I have to vent!

[Teresa Heilevang]

Had a blond moment, did we?   

No not really. 
 **See Haz?? You had to ask... and now I'm pissed all over again and it's all your fault! **

What I HAD was  the airline company's who said that what I found online wasn't the right pricing. ( Go figure and try talking to a Pakistan guy who was arguing with me.. and so I ask for someone else and got somebody from Chinese .)
God I was so pissed. I had the website ( THEIR website)  right in front of me as I was talking to them...

and get this... I couldn't use my vouchers ( worth $200 each)  if I chose from the list and made up my own itinerary flights.
In other words.. a lot of the flights were already booked up and sold out. so I chose one from the departing.. and one from the arriving list.
It was $163 one way.. ( x2 =$326 each for rd trip)
I told them what I wanted.. they took all the information ..flight # layovers etc and matched it up on their end.. Then gave me this amount of $596.00 AFTER my vouchers.. 
 I said.. "No.. it should be $252.00 after my vouchers"
They said.. Oh no.. you can't use your vouchers on those flights!
(You can only imagine what my BP did  at that time)
Calmly and through gritted teeth I ask "Why"...?

They said because it was not considered a round trip pkg. . It was separate scheduling.

I said no it wasn't. It was a round trip I was going and coming back. She said.. No.. it is not a round trip pkg that we have put together as a "full trip pkg".
 I said" But most of the flights..even these... are sold out. "
She replied in her broken English " I'm sorry but I can't change the scheduling that you see.
 I ask what she could get me in a round trip..
 
 Now ..listen to this!~~~~~~~~~does it get any more corrupt than this???...................
She gave me the exact  f*^&$#$@$^%damned $^%  itinerary that I gave to her. WITH the bigger price of course.
And the fact that she had only 5 seats left.
 I told her AGAIN that was what I just had given her.. and I had in front of me  the lower prices.!!"
She said..
" What website are you using..? ((in that stupid condescending voice)

My god, I thought I was going to blow a gasket,.. but still I was scary calm but not nice voiced...
 I said in a very slow and deliberate voice...... I'm using YOUR... MAIN... WEBSITE.  And I told her the address..
 She said it wasn't coming up on her screen and that all she had was the other pricing.
Then.. "I'm sorry  for all your trouble.. do you want these reservations or do you not?!

Hell I had to have them ..as we have to be in Ky the day before NRA and that was obviously all that was left. out of Tulsa.
(Flying out of Wichita was $1,023 each)

So I said I'd take them..What should have been $252 total.. cost us $598.
 So we ended up using our vouchers and when the smoke cleared had a savings of a whopping $34.

 *end of the story** Blond loses.. airlines win.
Should have told them to pack it in their ass.. but I didn't so that is why I feel stupid!
I also ask if this conversation was recorded and she said it was.. and I gave them a piece of my mind.. ( for all the good it will do)

[DDMac]

You know, it sounds like someone (blonde) in the company needs to just go ahead and get a pilot license. Then y'all could offer a door gunner class between trips.
Just a thought. Mac.

[Hazcat]

You know, it sounds like someone (blonde) in the company needs to just go ahead and get a pilot license. Then y'all could offer a door gunner class between trips.
Just a thought. Mac.

Ya know Mac, that sounds like a good idea BUT, I think the Lady has a wee problem with heights and I'm not sure that that condition is conducive to good piloting!

[Teresa Heilevang]

wee bit Haz??
 hahahahahahaha     LOTS more than a wee bit. 

[tombogan03884]

You know, it sounds like someone (blonde) in the company needs to just go ahead and get a pilot license. Then y'all could offer a door gunner class between trips.
Just a thought. Mac.

Won't work, even without the heighth problem. You can't shoot from the pilots seat (at least, youaren't supposed to on MOST airlines) and you can't reach the controls from behind the doorgun, MAJOR problem  !

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[jaybet]

wee bit Haz??
 hahahahahahaha     LOTS more than a wee bit. 

So just how tall are you?
OH! I get it...height like height, not like tall.
I don't think of those things...see pix of my day job.

[Teresa Heilevang]

Hey Jay.. Looks like you enjoy it.. You sure have a big ole' smile on your face. 

What is it you are doing anyway? Anything I have to be buckled up in out in the open is NOT where I will be.

Derek talked me into going on that damned Sky Coaster in Branson 3 years ago. NEVER and I mean NEVER will I EVER do that again. I must have been on crack that night to even consider doing it.  Strap me in and raise me from a crane a zillion miles in the air and then drop me.. ??
I'm surprised I lived through it. Surprised my screams weren't heard 100 miles away..
 And yesssss. Marshal got it on tape.

[Hazcat]

Hey Jay.. Looks like you enjoy it.. You sure have a big ole' smile on your face. 

What is it you are doing anyway? Anything I have to be buckled up in out in the open is NOT where I will be.

Derek talked me into going on that damned Sky Coaster in Branson 3 years ago. NEVER and I mean NEVER will I EVER do that again. I must have been on crack that night to even consider doing it.  Strap me in and raise me from a crane a zillion miles in the air and then drop me.. ??
I'm surprised I lived through it. Surprised my screams weren't heard 100 miles away..
And yesssss. Marshal got it on tape.

Soooo, we'll see the film at 11?? 

[jaybet]

Hey Jay.. Looks like you enjoy it.. You sure have a big ole' smile on your face. 

What is it you are doing anyway? Anything I have to be buckled up in out in the open is NOT where I will be.

Yeah that's a big smile...It was about 22 degrees with the wind blowin' 20.
I'm a field rep for an engineer/architecture firm. I inspect, correct, make decisions, count beans, all that. Very glamorous.
It's very easy if you look at what's right in front of you or next to you, or you look a half mile away. What you don't need to do is look about 160 feet down. That never helps.

[tombogan03884]

So just how tall are you?
OH! I get it...height like height, not like tall.
I don't think of those things...see pix of my day job.

Nice view, on a clear day 

Yeah that's a big smile...It was about 22 degrees with the wind blowin' 20.
I'm a field rep for an engineer/architecture firm. I inspect, correct, make decisions, count beans, all that. Very glamorous.
It's very easy if you look at what's right in front of you or next to you, or you look a half mile away. What you don't need to do is look about 160 feet down. That never helps.

Bet it took a while for your fingers to get nimble enough for guitar.