I was alone and feeling alone and sad and to help my flight got delayed and I had to sit on the floor of Lisbon airport for about 2 hours with nothing to do!
With a million feelings at a time, and non of them good ones, when the time came to board I was a mess.
I remember packing my hand bag carefully so everything could fit there - it was mission impossible and all because I didn't want to pay the ridiculous fee of 40€ for hold luggage!
As my turn came, the lady told me there wasn't any space left in the cabin so they were sending my bag to hold luggage for free. First I though GREAT, then I thought that If I knew that I wouldn't have had so much trouble trying to fit everything in one tiny bag for the cabin.
I was alone and feeling alone and sad and to help my flight got delayed and I had to sit on the floor of Lisbon airport for about 2 hours with nothing to do!
With a million feelings at a time, and non of them good ones, when the time came to board I was a mess.
I remember packing my hand bag carefully so everything could fit there - it was mission impossible and all because I didn't want to pay the ridiculous fee of 40€ for hold luggage!
As my turn came, the lady told me there wasn't anymore space in the plane, so they were sending my bag to hold luggage for free. First I though GREAT, then I thought that If I knew that I wouldn't have had so much trouble trying to fit everything in one tiny bag for the cabin. With like 100 people around me and almost impossible for me to move, I opened my bag that was almost exploding and took out a small backpack to carry with me. Took my boarding pass, by passport and a book (nothing else) and gave it to the lady and off it goes. Only after I was already on the plane, did I remember I had sent EVERYTHING to hold luggage. With my wallet, money, credit card, boarding passes for other flights, ID, ALL OF IT! I spent most of the time just thinking how I could get into so much trouble if someone took my bag, lost it or opened it! I had no money or credit card with me. If my luggage got lost, what the hell was i going to do? And because of my stupidity, I see myself in this kind of situations!
Everything turned out ok - this time - because I was lucky! But I could have seen myself in a very complicated situation if my bag had gotten lost or if they had made a mistake and send it to a different country (already happened to a lot of people I know!).
If you're flying and you have hold luggage, make sure to have all with you in case it gets lost! NEVER, EVER leave your money, credit card or ID inside your hold luggage!
Safe travels!