Well WE made it
...but can't say that about our luggage. We left from Regina about 12:30pm yesterday, I think it was yesterday(July 17th). I'll use dates since that's the only way to keep track of time. We caught our next flight, in Toronto, to Frankfurt, Germany.
When we arrived in Frankfurt, where all the problems started, to catch our connecting flight, we were transferred to a different gate. When arriving at this gate we quickly found out they had overbooked two flights going to Rome, one of them being ours. Their solution was to offer 250 Euro for anyone who would accept a later flight. Unfortunately for us the flight was too late and would make us late for our ship, would have been nice to get 500 Euro (about $700) in our bank account. Due to MASS CONFUSION and everyone shoving their way onto the plane I didn't get handed my checked baggage tickets. Marsha got hers and I thought nothing of it. We got to the end of the gate and double checked to see if I needed my tags. The response "You'll only need those tags if you need to track your luggage in case you luggage is lost" We'll I won't need that, so I thought.
We then arrived in Rome, Italy. We proceeded to the baggage carousel to collect our luggage and head for our transportation to get to the Ship. After nearly an hour waiting around the carousel, our luggage was no where to be found. We then needed to make a claim with the baggage handler and try to track our luggage. This is where that little checked baggage ticket is needed. After having a discussion with an Italian lady, she saying that there was no way I didn't have my checked baggage ticket and that I must have it somewhere. All I can say is she wasn't in Frankfurt. Finally we got to the front of the line after standing in line for half-hour, due to lots of lost luggage, I found out I needed to get my checked baggage ticket numbers. We had to exit the area go upstairs and find the Lufthansa desk and from there they would print me new ones. We then proceeded back to the EXIT, which we didn't realise, that we went through and were then told to go back around through security. Security halted us, now limited on time and we needed to get to our transportation, he continued a conversation with a friend as if we didn't matter. He then saw our Canadian Passports and put us back through the x-ray and metal detectors. Of course my belt has to set off the detector. I explain quickly, as we are in a rush, and he lets us through. I was thinking: man if this was Canada I would have been tackled to the ground if I took off like I did without being scanned again manually. We finally get back to the carrier line up, which has grown, and the teller lets us to the front of the line so we can go on our way. He types in the bag numbers and not one is found. Who knew that our luggage couldn't be tracked by the carrier. Everything is bar coded for a reason isn't it? We finally get out of the airport, with no luggage, and head for the ship.
What a great first day! Welcome to Italy!
When we arrived in Frankfurt, where all the problems started, to catch our connecting flight, we were transferred to a different gate. When arriving at this gate we quickly found out they had overbooked two flights going to Rome, one of them being ours. Their solution was to offer 250 Euro for anyone who would accept a later flight. Unfortunately for us the flight was too late and would make us late for our ship, would have been nice to get 500 Euro (about $700) in our bank account. Due to MASS CONFUSION and everyone shoving their way onto the plane I didn't get handed my checked baggage tickets. Marsha got hers and I thought nothing of it. We got to the end of the gate and double checked to see if I needed my tags. The response "You'll only need those tags if you need to track your luggage in case you luggage is lost" We'll I won't need that, so I thought.
We then arrived in Rome, Italy. We proceeded to the baggage carousel to collect our luggage and head for our transportation to get to the Ship. After nearly an hour waiting around the carousel, our luggage was no where to be found. We then needed to make a claim with the baggage handler and try to track our luggage. This is where that little checked baggage ticket is needed. After having a discussion with an Italian lady, she saying that there was no way I didn't have my checked baggage ticket and that I must have it somewhere. All I can say is she wasn't in Frankfurt. Finally we got to the front of the line after standing in line for half-hour, due to lots of lost luggage, I found out I needed to get my checked baggage ticket numbers. We had to exit the area go upstairs and find the Lufthansa desk and from there they would print me new ones. We then proceeded back to the EXIT, which we didn't realise, that we went through and were then told to go back around through security. Security halted us, now limited on time and we needed to get to our transportation, he continued a conversation with a friend as if we didn't matter. He then saw our Canadian Passports and put us back through the x-ray and metal detectors. Of course my belt has to set off the detector. I explain quickly, as we are in a rush, and he lets us through. I was thinking: man if this was Canada I would have been tackled to the ground if I took off like I did without being scanned again manually. We finally get back to the carrier line up, which has grown, and the teller lets us to the front of the line so we can go on our way. He types in the bag numbers and not one is found. Who knew that our luggage couldn't be tracked by the carrier. Everything is bar coded for a reason isn't it? We finally get out of the airport, with no luggage, and head for the ship.
What a great first day! Welcome to Italy!
posted by Jago at 6:42 p.m.
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