Vacation is almost over

Nothing too exciting happened the last night we were in Las Vegas. We packed our bags, had some dinner and did a little gambling. We went to bed early so we could be up at 5am.

Last day of vacation, we got up early. We had difficulty finding anything open for breakfast. Dunkin’ Donuts it was. Not our first or even second choice, but it was what was available that early in the morning.

We got on our shuttle right on time. We got to the airport and through security quickly. Our flight from Las Vegas to Phoenix was uneventful.

…When we got to Phoenix we found that our flight to Philadelphia was canceled because of a mechanical issue. We had the most amazing travel agent who was trying to contact us as soon as we landed. When I called her she was all ready on the phone with the airline making alternate flight arrangements for us. We were able to get on a flight to Washington DC, and were booked for a flight the next day to Bangor. The representative she spoke with at the airline suggested we attempted to get on an earlier flight, but we could not be booked for it because the transfer was only 20 minutes.

Our flight from Phoenix to Washington DC had Wi-Fi access. It was not free UNLESS checking the airline’s website. That was exactly what I needed. Throughout the flight I was checking our flight’s arrival information including gate and the information for the illegal transfer flight. When we landed we had next to no time to get on the flight. We arrived at gate 38, and the flight to Bangor was leaving from gate 35A. We were in luck! We got to the gate and were told that the flight had just left. We didn’t realize that we had to take a bus to the plane. We headed back up the stairs when we heard “wait, the plane HASN’T left yet.” Ernie tried to walk DOWN the up escalator. That was amusing.

The representative got us to the plane before the other passengers and we were on the flight to Bangor!!!!

When we got to Bangor, our luggage wasn’t there (there was no way it could have been). The next morning it was at the airport waiting for us. We only had ONE item damaged. It was slightly our fault for not wrapping it properly.

We have made several decisions during our vacation: 1) we will be going back to Las Vegas again next year. 2) We WILL work with our travel agent again (none of the online travel site could have taken such good care of us. 3) we WILL fly US Airways again. 4) In spite of some slight inconveniences, this has been our best vacation (SO FAR)!