Today’s saga.
Flying back to PEI for Christmas.
I know. I know. I’ve only been in Gulf Shores for two weeks. I wanted to be home for Christmas but I also didn’t want Richard to have to drive south alone.
Therefore I’m flying to PEI today for the Christmas holidays.
Up at 5:30. Arrived at Pensacola Airport at 7:00.
When I checked in online yesterday it said I’d have to go to a kiosk or the check-in counter to get a paper boarding pass for my flight out of Pensacola. Easy Peasy right?
Nope.
The person at the counter couldn’t get the computer to accept my passport. Oh great. Set the tone for the day. Three people tried. Kept getting denied. Finally one last swipe and it was accepted. Thank goodness because I was getting worried. I was actually given paper boarding passes for all three of my flights. Ok by me.
Flights
1. Pensacola, Florida to Houston. Texas.
2. Houston to Toronto, Ontario.
3. Toronto to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Flight 1. After that initial hiccup all went according to schedule.
Flight 2. I only had an hour to make my connection from Houston to Toronto so I hoofed it as I landed in Terminal B but was departing from Terminal A. Got there in plenty of time since the flight was delayed by 30 min. That 30 min. turned into 60. But on the positive side at least we did depart.
Because of that late departure I again hoofed it to Customs in Toronto. My fault. Because I thought I was being oh so smart and getting things done I had filled out my ArriveCAN on Wednesday. Thus only having 30 min. to get to and through Customs. Ended up being no problem. Love my Nexus card.
Took a wrong turn and ended up at the Baggage Claim. Oops. So had to exit and again go through security. Simple due to Nexus. ❤️ Only issue was I had a part bottle of water in my purse. No big deal.
Flight 3. Hmmm. Fingers crossed. Flight is delayed until 23:00 pm. Meaning I don’t arrive on PEI until 2:08 am. Ugh. Long day.
But time to finally have something to eat. Had a delicious Turkey Club Panini. Was it delicious because I was hungry? Could be. But I’m not knocking it. Even better I remembered I had a $20 meal voucher courtesy of my son-in-law from our London, England trip in June. So it was free! Yay! Good thing too.The panini was $17. Expensive sandwich. Had a Starbucks Chai Latte too. Mmmmm.
Now here’s what’s really bizarre. Text from Air Canada regarding the delay saying my gate will be D36. My boarding pass says D33. My AC app says D34. The Departure Board in the airport says D32. Interesting. Glad the gates are close to each other. I’ll sit here at 34 and we’ll see what happens. I’m sure they’ll get it figured out.
I’ll let you know what the final verdict is.
I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Michael Bublé
Take care and stay healthy.
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