In the weeks leading up to our move, we had many invitations and surprise visits from friends wishing us farewell. While we enjoyed every one of them, it did mean that our last couple of days involved a lot of packing.
After pulling an all-nighter we rushed to the airport only to find that we were ten minutes too late to put our luggage on the plane. So, in a frustrated and exhausted state we tried to rearrange only the most essential items into our carry on luggage.
We tried to console ourselves with the knowledge that at least this time we couldn't lose our luggage in the black hole of Pearson International Airport (Toronto). However, after successfully fitting our items into the overhead bins of the previous two planes, our flight attendant insisted that we needed to stow our overhead luggage underneath the plane on our last leg. We were told that we would receive them at the exit, but I suspected otherwise.
Normally this process does work. The airline places a special tag on your luggage and it is handed back to you when you leave. In fact it has worked every other time I've done this except at Pearson. The airport in Toronto has never failed to lose my luggage, and so even this seemingly simple task was messed up. It turned out that after my suitcases were taken from me and placed outside the door, no one came to pick them up and they stayed in Toronto while we flew to London, Ontario without them.
I was livid when my bags didn't show up. I knew that the bags would eventually be returned to me, but I let the WestJet baggage attendant know (politely) that I was unimpressed with how we were made to leave half our luggage behind and then lose the remaining half because our bags were then too large.
At least it's all uphill from here.
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