\u00c9g sem s\u00e9 var a\u00f0 koma til landsins r\u00e9tt \u00ed \u00feessu eftir a\u00f0 hafa \u00e1tt g\u00f3\u00f0ar stundir me\u00f0 fj\u00f6lskyldunni \u00ed Nor\u00f0ur Kar\u00f3l\u00ednufylki. En alla vega.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g m\u00e6tti \u00e1 flugv\u00f6llinn \u00ed Raleigh r\u00famlega 12:00 \u00e1 h\u00e1degi a\u00f0 sta\u00f0art\u00edma og til a\u00f0 “check-a” mig inn. \u00c9g ger\u00f0i reyndar tilraun til \u00feess \u00e1 netinu daginn \u00e1\u00f0ur en f\u00e9kk villumeldingu um a\u00f0 hringja \u00ed US Airways sem \u00e9g og ger\u00f0i. \u00deeir s\u00f6g\u00f0u m\u00e9r a\u00f0 tala vi\u00f0 Icelandair og \u00e9g hringdi \u00feanga\u00f0 l\u00edka. \u00dear var m\u00e9r sagt a\u00f0 h\u00e6tta \u00feessari vitleysu, \u00fea\u00f0 v\u00e6ri lang au\u00f0veldast a\u00f0 b\u00f3ka sig inn \u00e1 flugvellinum.<\/p>\n
US Airways er me\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfvirkar b\u00f3kunarv\u00e9lar og \u00fear f\u00e9kk \u00e9g villumeldingu. \u00c9g f\u00f3r \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00fej\u00f3nustubor\u00f0i og eftir a\u00f0 afgrei\u00f0slukonan haf\u00f0i reynt hitt og \u00feetta til a\u00f0 b\u00f3ka mig komst h\u00fan a\u00f0 ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0u. Icelandair haf\u00f0i einfaldlega ekki gengi\u00f0 endanlega fr\u00e1 b\u00f3kuninni minni og flugmi\u00f0inn minn v\u00e6ri ekki til. Konan hringdi \u00fev\u00ed n\u00e6st \u00ed einhvern \u00fej\u00f3nustufulltr\u00faa US Airways, sem hringdi \u00ed Icelandair \u00e1 \u00cdslandi, en \u00fear var b\u00fai\u00f0 a\u00f0 loka. \u00de\u00e1 var m\u00e9r einfaldlega tilkynnt a\u00f0 ef ekki n\u00e6\u00f0ist \u00ed Icelandair, \u00fe\u00e1 v\u00e6ri ekkert h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 gera. \u00c9g benti \u00feeim \u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0 v\u00e6ri s\u00f6luskrifstofa \u00ed BNA og \u00e9g hef\u00f0i einhvern t\u00edma fundi\u00f0 s\u00edman\u00fameri\u00f0 \u00feeirra \u00e1 icelandair.us \u00ed sta\u00f0 .is. \u00dea\u00f0 t\u00f3kst fyrir rest og eftir a\u00f0 starfsma\u00f0ur Icelandair haf\u00f0i loksins \u00fdtt \u00e1 “confirm” \u00e1 skj\u00e1num s\u00ednum, gekk \u00feetta \u00ed gegn eftir r\u00famar 30 m\u00edn\u00fatur. \u00deegar \u00e9g var a\u00f0 fara \u00ed gegnum \u00f6ryggishli\u00f0i\u00f0 kom s\u00ed\u00f0an t\u00f6lvup\u00f3stur fr\u00e1 Icelandair um 10.000 kr\u00f3na breytingagjald.\u00a0Ef starfsma\u00f0urinn sem \u00e9g tala\u00f0i vi\u00f0 daginn \u00e1\u00f0ur hef\u00f0i hlusta\u00f0 \u00e1 mig, \u00feegar \u00e9g sag\u00f0i a\u00f0 eitthva\u00f0 v\u00e6ri a\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 hef\u00f0i \u00feetta ekki gerst.<\/p>\n
J\u00e6ja, hva\u00f0 um \u00fea\u00f0. \u00deessu n\u00e6st f\u00f3r \u00e9g a\u00f0 hli\u00f0inu fyrir 45 m\u00edn\u00fatna flugi\u00f0 mitt fr\u00e1 Raleigh til Charlotte, en \u00fear \u00e1tti \u00e9g a\u00f0 vera me\u00f0 45 m\u00edn\u00fatna “stop-over” og fara s\u00ed\u00f0an fr\u00e1 Charlotte til Washington-Dulles. Allt leit \u00fat eins og best var \u00e1 kosi\u00f0, v\u00e9lin var \u00e1 \u00e1\u00e6tlun og allir far\u00feegar komnir \u00ed s\u00e6ti vel \u00e1\u00f0ur en flugv\u00e9lin \u00e1tti a\u00f0 fara fr\u00e1 hli\u00f0inu. Nema hva\u00f0, v\u00e9lin f\u00f3r ekki af sta\u00f0. Flugstj\u00f3rinn tilkynnti um v\u00e9larbilun sem t\u00e6ki a\u00f0 minnsta kosti 30 m\u00edn\u00fatur a\u00f0 laga, flugfreyjan sag\u00f0i a\u00f0 unni\u00f0 v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 laga tengiflug allra far\u00feega sem \u00e1 \u00feyrftu a\u00f0 halda og engin \u00e1st\u00e6\u00f0a til annars en a\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0a r\u00f3leg, v\u00e9lin k\u00e6mist \u00ed lofti\u00f0 og \u00f6llu yr\u00f0i redda\u00f0 \u00ed Charlotte. Nema hva\u00f0 eftir r\u00famar 60 m\u00edn\u00fatur fr\u00e1 \u00e1\u00e6tla\u00f0ri brottf\u00f6r og h\u00e1lft\u00edma \u00e1\u00f0ur en tengiflugi\u00f0 mitt \u00e1tti a\u00f0 fara \u00ed lofti\u00f0 \u00ed Charlotte, komust flugvirkjarnir a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 v\u00e9lin f\u00e6ri ekkert \u00ed lofti\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 vorum \u00f6ll send \u00fat \u00far v\u00e9linni og l\u00e1tin mynda ra\u00f0ir vi\u00f0 \u00fej\u00f3nustubor\u00f0. \u00dear var \u00e9g b\u00f3ka\u00f0ur me\u00f0 \u00f6\u00f0ru flugf\u00e9lagi, United, beint fr\u00e1 Raleigh til Washington-Dulles, \u00feannig a\u00f0 flugfer\u00f0um m\u00ednum var skyndilega f\u00e6kka\u00f0 um eina sem var svo sem ekki sl\u00e6mt. Hins vegar var auglj\u00f3st a\u00f0 \u00fej\u00f3nustufulltr\u00fainn sem breytti fluginu m\u00ednu haf\u00f0i ekki mikla tr\u00fa \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 taskan m\u00edn sem \u00e9g haf\u00f0i b\u00f3ka\u00f0 myndi birtast. \u00deetta tr\u00faleysi var s\u00ed\u00f0an sta\u00f0fest af starfsmanni United \u00feegar \u00e9g f\u00f3r um bor\u00f0 \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 v\u00e9l kl. 17:10 a\u00f0 sta\u00f0art\u00edma. En alla vega, \u00e9g komst til Washington-Dulles, einum og h\u00e1lfum t\u00edma \u00e1\u00f0ur en Icelandair v\u00e9lin f\u00f3r \u00ed lofti\u00f0 og er m\u00e6ttur til \u00cdslands n\u00fana.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 er l\u00edklega \u00f3\u00fearfi a\u00f0 taka fram a\u00f0 taskan m\u00edn er t\u00fdnd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00c9g sem s\u00e9 var a\u00f0 koma til landsins r\u00e9tt \u00ed \u00feessu eftir a\u00f0 hafa \u00e1tt g\u00f3\u00f0ar stundir me\u00f0 fj\u00f6lskyldunni \u00ed Nor\u00f0ur Kar\u00f3l\u00ednufylki. En alla vega. \u00c9g m\u00e6tti \u00e1 flugv\u00f6llinn \u00ed Raleigh r\u00famlega 12:00 \u00e1 h\u00e1degi a\u00f0 sta\u00f0art\u00edma og til a\u00f0 “check-a” mig inn. \u00c9g ger\u00f0i reyndar tilraun til \u00feess \u00e1 netinu daginn \u00e1\u00f0ur en f\u00e9kk … Continue reading Fer\u00f0asaga dagsins<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,36,39,147],"class_list":["post-3769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islenska","tag-business","tag-consumerism","tag-crap","tag-storytelling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}