Leaving Paris... take two.

No worries, I am back in Hull and safe. I got back Sunday night at like 11:30 PM! The day was a NIGHTmare! Worse than before!

So to avoid the same situation I went (ridiculously) super early and checked in with the info desk and they told me that I would need to just go to the check-in at three PM (my flight was at 6:00 PM). At 3:50 the BMI check in desk opened up – fifty minutes later than I was told to be there – and the lady at the check-in desk tells me that there is no ticket for me in the system. Then she further instructed me that I would need to go to the other side of the terminal and talk to the lady at the Alyzia desk. This lady informed me that the man from the previous day had not switched my ticket over in the computer system. Because this was not done on the day of the missed flight, there was nothing she could do. Panicked I repeated that “there was NOTHING that could be done? I’m just stuck here in Paris?!” She replied that I would have to purchase another ticket. I asked if there was some sort of manager that I could speak to because I didn’t see why I would need to pay for a mistake that someone at this desk made. She replied asking me if I “saw anyone else at the desk” and that I would have to talk to the flight manager when I landed in East Midlands, “that is if you buy the ticket”. (I cut out some of the banter but you get the gist, she was really rude).

My card was declined because it was a big charge towards the end of my trip and I had not called my bank because they had told me that it was not going to charge me for it. This left me having to go to the Cashpoint and take two separate withdrawals of money (half of the ticket each) then I get back to the desk to find out she told me the wrong amount and I withdrew extra money leaving me with extra euros. So not only did I have to pay unnecessary withdrawal fees and conversion charges, now I had to pay for converting the extra 50 euros back to the money that I can use.

BUT with all this I have a receipt for the "supposed" switched ticket and the one that I was actually charged for. I'm hoping to repeal this and get my money back, but I'm definitely on a tighter budget then I was originally on. But I am home safe and sound!

In other news, it's my birthday in an hour and eight minutes! Going for a fancy dress party with the roommates and some uni friends. It's a "Prehistoric" theme and I will be dressing up as a caveman! It shall be fun!!