oh boy did it suck when i went to pick up my ticket (which was confirmed on my travel agent's system) and Garuda told me the flight was fully booked, my name not being on the list. So they put my on a 'high priortity standby list' and told me to head to the airport and hope for the best.
No such luck, so i spent another night at the hotel in Pekanbaru, booked to fly tonight.
Unfortunately the plane they booked me on was delayed by four hours so i've missed my singapore airlines connecting flight back to melbourne (actually i missed my original connecting flight, and the one after that.) Now, as fate would have it, the next flight i can get on is at 9:55 in the morning, which gives me almost 11 hours hanging out in this airport (and i really need to sleep)
Now that really sucks! I did attempt to talk to Garuda when i got to the airport, hoping they'd give me an accomodation voucher or something, but their office was closed.
So fuck you Garuda, I'll never fly with you again.
Only 8 hours to wait until my flight, maybe i can find a comfy place to get a bit of sleep somewhere in this crazy airport.
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