Back in NYC (for now)
by david daly on 09/25/10
The trip home from Costa Rica was a bit long- 13 hours of travel time in total over 3 flights so I'm very happy to be back in NYC, even if just for 3 days. My connection in orlando was a nightmare- had to go through US immigration which had a massive line. Somehow they didn't seem to be prepared for a Virgin Atlantic A340, Lufthansa 747, and our jetBlue A320 to all be landing at the same time- even though I'm pretty sure they could have looked at any of the arrival screens and seen that! Then I had to grab my luggage and recheck it at an abandoned counter where a janitor told me "don't worry, someone will take care of it". So I said farewell to my luggage, not sure if I'd ever see it again and booked it back through security just in time to catch my flight. I may have cut ahead of a few people but in a crisis anything goes to make a flight ;)
So of course my bag didn't turn up at JFK. I went to the baggage office and the representative typed for 45 minutes frantically just like a scene from Meet The Parents and printed out a receipt and assured me they would find my bag and deliver it. I also scored a $30 voucher for the inconvenience which I will be putting to good use. Low and behold my bag was delivered to my apartment yesterday, just in time for me to unpack and repack for Monday.
Be sure to check out all of the Costa Rica pictures on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/New-York-NY/The-Amazing-Travel-Concierge/154340934580841?ref=ts
And if you can make a donation to BBBS of NYC they would love any and all support!
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