British Air Is Teh Blown Chunks!

[futcion]

So my flight from London's Heathrow airport was delayed for 2 hours because they couldn't figure out the baggage situation and I'm stuck here in Arizona 'till 9:30ish. They have screwed up every single leg of my trip to India and back and made me get new tickets at each gate, and also lost my luggage after I arrived in Chennai for two days. %)

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[hukka]

i would like to take the time to echo this sentiment.

[rockstarpup]

I really wish i didnt work weekends but i will make time to come see you, a bottle of scotch a couple of primo top shelf cigars and some conversation is in order. I'm glad you trip was good i would also like to hear about it in further detail being that frankly EL JAY will not suffice as a forum for such a presumeably incredible tale,i dont know why i write like this after drinking coffee...cheers.

[futcion]

Fuck yes man, bring it! :)

[raikawolf]

Oh yes, sounds very much like my experience with BA and Heathrow, but the bar I went to gave me my card back (!?).

Did you get to experience the customs line that would circle the globe if it were unfolded? Or the British Air tactic of "Oh, you need the rebooking queue." Stand in line, finally get to the counter, person taptaps on the keyboard for a minute, then "Now find the baggage stamping queue," then on to the we-just-need-to-glance-at-your-ticket queue, then the wait-to-hear-if-we'll-actually-put-you-on-a-flight queue, next it's the check-your-baggage queue, but only ten minutes before the flight you might get onto is supposed to board, then the mad dash through security only to wait in yet another line to get on the plane?

Why are the ceilings there so low? Also weird to see police carrying AK-47s.

[futcion]

The customs line was like 2 people in front of me, but yeah, I would have had to walk through excessive amounts of line if I didn't just duck it and go right to the counter 'cause no-one was around. All told, I got everything taken care of way quicker than I'd imagined, which left me with the sinking feeling that it was too good to be true and they were gonna lose my luggage on the way back. ;) So I went and got buzzed and talked to nice people at the bar!

Also, AK47s? Jesus, when did you go to that airport? ;)

[raikawolf]

I went through Heathrow earlier this month on the way to and from Greece. Maybe the extra firepower was only because it was security code "ORANGE."

You're lucky that the line was short. David and I waited for something like two hours to get through customs there just to get our bags and go stand in more lines.

[futcion]

Awesome! What'd you do in Greece? :)