Sometimes award flight availability dictates your options and, therefore, choices. While traveling on a student budget, I need to take the options as they are. Sometimes they work out perfectly, and sometimes less so, but my flight delay saved mothers’ day on a recent trip to Africa. Here is the story of what happened: The Original Flight Since I was planning my … [Read more...] about How My Flight Delay Saved Mothers’ Day
Flight Delay
The Weirdest Flight Delay I Have Ever Had…
Flight delays happen too frequently if I am being honest, and I have my fair share of them. However, earlier this summer, I had the weirdest flight delay involving rerouted flights when flying from Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Here’s what happened: This article is part of my Trip Report: Starting Summer in East Africa including: Preface On … [Read more...] about The Weirdest Flight Delay I Have Ever Had…
When Flights Don’t Go As Planned: Delayed in Zanzibar
During the second leg of our Tanzania adventure, we were going to hike Mt. Kilimanjaro. For this, we needed to get from Zanzibar to Moshi. The most straightforward flight was from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport in Zanzibar (ZNZ) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), which we had booked. The day before the flight, I got an unfortunate email: we were delayed in … [Read more...] about When Flights Don’t Go As Planned: Delayed in Zanzibar
