Memories by McMillan: The McMillan Curse

As you have read in the past if you keep up with this blog when Jamie and I travel there is usually an issue. Whether it be a big issue or a small one it's usually enough to piss us off for a little while but it's never really ruined a trip. This past weekend travel plans were made, there was an issue, and I have to say this is probably the closest we've been to a ruined trip.

I may have mentioned it before, but Jamie's good friend Jason was getting married in San Francisco this past weekend. Since it was so close to our trip home we thought it would be best if Jamie made the trip alone and I stayed back in Australia seeing as though I am quite pregnant at this point. I made all of his travel arrangements back in November. I checked, double checked, and triple checked all itineraries, dates for hotels, etc.

Jamie was to fly out from Perth at 11:45pm on Wednesday the 13th and from there go to Singapore to catch a flight to San Francisco at 8:00am on Thursday. This would have him arriving at 8:30 am on Thursday the 14th. All week I told him "your flight is a 11:45pm, we need to leave the house by 9:30pm" and so on. Tuesday I emailed him all of his itineraries and confirmations for him to print out and organize. On Wednesday evening we went to dinner and talked about everything again. We got home around 7pm and decided to watch the newest episode of The biggest Loser before I took him to the airport.

At 9:15 he started to get ready and around 9:20 I asked where his paperwork was. I got it out to make sure it was all in order and that's when I noticed the time. His flight schedule said "departure at 21:35" and my heart stopped! I called Jamie into the room and asked him what time 2135 was. His reply was "11:00" and I took a deep breath and said "are you sure? Cause I just had a heart attack thinking it was 9:00". At that moment we looked at each other and realized it. We were obviously wrong and he had missed his flight.

In typical style I started to cry and Jamie got mad. Not because he had just missed a $2000 flight but mostly because he was going to miss a wedding in which he was a groomsmen for a friend that he's known since he was 4! I immediately got on the computer and started trying to find new flights, still thinking that his flight out of Singapore was at 8am. I was completely wrong about the times of all of those flights and it was actually a 5am flight, there was no way he was going to make it so everything needed to be rebooked. That's when the anger of the $2000 came in, thinking it was going to cost another $2000 to fix everything!

Within the hour I had new flights booked or changed where possible and luckily found a way to get him to San Fransisco by Friday morning. He would miss a full day but at least he would make it. I felt SO BAD, because I thought I had ruined his trip by not being more careful! He tried to explain that it was just as much his fault since they were his flights and he should have checked the times as well but it didn't matter, I still felt bad. The good news however was that he was going to make the wedding and after all was said and done we were able to make the changes for less than $100!! How that happened I still don't have a clue considering we had to pay to change one flight (the fare was cheaper so we were able to change it for around $40), completely lost money for one because it was non refundable (that's what you get for booking a budget airline)and then had to book a new one one day before it left. Guess the thing that saved us was being able to take a night off the room.

So to sum it up, we got lucky...once again! (some of you may remember our Krabi, Thailand trip last year!) Jamie had a great time even though it was a short trip, and was able to catch up with some friends from high school along with the groom. Here are a few photos from the wedding.

Jamie with Jason's mom Karen and her husband Pete