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July 13, 2005
ALMOST FORGOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE LADY THAT SAT NEXT TO ME ON THE PLANE RIDE HOME
I was always warned when growing up was not to talk to strangers...I just figured my mom wasn't talking about the white-haired lady that was sitting to me in economy class with her thick sticky classes, kinda torn stockinged feet and wearing two waist-type purses which made it most uncomfortable to sit,for both of us. I tried to give her the aisle seat but she wouldn't think of it. She warned me that she couldn't eat, sleep on the flight. She was going to the Philippines and I was going to Guam from Lax. This meant I wouldn't sleep because she was so big I wouldn't be able to put my head anywhere that didn't land on her shoulder. I left my book with my daughter so I was stuck. I hoped she had some funny stories to pass the time with..........the first couple weren't fun....she was allergic to peanuts and they made her upchuck and the rest wasn't worth describing. She only had her head in 2 or 3 bags.....after that, I didn't feel like eating either. I was beginning to hate Kiku who have the woman his seat so that she would be comfortable. If the man had died then, he would have spent his etertinity in hell!
We walked the woman out of the airplane after it landed in Hawaii and she felt a bit better. We got to talking about her son in the Manila. She told us that she visited him once a year.
"That's an expensive trip, lady. Our ticket is $2,000. round trip from Guam, yours must be much more since it's further away," Kiku said.
The woman smiled. "Oh no, it's only $1300.00 round trip give or take a few dollars for taxes. I do it quite often.
I have a cousin living here on Guam and tried once to visit her and was told that it would be 7 or 8 hundred dollars more if I stopped here, that blew me away. I just can't believe that the same plane stops here and yet it's that much more to stop here to visit. You people should make a scene about it, you're all getting cheated out of a good deal." The old woman said.. " It seems you folks are getting the end of a short stick."
I nodded my head and agreed. We're hostages of the airline. Whenever there's a monopoly, the consumers are hostages. The carrier can charge anything they want to charge and the travelling public has no other means to travel but to pay the exorbitant fees. It's like the rising cost of gasoline. It you car only runs on gasoline, then you'll have to pay $4.00 if that's how much it sells for.
Eventually, people will find a way to get to where there are more carriers serving a country, where there's more competition and they'll bly there for an exorbitant fee from the likes of Continental air amnesia then pick a non-greedy carrier and fly to their hearty's destination on a side trip, flying back to Guam from either Hongkong or Manila. There are several ways to skin a cat...........someone within the industry will find a way and they'll by-pass Continental and or NWA .....right now, travel's not a priority........too many bombs going off in places we once thought safe........home's the best and safest place to be at this writing!
Posted by auntiecharo at July 13, 2005 07:51 PM
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