Sunday, April 2, 2017

How we totally missed our flight to Finland

12:30 PM Saturday, April 1st - London 
Heathrow Airport, British Airways Customer Service Desk

Polar: Wait, so what are you saying?
British Airways: I am saying that since you missed your flight, your only option is to rebook. Rebooking to get you to Helsinki tomorrow will cost you…. 3000 GBP.
Polar: 3000 pounds?!
British Airways: Each.
Lolo: Wait, so we can't go to Finland because we were sixty seconds late?
British Airways: It's Easter. Every flight is booked. Sorry.
Polar: So basically we're screwed.
British Airways: Basically... yes.

Let’s back up.

Fall 2016 - Boston
lolo’s Apartment 

Polar: Hey, do you wanna go to the arctic circle on a husky safari?
lolo: Maybe. Sounds cold. I hate cold.
Polar: But look at all the doggos!
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lolo: brb. Requesting time off work.

December 2016 - Boston

Polar: You know getting to the husky farm is actually pretty tricky. We have to take a 2 hour flight North from Helsinki and then ride another 2.5 hours on a bus that only goes twice a day. We have to time it just right.
lolo: Okay, let's just book the huskies first and figure out the details later.

January 2017 - Boston

Polar: Check it out, I found these flights to and from Helsinki that work for everything we need.
lolo: bae...hang on. Look at this first. This is a bad idea, right? Right? We definitely shouldn't do this, right?

Polar: brb. Rerouting us through London
lolo: You realize we have tickets to Sohn the night before this? Also Make it New after Sohn…
Polar: That works fine. There is a 7 AM flight Friday morning. We'll go to the airport after I finish with Project Pablo/Make It New duties, sleep on the plane, and arrive in London 8 PM London time. We'll shower, eat, and be dancing in Corsica Studios by midnight.

8 PM March 31, 2017 - London
British Airways Flight Circling Heathrow

lolo: Were you able to sleep on the plane?
Polar: Meh... You?
lolo: meh…
Polar: Ok then. Plan is Heathrow Express, hotel, tube to South London, food, club.
 





6:05 AM Saturday, April 1st - London
Route148 Bus, Leaving Corsica Studios

Polar:

lolo:


Polar: omg, this sunrise is amazing! Let's get off the bus early and walk through Hyde Park!
lolo: let's!


6:30 AM Saturday, April 1st - London
Hyde Park

lolo: That homeless man’s five French bulldogs were ADORABLE.
Polar: I am not sure he was homeless.
lolo: He just told us a story about getting into trouble for building a fire in Hyde Park to dry out his clothes.
Polar: Maybe he was just a hipster.

11 AM Saturday, April 1st - London

lolo: We have time to go buy stockings at that store that doesn't exist in the US before our flight. Right?
Polar: It’ll be a little tight. Let’s go.

12:30 PM Saturday, April 1st - London 
Heathrow Airport, British Airways Customer Service Desk

Polar: Wait, so what are you saying?
British Airways: I am saying that since you missed your flight, your only option is to rebook. Rebooking to get you to Helsinki tomorrow will cost you…. 3000 GBP.
Polar: 3000 pounds?!
British Airways: Each.
Lolo: Wait, so we can't go to Finland because we were sixty seconds late?
British Airways: Gate closes automatically. It's Easter. Every flight is booked. Sorry.
Polar: So basically we're screwed.
British Airways: Basically... yes.

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