supreme and South African Airways (SAA) should be flying at full capacity by Saturday...a mere few hours before we need to be on the plane to Africa!
All I know is that everything happens for a reason and I have now learned that: even though Fae at Air Canada says that SAA can change their flight reservations and Irvine at SAA agrees and even adds that you can transfer your ticket to British Airways no problem ("just a quick telex message and it's all done"), Beth at SAA is adamant that there is no way in hell they ever do that!! Bob at British Airways is very accommodating saying "sure he can bump us to First Class all the way and SAA will pick up the tab". Back to Louis at SAA who assures us that it's no problem to transfer the ticket but just "not yet"...none of these people actually know what they're doing. I'm amazed that planes ever get anywhere with anyone on them!!
K
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Monday, July 25, 2005
Anticipation
5 days of work left, vacation brain is beginning!!
Most people who have traveled know that there are always challenges, our travels look to be no different. Over the weekend South African Airways (SAA) has been effected by a strike by their cabin crews, so they cancelled all flights. Most of our flights are with SAA, so we may have a radically changed itinerary over the next few days!
If you feel like reaching out to the Bloggers/travelers, feel free to either email us at macafrica@gmail.com or leave a comment at the appropriate spot at the end of each posting.
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Most people who have traveled know that there are always challenges, our travels look to be no different. Over the weekend South African Airways (SAA) has been effected by a strike by their cabin crews, so they cancelled all flights. Most of our flights are with SAA, so we may have a radically changed itinerary over the next few days!
If you feel like reaching out to the Bloggers/travelers, feel free to either email us at macafrica@gmail.com or leave a comment at the appropriate spot at the end of each posting.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2005
The Launch
Thanks for stopping by and sharing our African adventure!!
Now that we have "publicized" our blog, we will try to update it as much as possible. From Aug 2-8 we will be on Kilimanjaro, so there won't be any posts. But after that we'll have stories from Kili and updates as we go.
See you on the 27th at OJ's on 4th Street!
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Now that we have "publicized" our blog, we will try to update it as much as possible. From Aug 2-8 we will be on Kilimanjaro, so there won't be any posts. But after that we'll have stories from Kili and updates as we go.
See you on the 27th at OJ's on 4th Street!
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