Ok! I'm in Finland!!!!!!!!
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Yes. It seems that when I had asked about back in June about my strange looking itenary, I decided to double check with my travel agent to make SURE my flight was round trip from helsinki. he told me 'yes.' SO, rather than trust the paper(and printout mistakes happen), I trusted him.
So i get to the airport early this morning, I guess I had to cos since there wasnt a time for my Helsinki flight leaving I had to get it squared away here. Yeah, maybe I should have double double checked, but the dude SAID it was O K. So when I get to the airport, they say that I don't have a flight to Amsterdam on KLM.
KLM Lady: Well, no, it wasn't included...
Me: erm, yeah, the travel agent said it was...
KLM Lady: No, unfourtanetly you'll have to buy a ticket. And our flight to Amsterdam left at 6.15 this morning. Our next doesn't leave till 1.15, and you won't make your NYC flight in time. And the remaining tickets we have are all expensive...
Me: (trying to start to look pathetic): Isn't there ANYTHING you can do?
KLM lady: Sadly, no, this is your travel agen't responsibility.
Me: (plotting demise of a certain travel agent in Philly in my head): Ok, so wait, I gotta take it up with them...(i find out they said take it up with KLM...so fuck that again) is there ANYTHING i can do?
KLM lady: Well, Blue1(SAS derivative) has cheap flights to Amstedam! You can talk to them, because their flight leaves at 10.50 am, and it will get you there in time.
Me: (planning a huge waterworks show for the Blue1 lady next door to feel bad for the poor, broke, hungover, pathetic American girl and stick me on the flight, i had some time) Ok! i'll try it.
Now, keep in mind during this movie like scenario, I am mulling over in my head my situation. My phone chip ran out so I can only accept texts and calls, not give them, unless they are collect, and I dind't know how to cal collect from a cel. My bank card didn't work because apparently there were a lot of bank fees, and they thought that my card was stolen because they came from Helsinki, so for my protection, the froze my account. Yay. I had 10 euro cents to my name, 15 bucks in american money...but in CHANGE that they didn't take. I had been away nearly 2 days and running around with 25 kilos of crap for a few hours. I hadn't eaten all day. I think I was ready to pull it off. If I HAD to i prolly could have set something up with the bank whatnot to let me buy the cheap Blue1 ticket if they didnt feel bad for me. I have no dignity at this point.
Me: (standing in line at Blue1) waiting.....
There was a guy at the front that was takin FOREVER. Ten....20.....25...mins....ok, I now have 25 mins to catch this flight...and there is STILL another guy in front of me. The guy at the front FINALLY gets done....as the flight says *boarding.* The second guy didnt take forever...they had one window open, but at that point, those words 'final call' went up, and I knew I was indeed screwed. Thank you random Philly travel agent for fucking me in the ass with a metal pole.
So, i sit down in utter defeat and smoke a couple ciggs, and finally convince someone to let me use their phone to text one of my many buddies here, and a couple got back to me and totally helped me out by picking me up from the airport, and they couldnt believe the travel agent. Totally helpful they hooked me up a bit, and I managed to get some cash wired over from home, and I shall be askin a couple other folks for help....and I got the DJ gig here, so I'll be workin to get my way home. it's either a cheapass direct Iceland Air or Finnair flight, but i may be able to get away with a paltry 200 euro exchange fee at the travel agency to swap it for another ticket.
So, at any rate, i'm in Finland at least another week(my Espoo friend once again saving my ass and letting me stay, another one of those top tier Finland friends that i have), and I suppose i learned...never trust a travel agent straight up, trust your eyes more!!! Arg. Well, hell. At least i'll have at least another week of stories to tell ya all. And i guess I can say that I guess I am meant to stay eventually cos the country didn't wanna let me go home!!!
My Finnish buddies that read this, PM me!!! Til i get my phone chip recharged...
And of course, I recall a story told to me at Nosturi a couple weeks back about missing flights. I recall saying something along the lines of 'man, that's suck if it happened to me!' Well, hell, i think i jinxed myself
But i can laugh at this. I ain't helpless and i got some cash an everything, so I can do it. 
And i look at it as another week or two to party!
...
...
...
...still.
Yes. It seems that when I had asked about back in June about my strange looking itenary, I decided to double check with my travel agent to make SURE my flight was round trip from helsinki. he told me 'yes.' SO, rather than trust the paper(and printout mistakes happen), I trusted him.
So i get to the airport early this morning, I guess I had to cos since there wasnt a time for my Helsinki flight leaving I had to get it squared away here. Yeah, maybe I should have double double checked, but the dude SAID it was O K. So when I get to the airport, they say that I don't have a flight to Amsterdam on KLM.
KLM Lady: Well, no, it wasn't included...
Me: erm, yeah, the travel agent said it was...
KLM Lady: No, unfourtanetly you'll have to buy a ticket. And our flight to Amsterdam left at 6.15 this morning. Our next doesn't leave till 1.15, and you won't make your NYC flight in time. And the remaining tickets we have are all expensive...
Me: (trying to start to look pathetic): Isn't there ANYTHING you can do?
KLM lady: Sadly, no, this is your travel agen't responsibility.
Me: (plotting demise of a certain travel agent in Philly in my head): Ok, so wait, I gotta take it up with them...(i find out they said take it up with KLM...so fuck that again) is there ANYTHING i can do?
KLM lady: Well, Blue1(SAS derivative) has cheap flights to Amstedam! You can talk to them, because their flight leaves at 10.50 am, and it will get you there in time.
Me: (planning a huge waterworks show for the Blue1 lady next door to feel bad for the poor, broke, hungover, pathetic American girl and stick me on the flight, i had some time) Ok! i'll try it.
Now, keep in mind during this movie like scenario, I am mulling over in my head my situation. My phone chip ran out so I can only accept texts and calls, not give them, unless they are collect, and I dind't know how to cal collect from a cel. My bank card didn't work because apparently there were a lot of bank fees, and they thought that my card was stolen because they came from Helsinki, so for my protection, the froze my account. Yay. I had 10 euro cents to my name, 15 bucks in american money...but in CHANGE that they didn't take. I had been away nearly 2 days and running around with 25 kilos of crap for a few hours. I hadn't eaten all day. I think I was ready to pull it off. If I HAD to i prolly could have set something up with the bank whatnot to let me buy the cheap Blue1 ticket if they didnt feel bad for me. I have no dignity at this point.
Me: (standing in line at Blue1) waiting.....
There was a guy at the front that was takin FOREVER. Ten....20.....25...mins....ok, I now have 25 mins to catch this flight...and there is STILL another guy in front of me. The guy at the front FINALLY gets done....as the flight says *boarding.* The second guy didnt take forever...they had one window open, but at that point, those words 'final call' went up, and I knew I was indeed screwed. Thank you random Philly travel agent for fucking me in the ass with a metal pole.
So, i sit down in utter defeat and smoke a couple ciggs, and finally convince someone to let me use their phone to text one of my many buddies here, and a couple got back to me and totally helped me out by picking me up from the airport, and they couldnt believe the travel agent. Totally helpful they hooked me up a bit, and I managed to get some cash wired over from home, and I shall be askin a couple other folks for help....and I got the DJ gig here, so I'll be workin to get my way home. it's either a cheapass direct Iceland Air or Finnair flight, but i may be able to get away with a paltry 200 euro exchange fee at the travel agency to swap it for another ticket.
So, at any rate, i'm in Finland at least another week(my Espoo friend once again saving my ass and letting me stay, another one of those top tier Finland friends that i have), and I suppose i learned...never trust a travel agent straight up, trust your eyes more!!! Arg. Well, hell. At least i'll have at least another week of stories to tell ya all. And i guess I can say that I guess I am meant to stay eventually cos the country didn't wanna let me go home!!!
My Finnish buddies that read this, PM me!!! Til i get my phone chip recharged...
And of course, I recall a story told to me at Nosturi a couple weeks back about missing flights. I recall saying something along the lines of 'man, that's suck if it happened to me!' Well, hell, i think i jinxed myself
But i can laugh at this. I ain't helpless and i got some cash an everything, so I can do it. And i look at it as another week or two to party!
