Tá lá nuair is gá dúinn a fhios ag Tuigeann Dia dár n-imní – go háirithe nuair a thagann sé le cúram a ghlacadh ar thuismitheoirí aois. Mo bhean chéile agus mé a bhíonn dhá surprises gan choinne.
29/Meitheamh / 2015. Gá Mo bhean a fháil chun Sydney ar eitilt níos luaithe ag an nóiméad an-deireanach. Bhí mé a athrú a eitilt imeacht lá amháin níos luaithe ó 1 Iúil go 30 Meitheamh. The ticket was a simple lowest cost economy class that was originally booked in April. I requested for the change less than 36 uair an chloig roimh imeacht. Get this. Fuair mé suíochán, but here’s the amazing thing…I also got a $7.90 aisíoc. I can understand we have to pay a changing fee (rud a rinne mé) but I got a shock of my life when I received a refund from Qantas Airways. Ní raibh mé a bhíonn shampla nuair a fuair mé aisíoc le haghaidh eitiltí ag athrú!
Cad é chomh suntasach faoi fáil beagán $7.90 aisíoc? Ceart déileáil go mór? Well it was a big deal. Mo bhean chéile sceidealta ar dtús chun dul go dtí Sydney ar 1 Iúil a freastal ar bainise teaghlaigh. An unexpected incident happened where her mum suddenly suffered a stroke, and my wife had to rush to see her before 1 Iúil. An emotion searbh-milis dul go dtí an cabhair ceann grá, agus ceiliúradh bainise a bhí an tseachtain chéanna deacair.
27/Jul/2015. My wife was now back in Singapore. My wife planned to go back to Sydney to see her mum and family again. Her desire was to go on 3 Lúnasa. Flights to Sydney were very expensive at this time of the year. I had been monitoring the airfare on Scoot, Qantas, Singapore Airlines over 2 seachtaine. All expensive. Using my Singapore Airlines frequent flyer points to redeem a seat on the cheapest Economy Saver class at the end of July/early Aug was extremely difficult, to say the least. Frequent flyer seats were available, but they were on a higher class.
On that morning, I logged in to the Singapore Airlines website. What were the chances of getting a Economy Saver seat to Sydney on 3 Lúnasa? I proceeded to check. Do mo iontas … lo and behold, there was one available seat at the 8:15pm flight using the Economy Saver class on the 3 August to Sydney. Just one. This was just one week before departure and God provided that one seat needed. I was very encouraged because it is very difficult to redeem frequent flyer seats in general 1 week before departure! I quickly booked the seat. The flight on the A380 was nearly completely full as I was selecting seats for my wife. Once that was done, I checked the Singapore Airlines website, and there were no more Saver seats. 3 days later, I rechecked and basically all the Saver, Standard seats were gone (see below).
Salm 18:6 Deir, "Is é mo anacair iarr mé ar an Tiarna, Cried mé le mo Dhia chun cabhair. As a teampall chuala sé mo ghlór; tháinig mo caoin os a, isteach ina chluasa ". An $7.90 refund and the ability to get a Saver class seat on the exact day we wanted to go, one week before departure helped my faith fly. Ceacht foghlamtha: Pray to God for help when you need it. Is féidir le Dia tú a fhreagairt ar an mbealach is mó gan choinne.
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