A little over an hour ago, mom and I dropped Tanya off at Will Rogers World Airport for her trip back to France. Tanya was worried that she wouldn't be able to take everything back, and, in fact, she did leave some things here in Norman. But, she diligently packed her bags and carefully tried to obey the weight limit.
I carried her bags in and set them on the scale at one of the check-in kiosks while mom waited outside with the car. I set the smaller one on the scale first, and the damage measured in at 50.0 lbs. I then set the larger one on and the total increased to 100.5, before settling in at 100.0 after a few moments. One of the ladies working behind the counter came by and picked up the smaller one, probably thinking that the larger one had to be over the weight limit (which it would have been if they had been the same density). But, when she picked it up, the scale went down to 50 lbs.
I left Tanya there mid-check-in ... she had a question about baggage and we didn't think mom should sit there indefinitely. Hopefully, she will have as uneventful a trip back to Lascours as mom and I had back to Norman.
P.S. Andrew and Jenn didn't make the trip because Andrew had just fallen asleep for a nap when it was time to go.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Trans-Atlantic Traveler
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Safe travels Tanya.
I got back home safely just an hour later than planned. Snow in Munich caused my flight to be an hour late taking off. But at least I made it safe and sound and Sylvain was there waiting for me at the airport. We had a nice evening together with a crackling fire, good food and gift exchanging.
United tried to charge me $50 for my second checked bag, but I finally talked the guy into waiving the fee because I had bought my ticket through Lufthansa and their baggage policy information on the web said 2 bags up to 23 kilos and I hadn't had a fee on the way over. When he finally checked the bags, the heavy one was weighing in at 51 kilos so I got a remonstration about trying to keep under the weight limit, but I smiled nicely and he let it slide.
It was not 51 kilos. It may have been 51 pounds. But, 23 kg is equivalent to 50.7 lbs, which rounds up to 51. So, he needs to shut his yap!
51 pounds, right. He was probably just irritated about getting talked out of charging me for the second bag and felt like he needed to get the upper hand.
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