Red alert, red alert! We just checked our email at the Admiral’s Lounge and found out that our previously ticketed itinerary from Africa onwards is invalid due to technical clause section 100-2-A.12 that Andrew & AA agents previously missed. Right now Andrew is having a heart attack and I am using my free drink vouchers to prevent a heart attack of my own.
Keep you posted!


Aaah, sigh of relief! After only 3 hours (Andrew got really lucky and got super AAgent Beth Novak of Tucson) of technical talk (I need flight 9269 from LAN connecting with RJ in AUH at 0900 on 11 Oct *blah blah blah*), we were able to get: our original itinerary canceled, our miles back into our account, a new itinerary ticketed, our miles taken out of our account, the taxes recalculated and credited/charged to our credit cards, and Andrew being offered a job as ticketing agent extraordinaire (in case that engineering thing doesn’t work out when we get back). Life (and Grey Goose Cranberries) is good!


After a long delay due to some thunderstorms here in Miami, we’ve now boarded our plane to take us to Guayaquil, Ecuador and away from the US for the next several months. Crazy! I’m still in shock of this whole trip thing and can’t believe I’m on it. I’m sooo super duper looking forward to Ecuador though. Of all the countries we’re going to, Ecuador ranks high on my list of countries to visit. There is just so much to do from hiking glacier mountains, to river rafting, to hiking through Amazon Forests, and oh yeah, diving the Galapagos. I cannot wait!
Chat soon from Cuenca.