I went back to Japan to visit the local pension office in Kyoto and the
temple in Osaka where mother rests (for the first time). My original plan was
to depart Changi at 1:30 of February 19th by SQ618 and Kansai at 23:00 of 20th
(SQ615), a one-night trip.
I expected to receive an e-mail from Singapore Airlines asking me to
check in online for the return flight to Singapore. I didn’t receive it. I signed
in to its website to search my booking. It said there was no such flight
booked.
I could’ve gone to the Kansai Airport without further checking. But I felt
really strange and decided to call the number listed on the website.
I explained what was happening and the person I talked to said “The
flight booked was for yesterday.” It was not possible as I arrived only “yesterday.”
Then, she said, “Your return flight is booked for MARCH 20.”
Because they were mid-night flights, I paid my very close attention only
to the dates and times, not months… I had booked the wrong flight.
I cancelled the March flight and booked SQ619 departing Kansai at 11:00
on 21th, costing me 67,700 yen (S$859.12) for rebooking and 13,400 yen (S$170.04)
for an extra night at the hotel. This is the kind of mistake you can make only
once in your lifetime. My schedule was to go to Senai in the afternoon of 21th,
which became impossible, causing trouble for my client.
I
delivered the last life insurance file yesterday. That concluded a job of about
six months.
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