Our flight wasn’t scheduled until 3;45 pm so we were able to sleep in. I printed our boarding passes from home and to our surprise Ron and I were both exempted from taking off our shoes or having our bags checked for electronics. Yeah, getting through security and leaving our shoes on it cool.
At the airport I did remember to tell the TSA guy that I had a knee replacement so I was diverted to an x-ray machine instead. Yuck! We arrived at the airport two hours before our flight so we settled in for the wait.
Our plane left on time and was pretty uneventful arriving in Boston at 11:55 pm. Alaska has a guarantee that your bags will be on the carousel within 20 minutes of debarking the plane or they will pay you $25.00 for any delay.
Sounds good – not so much. Instead they make you sit on the plane at the gate until all the luggage is unloaded. After a 6 hour flight one does not want to sit on the plane unnecessarily. People were not happy.
Finally we were allowed to leave. We arrived in baggage claim and our friend Wes was there to meet us. It was now 12:25 am. We waited and waited for our bag and once again (remember our return from South America) and no bag. We only checked one bag and we had left it with the ground crew at 2:20 pm Seattle time.
The baggage claim rep asked if we were on the Seattle flight and if we were waiting for our bag. Yes!!!! Well, it never made it on the plane and now it is 1 AM and no bag. They told us TSA was responsible and our bag was not arriving in Boston until the 7:30 am flight from Seattle arrives.
Everyone is gone and our luggage is not here!
They gave us a $100.00 voucher for another flight but we have not received it as yet and then sent us on our way. I’ll just add that I called Alaska Air at 9 am to see if my bag had arrived. It had, and I was told it was being put on a truck for delivery and I should receive it in two hours. By 3 pm I called again and was told by someone different it was not put on the delivery truck but they would expedite it so my bag would arrive shortly. Shortly never happened and at 6:30 pm I called again. The dispatcher told me my bag was on the truck but not to expect it before 4 am and where could they leave it.
HMMM- too many stories – but the bag was finally delivered and the note from TSA stated they did not open my bag until 4:10 pm – 15 minutes after my flight left. So what were they doing with my bag for two hours?????
We will be heading to Maine to visit our northern family then on to The Moorings CG for a week overlooking the ocean. More blog to come.