Received an email from AA changing flight for a)My daughter in law and me on our schoolies escort trip. b)my granddaugher, the schoolie in question, and her friend. They were changed from lunchtime to 20.00hrs. Must be getting old because I hate that late arrival especially if delayed at all.
I am over in Bali at the moment and rang them on their Jakarta number about changing to the previous day at lunchtime for DinL and me. All done in a moment with no fuss and no charge. Extra night in Bali so booked a night at Secret Garden Inn where we were staying up until yesterday. Good way for DinL to start her first Bali trip.
My Granddaughter couldn't come the previous day due to a graduation ceremony that night and wondered if there was a midnight flight so they could come straight from the graduation thing. There isn't but there is a 4.00am one on the original day of departure which sounds like absolute torture to me but is to her "ideal". No need for an extra night booking as they can just come straight to SGI and put their bags in our room, lock up their valuables in the safe, change their money and enjoy their first morning in Bali. AA fixed this up for them too, no charge.
We can then check in at lunchtime at schoolie central Wina Hotel. (sound of Hillary shaking in her shoes and rummaging around for her good earplugs).
Arranged to hire a porta-cot so that we can trade babysitting at night for night club escort duty with the schoolies big brother and partner. Can it all be this easy? or will the God of Schoolies still find a way to take a pot shot at us? I will of course report from behind enemy lines in Decembe.