Totally random and unrelated happenings
Oct 5, 2017 9:52:21 GMT -6
Post by brandiewine11 on Oct 5, 2017 9:52:21 GMT -6
I feel like sharing a few things from the last few days.
1. Booking our tickets to Germany was a complete PITA. First, the flights increased in price by $300 overnight. Boo. Then, R1 had to book his ticket separately and we could not get the same connecting flight. They wanted to charge me $900 to change it. No thanks. So we have one leg of the return trip were our flights are an hour apart. Stupid.
2. We're trying to get Global Entry for the boys (since all the adults have it - it allows you to basically skip the customs line coming back to the US). I tried to login to the system to get earlier interviews (they were scheduled for January which was first available last time I checked). There is a completely new website that requires them to have email addresses to gain access. Plus you need the member ID they do not provide to you until you are accepted to the program. So you have to call and wait on hold for 45 minutes to get it. Luckily I got a really helpful guy after all that who was able to get us appointments for tomorrow! I still have to get accounts for them which requires me to make emails for them. Dumb.
3. I have a dog water fountain for Ruby. She's spoiled and will only drink running water. It started leaking and put 2 gallons of water all over my kitchen floor. No good. So I randomly called customer service to see if they could troubleshoot. I have no receipt (it was a gift from our dog sitter) and don't remember when we got it. We discovered it was cracked and they offered me a new one for 50% off with free shipping. But I really don't like how hard it is to clean this one so I asked about other options. We found another option and I was offered 50% off the other model too! Excellent customer service and made me happy.
4. I discovered that the stroller travel bag we got 3 years ago and have never used will fit our new stroller too, so I can safely gate check our stroller to germany.
5. I have to iron R1's shirts and slacks today. I've been putting it off for way too long. This is seriously the worse chore ever.
1. Booking our tickets to Germany was a complete PITA. First, the flights increased in price by $300 overnight. Boo. Then, R1 had to book his ticket separately and we could not get the same connecting flight. They wanted to charge me $900 to change it. No thanks. So we have one leg of the return trip were our flights are an hour apart. Stupid.
2. We're trying to get Global Entry for the boys (since all the adults have it - it allows you to basically skip the customs line coming back to the US). I tried to login to the system to get earlier interviews (they were scheduled for January which was first available last time I checked). There is a completely new website that requires them to have email addresses to gain access. Plus you need the member ID they do not provide to you until you are accepted to the program. So you have to call and wait on hold for 45 minutes to get it. Luckily I got a really helpful guy after all that who was able to get us appointments for tomorrow! I still have to get accounts for them which requires me to make emails for them. Dumb.
3. I have a dog water fountain for Ruby. She's spoiled and will only drink running water. It started leaking and put 2 gallons of water all over my kitchen floor. No good. So I randomly called customer service to see if they could troubleshoot. I have no receipt (it was a gift from our dog sitter) and don't remember when we got it. We discovered it was cracked and they offered me a new one for 50% off with free shipping. But I really don't like how hard it is to clean this one so I asked about other options. We found another option and I was offered 50% off the other model too! Excellent customer service and made me happy.
4. I discovered that the stroller travel bag we got 3 years ago and have never used will fit our new stroller too, so I can safely gate check our stroller to germany.
5. I have to iron R1's shirts and slacks today. I've been putting it off for way too long. This is seriously the worse chore ever.
