No trip to New Zealand/Australia for me :(

Dec 21, 2010 19:18

I apologize to those of you who've already seen me whinge about this on Facebook ( Read more... )

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ladycelia December 21 2010, 19:02:42 UTC
Oh man, that blows.

So, I take it that for now at least you plan to continue living in Europe?

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graeco_celt December 21 2010, 19:21:01 UTC
Oh yes, I always intended to keep living here, for now at least.
It simply isn't viable to go to all of the places I want to go, do all of the things I want to do etc, from New Zealand.

I just really wanted to see my family and friends for a bit, after 4 years. *sigh*

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green_knight December 21 2010, 23:52:31 UTC
I am sorry to hear your plans have been messed up and hope you'll get a refund so you can at least go at another time.

Does 'weather' mean you're snowed in as well?

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graeco_celt December 22 2010, 07:10:20 UTC
No, no snow here at all (rain, though).

The problem was getting into Heathrow, to catch my connecting flight to NZ. Air NZ only flies into Heathrow, in Europe, and we all know how it's going there, at the moment.
Unfortunately, between Air NZ's other flights being booked out and not being able to get hold of British Airways (after trying literally all day, in an attempt to get to London, I had to cancel.
Going after Christmas is not viable, as it will cut too much out of my trip, which would have been tight for time (in terms of seeing all of my family and friends) anyway.

At this stage, it looks as though I'm entitled to a full refund, so fingers crossed.

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quabazaa December 22 2010, 00:53:26 UTC
OH NOOOOO :( That sucks so much! I'm so sad to hear you won't be able to go :( What a disappointment!

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graeco_celt December 22 2010, 07:11:01 UTC
Ya. :(

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sarahdotcom December 23 2010, 04:42:04 UTC
Oh boo! Was looking forward to seeing you. Guessing it's the lack of short-haul flights that was the problem, as Air NZ's flights out of Heathrow were all running quite well yesterday. But yes, you will get your money back - they were offering full refunds to everyone cancelling regardless of what kind of ticket they were on.

And some poor stranded traveller would have been given your seat (hopefully - there were empty seats on my flight which I was quite shocked about).

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