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August 15, 2005
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Myself and the team leader turned up at the Air France Ticket desk at about 5.30am. There were tickets available, no problem. There was even availability on the connecting 12.40 into Dublin, meaning I'd be getting home 3 hours early!
The ticket desk guy wasn't used to selling tickets(!) so they took about half an hour each to process. It was a Herculean task of concentration that required the furrowing of brow and much sucking of teeth, finally after an epic of stamping and transcribing the precious items were handed over. Luckily for him there were only the two of us from the cancelled BA flight looking for tickets.
The BA desk next door was empty when we arrived, but a worried looking staff member had just turned up as we were leaving. He knew that he was about to have a very bad day.
The connection in Paris was pretty tight, I had about 30 minutes to get from one plane to the next and I did myself no favours by jumping on a bus which took 15 minutes to get to the other terminal when I could have walked there in 5. Terminal 2F is a pretty amazing piece of architecture, but with minutes to go, I had no time to appreciate it properly.
My return flights were confirmed today, going through Heathrow both outbound and return. I think I'll pack a few sandwiches..
Posted by Richard at August 15, 2005 05:56 PM