To Layover, or not to Layover . . .

After going through our 6 hour layover in Darwin, a massive thunderstorm blew in. Our plane could not land, so we could not leave. After several announcements of doom, all of a sudden the plane has landed. We eventually departed (90 minutes late), for our flight to Brisbane. On the way, I explained to the flight attendants that we had a connection, and had to transfer over to the international terminal, and we lost 90 of our 150 minute scheduled layover. They accommodated by getting us off first, and we made our way to the next airline check in desk. I have made about 20 flights on this trip so far, and this is the first time a PRINTED copy of our departure tickets was required (from Vanuatu). Heck, printers are not really that easy to come by when you are free wheeling it. So we ended up missing our connection, but they rebooked us for tomorrow, same time (for free). We spent the next hour or so getting a printed copy of our departure tickets, so all set for tomorrow. Ughhh.Read more