I woke up early today so I can prepare my stuff to go to Singapore, today as I had planned. Got the packing finished, ate breakfast, last check of email, ate lunch and off we went to the airport. A 3 hour train + bus ride that costs about �1,400 one-way for an adult (My grandmother and I together was about �2,800).
Get there on time, around 3:00 pm, and there is NO LINE at all to go check-in. So far no problems, or so I thought. I had a little trouble getting through security first, my grandmother had no printer, so there was no way for me to print out the e-ticket at home to show them that I actually did have a flight� I had written my NW confirmation number and everything down on a sheet of paper instead.
So the security person gave my passport to I guess the woman in charge, and she said I�ll meet you at the other side of the checkpoint. The lady came back with my passport and said �Sorry sir, there is no record of a ticket for you today.� I was shocked; today�s the 24th right? I told all my friends I was leaving today, there should be a ticket for me on that flight!
She brought me to the ticketing counter and after about 30 seconds we confirmed that my ticket was actually for the 26th!!!!! I felt sooooo stupid. I had never done this before, I even wrote down all that information from the net and I STILL MISSED THE DATE.
She said there was a seat available for me today, but it would cost an extra $50. I needed to check with my grandmother and friend in Singapore to make sure leaving today was okay (otherwise going home and coming back would cost more then $50). Grandmother said it would be best to leave today and ask Suzuki-san if I can come two days early. Unfortunately the only way to get in contact with him was by email, since I did not know his cell phone or home phone number.
An hour later I received an email from him and he was like �call me immediately!� I thought he was going to be pissed, and he probably is, but it didn�t sound like he was very pissed on the phone. He said since it�s only two days early it doesn�t make much of a difference, and to come on the flight for today.
I walk back to the NW counter� wait no I don�t even get there for another 30 minutes, the line goes on! Out of no where there was a huge line for NWA. I managed to get the attention of the woman who helped me before, and I got to the ticketing counter 10 minutes earlier then if I waited through the rest of the line� guess what, they were sold out of tickets� I had a feeling this would happen. She told me to go back in line and check back at 5:10 pm.
Walked back to the end of the line, another 30-20 minute wait� wait, right when I get there, an announcement for me asks me to go to the ticketing counter! Hurray! They have a ticket for me! The problems aren�t over yet, after I got my ticket, I had to check in and get my boarding pass� they thought I was too young at (15) to travel to Singapore alone, although I�ve already been to Singapore by myself once when I was 13 with escrort, and I cam to japan by myself with no escort.
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