No, we aren’t crying, tho it might have been an option today. It actually stands for “West Africa Wins Again”. Today, Roger’s sister, Helga, was to have left for home. She had already begun to think cool thoughts and adjust herself to being cold again. We took a taxi to the airport—here in Ghana—and prepared to say good-bye.
We walked into the check-in area of the airport and looked in vain for the Emirates desk. We finally asked the information clerks who told us the plane had already left. Since we just knew that was impossible, we kept looking. I asked again and found that their main office was in the “next building”. I went over there, found them and asked when they would open their check-in desk. The man informed me the plane had indeed already left. I told him that wasn’t possible, because my sister-in-law’s ticket said it was to leave at 6:30pm.
To make a long story short: Ghana has a shortage of jet-A1 fuel and airlines are making adjustments (exactly what that has to do with them leaving 12 hours earlier than stated on the ticket is still unclear, but I just took it at face value. Had they gotten rid of a flight or 2 all together, I would have understood a bit more, but…). And, the airline supposedly tried to contact Helga but had no way to do so. This is either the fault of the travel agent in Germany, not having given the information to Emirate Air or because they never actually tired to get hold of her. This was also unclear as the man showed us a copy of the email Emirates sent out to travel agencies, making it their responsibility to contact the clients.
Anyway, we are all back home here at the WEC guesthouse. We’ve eaten and the girls, Helga and I are going to watch a movie in the bedroom with a/c! We need a break from the heat.
Praise God that the girls and I went with Helga to the airport—she might still be sitting there (enjoying the a/c) and that they changed her ticket to tomorrow at the same time as the one stated for today.
My quote of the day: Helga said, “An to think, I was just thinking that I was actually leaving Africa and nothing had to be changed or adjusted.” Guess that’s what she gets for thinking!
