Armavir

This was a messed up day.

Loaded up the car and drove to see the blue mosque and the very impressive cathedral before heading to the airport.

Raquel and i had both done our online checkin the day before and had our digital boarding passes. But once at the airport, Raquel was allowed onto the flight to Moldova but i had been re-booked for a flight there two days later. Which was fairly disastrous for all my pre-booked plans and reservations. Apparently there was a problem with the plane so they switched it to a smaller aircraft with less seats and i was unfortunately one of the people that drew a short straw.

After finding the FlyOne office to complain, and calling their head office, the best i could do is cancel completely and receive a refund. Poor Raquel now had to fly to moldova herself. And i had to figure out how to get out of this mess.

Spent about 90 minutes talking with the airport information girl for every flight that day departing from armenia to western europe and hope i can find a way to belgium via train once there. Discouragingly, every single flight was full. Started to become a very stressful moment because of how much the rest of my trip was going to ruined. People expecting me in belgium, and olympics were in jeopardy. So i had to start looking at the next day. Semi luckily i found a direct flight to brussels.. the unlucky part was the cost: $930. And it was 1:45am, arriving at 5am. But it would save the rest of my trip, so i had to bite the bullet.

Spent the rest of the afternoon back in yerevan killing time at sidewalk cafes, and arguing with FlyOne airways people about compensation for making me lose 2 flights, one hotel reservation in moldova and the costly flight i had to purchase. They did give me about $400 back, so thats a semi victory. And decided time to just move forward.

Booked an extra night in brussels so when i arrived i could go to bed right away. Got there at 6am and passed out. Lets not do that again.Read more