I arrived back in Kuwait two weeks ago from a lovely trip back home to America to visit my family. The flight had the most perfect 10 hours layover in London where I met up with a friend to sightsee.
We had both been there before, so we just wanted to go everywhere--not really go inside of anything. But, before we could go ANYWHERE. We had to deal with a horrific American Airlines/British Airways conundrum. Both of our flights (hers from Canada and mine from NY) took American Airlines to London and then were British Airways from London to Kuwait. Well, from the AA side, we were allowed 2 suitcases--free of charge to be transferred all the way to Kuwait. Except, when Georgia needed to get her boarding pass to Kuwait while in London, they told her that her bag limit was one, and she needed to pay.
Of course we were angry, because in Canada and the States the price for an extra bag was $50 but in London they wanted to charge 60pounds (120USD). WHAT? If we KNEW this, we would have paid for the bag in America. (Pretty much, apparently someone from American Airlines was like no no..it's fine, we just won't charge you--hmm, wonder why they went bankrupt--and British Airways was like WTF, why didnt they charge you? So we will charge you now).
After about an hour of talking to AA and BA, back and forth between customer service desks, British Airways overrided the system and let us print passes. After-all, it wasn't OUR fault someone in AA doesn't know how to do their job.
Finally starting our adventure, we took the tubes into Picadilly Circus/Trafalgar Square. They had the big tree from Sweden up just as they did in 2010 (the last time I was there).
Typical London weather, it was foggy-hazy-and-RAINY. :P We didn't mind though, we had boots and hats prepared for such inclement. After wandering around aimlessly, we stopped to see the Queens Guards. A must-do in London. Followed by; Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, Parliament, London Eye...etc. etc. With much time to spare, we took one last stop at Kings Cross Station to take a photo with the famous Harry-Potter-Platform 9 3/4 sign. Then, off to airport for--what ended up being--a MISERABLE flight back to Kuwait. Picture 20 babies crying, 2 brothers (whom HAD TO HAVE the window seat beside us) fighting over/jumping over the seats the whole time, while also kicking the back of my chair. Not even the sleeping pill I took could save me from the monsters on the plane. -_- People need to learn to discipline their children. We even asked if they wanted the aisle seat BECAUSE we planned on sleeping the WHOLE flight...but nope. Anyway, I'm back in Kuwait--back to routine--and back to dealing with more undisciplined children. <3
We had both been there before, so we just wanted to go everywhere--not really go inside of anything. But, before we could go ANYWHERE. We had to deal with a horrific American Airlines/British Airways conundrum. Both of our flights (hers from Canada and mine from NY) took American Airlines to London and then were British Airways from London to Kuwait. Well, from the AA side, we were allowed 2 suitcases--free of charge to be transferred all the way to Kuwait. Except, when Georgia needed to get her boarding pass to Kuwait while in London, they told her that her bag limit was one, and she needed to pay.Of course we were angry, because in Canada and the States the price for an extra bag was $50 but in London they wanted to charge 60pounds (120USD). WHAT? If we KNEW this, we would have paid for the bag in America. (Pretty much, apparently someone from American Airlines was like no no..it's fine, we just won't charge you--hmm, wonder why they went bankrupt--and British Airways was like WTF, why didnt they charge you? So we will charge you now).
After about an hour of talking to AA and BA, back and forth between customer service desks, British Airways overrided the system and let us print passes. After-all, it wasn't OUR fault someone in AA doesn't know how to do their job.
Finally starting our adventure, we took the tubes into Picadilly Circus/Trafalgar Square. They had the big tree from Sweden up just as they did in 2010 (the last time I was there).
Typical London weather, it was foggy-hazy-and-RAINY. :P We didn't mind though, we had boots and hats prepared for such inclement. After wandering around aimlessly, we stopped to see the Queens Guards. A must-do in London. Followed by; Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, Parliament, London Eye...etc. etc. With much time to spare, we took one last stop at Kings Cross Station to take a photo with the famous Harry-Potter-Platform 9 3/4 sign. Then, off to airport for--what ended up being--a MISERABLE flight back to Kuwait. Picture 20 babies crying, 2 brothers (whom HAD TO HAVE the window seat beside us) fighting over/jumping over the seats the whole time, while also kicking the back of my chair. Not even the sleeping pill I took could save me from the monsters on the plane. -_- People need to learn to discipline their children. We even asked if they wanted the aisle seat BECAUSE we planned on sleeping the WHOLE flight...but nope. Anyway, I'm back in Kuwait--back to routine--and back to dealing with more undisciplined children. <3