Safari njema, Patty!
Jan 26th, 2008, 04:10 PM
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Kenya Airways just canceled our CDG-NBO flight in the last hour 
Supposedly we've been protected on CDG-AMS-NBO flights but they can't re-issue our tickets over the phone so we're on our way to the airport right now. The connections are tight so I hope we make it!
Supposedly we've been protected on CDG-AMS-NBO flights but they can't re-issue our tickets over the phone so we're on our way to the airport right now. The connections are tight so I hope we make it!
Jan 26th, 2008, 05:54 PM
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What a nightmare! I just spent an hour at the AF check-in counter and no one here can re-issue my ticket because AF in CDG printed the CDG-NBO portion so that part of my ticket is no longer electronic. AF here checked us in for LAX-CDG and tagged our bags to NBO. Somewhere in CDG there's a paper ticket waiting for us which we'll need before we can continue. AF LAX is sending a telex to AF CDG to request that an agent meet us at the gate on arrival. I hope someone is there because I don't have time to run around the airport looking for our tickets! If we miss our flight to AMS, the next flight won't get us there in time to catch the AMS-NBO flight.
We're also taking the NBO-CDG flight on our return and I bet we'll be going through the same fun scenario!
We're also taking the NBO-CDG flight on our return and I bet we'll be going through the same fun scenario!
Jan 26th, 2008, 06:36 PM
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Patty, I'm so sorry you're having trouble with your flights -- hopefully this will be the one rough spot in an otherwise perfect trip!
Enjoy your safari... can't wait to hear about it. Wishing you safe and happy travels.
Enjoy your safari... can't wait to hear about it. Wishing you safe and happy travels.
Jan 26th, 2008, 09:02 PM
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I must be tired! I left my bag with my camera, video camera and GPS right in the gate area as we boarded. Luckily someone must have noticed it and a flight attendant just brought it to us on board. I didn't even realize I left it (where's that embarrassed smiley?).
We're still boarding. I'm pretty sure our first night in Afreekah is turning into a night in AMS
We're still boarding. I'm pretty sure our first night in Afreekah is turning into a night in AMS
Jan 27th, 2008, 10:34 AM
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I can't believe it! We just boarded the flight from AMS to NBO!!!!
We arrived Paris an hour late and there was no one waiting at the gate for us. We literally sprinted from S3 through passport control, security and to our gate at 2F1 in 15 minutes
They hand wrote a ticket for us at the gate and we were the last ones to board. Luckily our aircraft parked at a jetway (vs a remote bus stand) at CDG, we were some of the first passengers off and had access to fast track lanes at both passport control and security. If all of those factors hadn't fallen in place, I doubt we'd be here now.
At AMS, again we ran through the terminal, cleared passport control, picked up our boarding passes and just boarded.
This has been like an episode of the Amazing Race
We arrived Paris an hour late and there was no one waiting at the gate for us. We literally sprinted from S3 through passport control, security and to our gate at 2F1 in 15 minutes
They hand wrote a ticket for us at the gate and we were the last ones to board. Luckily our aircraft parked at a jetway (vs a remote bus stand) at CDG, we were some of the first passengers off and had access to fast track lanes at both passport control and security. If all of those factors hadn't fallen in place, I doubt we'd be here now.At AMS, again we ran through the terminal, cleared passport control, picked up our boarding passes and just boarded.
This has been like an episode of the Amazing Race
