After the flight to Brisbane got cancelled I was assured that all connections would be considered and taken care of. I couldn't get too upset--spent another day in Singapore and was put up in a fancy hotel that I would have never put myself in and fed all day. Not to mention that getting upset wouldn't have fixed the plane! I even got a free international call to let someone know I would be late. Since the only person who will notice that I am arriving late to Fiji is me I called my brother so we could laugh together about my delays. When I showed back up at the airport I was told that there were no seats from Brisbane to Nadi so I would have to go through Sydney. Of course they didn't bother to tell me early enough so I could get the direct flight from Singapore to Sydney. Whatever, I could make the connections and still arrive the next day....or so I thought! So I drink copious amounts of red wine at the beginning of the flight from Singapore so that I will sleep soundly (since I am so well rested from my night in the posh hotel). I didn't wake up until we had started the decent and I missed some important announcements. I didn't have a window seat so as far as I was concerned we had just touched down in Brisbane until the flight attendant welcomed us to Cairns! WTF!!!! I turned to my seat mate in a panic and asked "did she just say Cairns?!" to which he smugly nodded in the affirmative (he knew I slept through all the informative announcements). Fabulous, my trip that is already delayed by a day now seems that it will be delayed by yet another!! As I approach the customer service counter, struggling to keep a smile on my face, I am quickly brushed off. I patiently wait until all passenger have asked their unending questions and go back to the counter. Now they are more receptive to my now completely phony smile and go to work on my situation. So as it stands now when I arrive in Brisbane I am supposed to have an agent meeting me at the gate to personally escort me to my flight to Nadi. I'll believe it when I'm in Fiji, but at least for now I can hope.
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