Here's why:
1) Becky bought her ticket a bit after I did. Since she's flying out of SLC, it worked better for her to get to Cancun a day after the San Antonio group, and leave a day later as well. I was a bit bummed, and wished there was a way to stay the extra day to have more time to visit with her since we live 1,500 miles apart and all. Well, the other day I received an e-mail saying my flight had been changed. After speaking with a very helpful Indian customer service guy, he informed me that my connection in Mexico City on my return flight had been moved up and I would need to be on the flight from Cancun to Mexico City at 11:20 AM instead of the original 1:45 PM. He asked me if this was okay with me. I very politely told him that I actually was not very happy about it, that I had scheduled my flight in the afternoon for a reason, because I wanted to be able to spend the morning in Cancun, and that I was not pleased at my vacation being cut 2 1/2 hours short. (Hey, I really wasn't pleased. And I saw an opportunity to get a better deal out of the situation). As he attempted to think of a solution that would make me happy, I asked him if there was any way I could just leave a day later, so as to not cut my vacation short. He spoke with the airline, and promptly returned my call. "Yes ma'am, that is not a problem at all". Now I get to crash in Becky's already reserved 4 star resort and we have an extra day to spend at the beach. Thank-you vacation gods.
2) I have only been working at my current position for about 3 1/2 months. Therefore, I have only accrued about 3 days of paid time off (this of course played a large role in my decision to schedule my vacation so that I would only miss 3 days of work). I get paid while on vacation and at that time my PTO will be up to a little over 32 hours, or 4 work days... exactly what I need to cover my extra day at the beach with Becky. Thank-you vacation gods.
3) I have been fretting about the ever increasing costs of checking luggage. I was originally planning on just taking a carry-on sized suitcase and a backpack. It's only 5 days at the beach, no need to haul my entire closet to Mexico. But then I began to think of the complications. I need to bring sunscreen, aloe (because we are sure to get burnt), bug repellant, and 4 days at the beach makes a razor absolutely necessary. I could go out and buy lots of empty 2 oz. bottles and carefully funnel my liquids and gels, but there wasn't much I could do about bug repellant or a razor. And I certainly didn't want to spend my vacation time scouring Mexican grocery stores for silly toiletry items. As I resolved myself to the fact that we would all just have to split the cost of checking one bag and throw all of our deadly-airplane explosive-sunscreen bottles into one bag, I logged on to Mexican airlines to see how much they were going to charge. Upon investigation I discovered that economy class passengers are allowed one FREE checked bag. What? Really? What is this, the stone age? Moral of the story: Mexican airlines can have my business anytime they want. AND... the vacation gods STILL love me.
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