Waxaa jira maalmo aan u baahan nahay inaan ogaano inuu Ilaahay fahmayo welwelkayaga – especially when it comes to taking care of aged parents. My wife and I encountered two unexpected surprises.
29/June/2015. Xaaskeyga loo baahan yahay si ay u helaan in ay Sydney diyaarad kale xilli hore daqiiqadii yar oo ugu dambaysa. Waxaan u lahaa in la beddelo iyada diyaarad ka tagay hal maalin ka hor ka 1 July si 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 saac ka hor ka tagay. Get this. Waxaan helay kursi, but here’s the amazing thing…I also got a $7.90 soo celiyo. I can understand we have to pay a changing fee (taas oo aan ku sameeyey) but I got a shock of my life when I received a refund from Qantas Airways. Aan marnaba la kulmeen tusaale ah meesha aan helay celiyo isbedelka duulimaad!
Waa maxay sidaas u weyn oo ku saabsan wax yar ka helayso $7.90 soo celiyo? Big xaq heshiis? Well it was a big deal. Xaaskeyga waxaa markii hore la qorsheeyey in ay tagaan Sydney on 1 July inay ka qayb galaan arooska qoys. An unexpected incident happened where her mum suddenly suffered a stroke, and my wife had to rush to see her before 1 July. Ayaa dareen qaraar iyo macaan isku mid ah u socdaan in ay gargaarka ee qof aad jeceshahay, iyo dabaal aroos usbuucii la soo isla adkeyd.
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 todobaad. 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. Si aan amakaag … 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).
Sabuurrada 18:6 says, "Anigoo cidhiidhi ku jira ayaan Rabbiga baryay, Waxaan caawimaad u qayshaday Ilaahay,. Laga soo bilaabo macbudkiisa uu maqlay Codkaygii; qayladayda hortiisa ka yimid, uu dhegaha ". The $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. Dulucda sheekada bartay: Pray to God for help when you need it. Ilaah waad ka jawaabi kartaa habka ugu lama filaan ah.
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