E nwere ụbọchị mgbe ọ dị mkpa ka anyị mata Chineke na-aghọta nchegbu anyị – especially when it comes to taking care of aged parents. My wife and I encountered two unexpected surprises.
29/June/2015. My nwunye chọrọ iji Sydney na ihe mbụ ụgbọ elu na nnọọ ikpeazụ nkeji. Aghaghị m ịgbanwe ya ọpụpụ elu otu ụbọchị mbụ si 1 July ka 30 June. The ticket was a simple lowest cost economy class that was originally booked in April. I requested for the change less than 36 awa tupu ọpụpụ. Get this. M nwetara a oche, but here’s the amazing thing…I also got a $7.90 nkwụghachi. I can understand we have to pay a changing fee (nke m mere) but I got a shock of my life when I received a refund from Qantas Airways. Akananam zutere otu ihe atụ ebe m nwetara a nkwụghachi maka na-agbanwe agbanwe flights!
Gịnị bụ nnọọ ịrịba ama banyere na a obere $7.90 nkwụghachi? Big ndibiat nri? Well it was a big deal. My nwunye mbụ e ndokwa ịga Sydney na 1 July ịga a ezinụlọ agbamakwụkwọ. An unexpected incident happened where her mum suddenly suffered a stroke, and my wife had to rush to see her before 1 July. The ilu-ụtọ mmetụta nke na-aga enyemaka nke onye ọ hụrụ n'anya, na-eme ememe a agbamakwụkwọ otu izu bụ ike.
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 August. 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 izu. 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 August? I proceeded to check. M eju … 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).
Abụ Ọma 18:6 na-ekwu, "N'oge m nọ n'ahụhụ, m na-akpọ n'elu Jehova, M tikuru Chineke m maka enyemaka. Site n'ụlọ nsọ ya nụ olu m; m mkpu wee n'ihu ya, n'ime ya, ntị ya ". Na $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. Ihe Ọmụmụ mụtara: Pray to God for help when you need it. Chineke nwere ike ịza gị na ndị kasị na-atụghị anya ụzọ.
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