(Gail) Due to a brain fart on my part when we booked our reservations months and months ago, Jorge did not get on the same flight over to London as Ally and I. He would be leaving 5 hours earlier and connecting in New York, while Ally and I would be connecting through Chicago. He has called many times over the months to see if he could get switched to our flight, but there were no frequent flyer seats available. We hoped that as it got closer to our departure, American might relent and give him a seat if they weren't all sold.
He called American again today, and great news! He is now on our flight! We don't know if a seat opened up, or they just decided to accommodate him, but we don't care. He had the AA operator on speaker phone, and when the guy said there would be an additional charge, we braced ourselves for the total. It was $3.82! Turns out all he had to pay was the difference in flight tax between Chicago and NY. Thank you, American!
With that taken care of time, it's time to get serious about packing. Jorge, of course, is thinking that all three of us can go in one suitcase. Wrong! I'm already on record saying that I want to take one empty suitcase solely for souvenirs...should I find things to buy. The biggest regret of our other trip to Europe was not having room for souvenirs other than postcards and refrigerator magnets. I still kick myself for not buying that butt-ass ugly Frank Ribery scarf at the Bayern Munich superstore. It was so seriously wrong that it would be a collector's item. Not making that mistake again...especially since this trip is only to two cities, so we don't need to be traveling nimble. Plus, we need to take our Sounders jerseys and scarfs for those photos at the Barcelona game.
Nice thing about this trip is we won't need to pack the heavy coats and sweaters like last time. Jorge's planning to get the suitcases out of the attic later today, and Ally will be stopping by Friday after work to pick hers up. Getting excited!
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