‘ C6-Wednesday, October 8, 1980 - North Shore News CHECK AIR PLANE TICKETS WITH CARE After 20 years of cooking pretty good meals for my family, do you know what’ they remember the best ? Right. The time I made a chocolate souffle and forgot to add the sugar. And, after years of handling the _ travel arrangements, planning itineraries, getting everyone to the airport more or less intact, do you know what they ~remember the best? Right, again. The time we missed the plane! December 31, 1979. Five McCreadies packed and ready for a two-week sun break in Hawaii. Charter flight booked and paid. Condo rented. Suitcases packed. The family up, showered, dressed in sun- dresses covered by winter coats. Friend ready to drive us to the airport. All systems “ ” go”. The day before, I checked with the airline to confirm our departure. That was mistake number one. I] was a bit concerned with recent reports of 747s _ being grounded for mechanical difficulties after an incident at Heathrow Aijrport” in London. Would that make a difference in our 747 flight ? No. It would be departing at 10:25. Great. Here is where the mistake GETTING THERE ts half the fun unless you miss your planc occurred. Instead of checking our scheduled departure time, written on the tickets, I took the word of the gal on the phone. I should have realized that a skeleton staff was holding fort over the holidays. I should have realized that it pays to ask how come there's a delay. It might just have crossed my mind that mistakes can be made when a regular flight departsat8:25 but on Saturdays, the flight leaves later. Who can keep track of the day of the week over a series of Christmas Holidays? This wasn't Saturday but it sure seemed like it. We arrived at the Wardair desk and it was deserted. “See?” growled husband. “You always want to get here too early. You and your two bloody hours before flight time!” We rang the bell, assuming that we could check in our bags and grab a coffee in the cafeteria. Hawaii?” asked the cierk. amazed. “It just left.” “But that isn't possible. It leaves at 10:25!" “No. Eight twenty-five.” It was one mighty unhappy family that cabbed its way back to our house. Our winter coats had all returned home with our friend who had driven us to the airport. The snow was mixed with rain. Instead of spending New Year’s Eve on a star-lit lanai, it was share hot dogs with the cats. Our New Year's trayel- wise by Barbara McCreadie dinner was take-out Chinese food. I felt like the village idiot and my family agreed. Luckily, we did get out on the second of January and added a couple of days at the end to make up the time. Wardair admitted that some of the blame could well be theirs so we didn't lose our tickets. Our condo sat empty while we paid for it. We also had to pay extra for two nights accommodation in Waikiki. 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