Miami's airport
Finally, I arrived to Miami. My flight was leaving at 1:45am and it
was 12:50pm. By the time the bags came it was 1:15am. Now I had to run. I was
at gate “C” and had to go to gate “J”. I grabbed my bag and started to run as
crazy. I saw Lan’s counter and no other passenger was there – bad sign. I told
the lady I was there for the flight to Lima
and a guy told me it was too late. The flight was already closed. Oh no!!! I
told him about the AA’s delay and everything, so he recommended me to go to AA.
They had a flight to Lima
that was delayed – what a surprise! – and maybe I could fly with them. I took
my bag and started running from “J” to “C”.
I arrived to AA’s counter and asked the girl if there was
any chance to fly with them to Lima.
No luck. The flight was delayed, but closed and there were no free spaces for
the flight at 4pm. What to do know? Well, if I’d stay in Miami, I would prefer to fly back home with
Lan. So I went again from “C” to “J”. The people working at the airport
recognized me and waved their hands, haha. I met the kind guy at the counter
again and asked him if there was a free space for the flight the next day. And
there was space, yay!!! He even gave me the boarding pass. He apologized he
couldn’t do anything regarding accommodation and meals. Hey! Don’t worry! I’d talk
to AA. So I went back to the “C”. There was a line in AA Counter. There were a
lot of people complaining about the flights. I was not the only one who missed
a connection. There were people from Ecuador,
Uruguay, Argentina,
besides the States.
"C" terminal... now I know this place very well, haha
Ok, so this wouldn’t be a hard fight, haha. I explained the
girl I had to spend 1 day in Miami
and they were responsible for that. She saw the delays were caused by technical
problems and gave me vouchers for the hotel and meals for the next day, haha. There
was another Peruvian who lost the flight to Lima and was sent to the same hotel as me. But
he didn’t get vouchers for meals. Anyway, we both waited until 4am until the
shuttle of the hotel arrived. It wasn’t too bad, at least I wasn’t alone.
The shuttle showed up, finally!!! The driver was telling
us that the hotels were surviving during the low season thanks to AA. They had
so many problems with the flights that a good number of the guests of the
hotels are passengers. The hotel was nice. It wasn’t a ***** hotel, but it was
comfortable and I had a place to rest after a long day running from one place
to another. Ok, let’s see the positive side of the story. I would run away from
the cold weather of Lima,
haha. Oh no! I just remembered I had a meeting on Monday morning. A business
meeting was making me worrying, no it was a meeting with a TB!!! I have been
talking to this guy since he started his trip in the States, finally he was
going to be in Lima
and I’d miss him, nooooooooooooooooooooooo
Well, time to go to bed. I was exhausted…
