This is the update from in-county, we have arrived. I will start at the week before departure. Our packing went very well; we shipped 2 large boxes (140lbs) by FedEx on the Friday before our Sunday departure. Our shipping allowance of $800.00 covered this cost (we hope). We had a Friday night dinner with 4 of our friends; it was very special that they went to the trouble for us. It was greatly appreciated.
On Saturday morning, we went down our check list of items and most everything was taken care of. I did go by the Bank of Athens ( they have been great) for Travelers Checks and cash for the trip. We finished our packing, which included 2 large suitcases each, a carry-on bag and a computer bag, which doubled as a carry-on for some things which wouldn’t fit anywhere else. We weighted the large bags as we were limited to 70 lbs per bag. All were about 65 lbs so that was a go.
Sunday morning our daughter and son-in-law arrived to take us to the plane for an afternoon departure. Getting everything loaded even in their SUV was a little tight. Oh, did I mention the golf clubs, we decided to take them as extra baggage, if the airlines would let allow it. If not they would go back home, but it was cheaper to take them as extra baggage than ship them earlier.
We got to the flight about 2 hours before departure which was good because we had “prepaid tickets” which they only process a couple of times per year, so it took reading a manual for the USAir staff to make it happen. The first scare was when I placed the bags on the scale, the lady told me they were 15 lbs overweight, no way, I had weighted them at home and they were only 65 lbs and we were allowed 70lbs per bag. After I finished panicking because I had no clue what to do with the extra stuff at this stage, we figured out that on International flights, the limit is 70 lbs and we were OK (50 on domestic). The next incident was almost as much fun; we got the full TSA inspection experience because we had one way tickets purchased in the
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