I forgot to set alarm for 415 AM but fortunately woke up at 427 so we were out of the house at 5 AM and to airport before 530 AM. One bag checked, and went to the Allegiant desk to see if they would call Nashville and check about my bag. They did and bag was still with Allegiant and the woman said they would call someone to get it taken to FedEx.
We get into security check line only to discover Aunt Carol did not have her wallet with ID. She apparently keeps it under the seat of her car and not in her purse. Her car was parked at my sister-in-law, Karen’s about 25 min from airport. If Karen had gone straight home we might have been able to salvage the flight. However, after she dropped us at airport Karen started a drive to visit her husband 2 hours away from Des Moines. So she was 20 min the other direction from her house when I called. She had the keys to Carol’s car with her. She turned around and went home to get wallet and made it back to airport before 7 AM our original departure time – so close.
When I first went to desk to explain we needed to be rebooked, there were seats on the 11 AM flight to Dallas but agent couldn’t book it until we got Carol’s ID. By the time we had the ID, those seats were gone, but we got seats at 6 PM to Phoenix and then to SF. In the meantime Karen started on her way again. Upon hearing that our flight was at 6 PM, she turned around to pick us up and we are back at her home until 4 PM.
We had a good breakfast so I am feeling better and ready for a nap. As bad things happen in 3’s I am counting the alarm not set this morning as number 2 so we have had 3. I did call an confirm the hotel this morning. The checked bag will arrive on the original flight so we can pick that up as soon as we land and won’t have to wait for it – a silver lining.
All prayers and positive energy to the Allegiant and Fed Ex gods is greatly appreciated.
Tamara Unleashed 