AugustHope I get on my flight for #Seattle today (I'm first on some sort of "wait-list", thanks #AlaskaAir)
I'm sitting on a seat on the plane, so at least one thing didn't go wrong today. Next stop, Seattle!
Oh yeah, so what went wrong today. First, I had scheduled a #GlobalEntry interview with DHS for the morning I depart, which is convenient, don't have to pay for parking, etc.
Or it would be, if I didn't forget which side of the International Terminal office it was on, and have to run across the airport while carrying all my bags.
I arrived 3 mins late to my appointment, an appt that took me 2 months to get. The next available one was in July. Things were not looking good.
Thankfully, things turned out fine, they were nice enough to see me after letting me sweat for 10 mins.
Interview was fairly straightforward.
I did mention I would be flying out, and wondered if I would be able to make use of TSA Precheck benefits that day. The officer said the approval could take as short as 30 mins, but no guarantee.
Now, when would you say the worst time to receive the Precheck approval notice would be? If you said "while you were taking off your shoes, after waiting 20 mins in the normal TSA line, in view of the clear Precheck line", then I would agree with you. 🤦
Also, for a short while, I lost my smartwatch. (Blame having to take it off in the first place at regular TSA.) Someone thankfully turned it in, but for a sec I thought I might finally splurge and get the new #PixelWatch for myself. 😅
Anyway, the reason why I didn't wait a bit was bc of that wait-list thing from earlier, I thought I was in the clear the night before since I checked in early, and was #1. But apparently that wasn't a guarantee, they assigned hella people below me before finally getting to me (when I went up to volunteer to gate check my bag).
And that turned out to be a mistake, my bag's handle got damaged. ðŸ˜
Well that turned out better than expected. Thought I'd get $20 or so, but instead I got a $75 certificate for travel. Maybe I got lowballed in actuality, but for someone who hates confrontation I call this a W, thanks #AlaskaAir.
Now, onto light rail!
Back to negative, I gave myself a paper cut (plastic cut?) on my broken bag handle. Used the claim tag to wrap it up, but it ain't great.
Being nice to the customer service rep may have resulted in me getting 2x $75 vouchers??? #AlaskaAir goated once again.