My Delayed Flight Experience Leaving Hawaii - Changing Airlines / Holiday Travel Problems Dec 2024
Leaving Hawaii
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welcome everyone Adam the woo
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reflection in the sliding glass window
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here as a recording of this what is
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today Tuesday December 17th 2024
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checking out bani Resort you can see
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behind me standing on the balcony here
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my family's room we've had for the over
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the last week we are departing Hawaii my
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sister and her husband are flying back
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to Indiana my mom myself and my Dad
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we're having a day or two layover in Los
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Angeles and then we're going back to
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Central Florida after that and before
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leaving I got my eighth wristband right
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there they're kind of bunched up there's
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eight last year my mom and I stayed here
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I had seven wristbands that you get to
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have access to the pool now obviously I
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got the eighth one right now did not go
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to the pool and hot tub this morning
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it's kind of early heading to the
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airport
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going to California and then home after
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that this is the home stretch inviting
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you to join me it's good to have
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you shall you I don't know how long I'm
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going to keep I might keep these on for
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a few days we'll see join shall you now
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I'll definitely be back this is one of
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my DVC home resorts I don't know if
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it'll be back next year and I don't know
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if I'll ever stay this amount of days in
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the future I'll probably use this as a
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jump point so this is last year's photo
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with the seven wristbands and then this
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is the eight you can kind of see them
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all in there they give you a different
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color each day I think there's like 20
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different
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Hues and colors but I'm going to be
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using this as a jump point to doing a
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lot of international travel over time
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don't know if I'll ever stay eight or
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nine days here again anytime in the very
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near future and I also should say right
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up here on this balcony this morning I
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booked my first international travel
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trip 2025 for
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January no spoilers but it's going to be
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a good one went down of the store
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purchased a few things on the way out I
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got this little oel little plushy right
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there a little magnet and Aon pen with
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stitch on the top and then a few pens of
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some of the characters that are seen
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around this property little souvenirs
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didn't buy spirit jersey or any t-shirts
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or anything but this is what I got
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that's kind of nice about being a
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vacation club having Vacation Club is
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you can park here for free but if not
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like if you and also there are rooms
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here for non DVC members there are like
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rooms anybody could could purchase for a
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week or a day or anything but
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non-registered or registered
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$40 per person but one of the perks of
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having a DVC you get free
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parking you get something at
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least get a few
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things all right parked on the
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roof and $40 a day for what 8 n days
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whatever it was adds up
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I hear a plane that's where we're
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headed all right getting a little fuel
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over here at the AMA station AMA station
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price of
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gas right there
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$4 32 a gallon a
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non self-pumping gas nozzle this little
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thing here does not work a non
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self- pumping gas
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nozzle got to fuel up the rental car
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it's rounded upon if you don't and they
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overcharge you if you don't return it
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with a full
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tack this might be my last little view
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of some
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chickens roosters chickens other
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assorted
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Birds walking around over
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here the parking lot the gas station
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like I think they have a little Nest
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there's a bunch of them right there in
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the bush right there under the bushes
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there they're all right here next to the
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gas station all right dropping the
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rental car for the
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airport flying out soon so as we're
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turning the rental car take a look they
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have little lace stands right here they
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used to give you these
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hello they used to give you these when
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you got off the plane but now they have
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little stands here that you can get out
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and purchase
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them'll give you this when you get off
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the plane anymore over here where the
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Rental Car drop Dr off is you got a
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little mama and her
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children right there and a sprinkler oh
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they're getting wet watch out all right
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goodbye seven passenger minivan there's
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five of us we have room for the luggage
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and everything dropping off the r a car
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now no shuttle needed to get to the
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airport from here you just walk right ah
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there's that fan again there's that fan
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all the luggage they are requesting and
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no one take any luggage up the escalator
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to take the
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elevators however we don't even have to
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go up there we actually just walk across
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this way never
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here have to go through an agricultural
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inspection
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as well all right first
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checkpoint is the agricultural
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checkpoint right our flight is 427 I
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believe I don't see it on the board up
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there but this looks like the right area
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all right maybe about 50 60 people in
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front of us in the regular line got a
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little slip on Crocs be easy to go
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through the little checkpoint
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here little wreath right there got a
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little Wy key Hawaii on the side
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the line's moving at
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a slow but movable Pace got plenty of
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time before boarding checkpoint five
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these are a different type of fans who
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do not circulate as well as the other
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big ones
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all right made it through okay took a
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few
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minutes some shampoo Ginger right here
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that's what this is with most of Hawaii
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or at least aahu there's a lot of open
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air stuff in the airport is also
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included in the open air and as soon as
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you like walk through the little
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corridors you look out and there's
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little open
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air walkways and stuff you can also get
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your lays over here as well here at the
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flower shop there's even a little fresh
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lay stand there now there is a Delta Sky
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Club here we don't have time to go in it
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but right through that little wooden
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door is the Sky
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Club got to get to the gate again those
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open air walkthroughs these are the E
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Gates we're going over to the other side
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to the Sea Gates yeah you got the
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windows there the windows on a little
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sliding track
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and open you got the palm
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trees very Tru all right I asked how far
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C1 was she says about a 15-minute walk
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so we're going to be getting a ride on
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the cart old people for the old people
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for The Who for the old
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people who's old you could do you could
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walk it but not me and your daddy
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especially all right heading to C1
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guys
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passeng CH FR one
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all the way I think all the way over
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there think that's Mighty house right
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there very interesting little seats
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right there kind of low down
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breeze that is a back ours right there
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C1 o have the wey wey
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shuttle will also take
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you Gates as
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well making the announcement right now
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your fin making the announcement right
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now happy to do that for you there is no
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charge please bring me your boarding
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pass and your
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bag that's ours right there this TV
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above us is just playing some static
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which is kind of a interesting Vibe you
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got the the uh little luggage cart going
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over there so also up here because it's
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like open air section you got the white
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noise of the static from that TV but you
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notice those little like stick like
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pongy things right there that's so
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pigeons and birds cannot Roost and sit
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on top of the TV because birds are
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inside here it's almost time to be
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departing everyone around here even the
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character is at a la they all do the
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little uh little Shaka right there I
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believe it is called and this is the
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name of the airport right here a hollow
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and Aloha here's a little side view over
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here looking at the full size of the
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full size of the plane there we're
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sitting in the main cabin we got a
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window seat an aisle seat and then
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another aisle seat in the middle that's
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where we're sitting we're sitting kind
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of in the middle of the plane I think
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maybe right around the wing section on
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this one this is also a very interesting
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waiting area it's got like a little
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second level with some offices or
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something up there it's like almost like
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almost like wood paneling style through
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here design on the side of the glass
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there looks like some birds of paradise
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board Captain's on the
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intercom not good
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not
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good all
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right back to waiting I've had
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experiences in the past when a captain
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comes on and saying they're having
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maintenance issue and they're not
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boarding that
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usually there's a major issue if they're
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not boarding a plane it's going to be
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something that's going to take a while
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so
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not usually it's not a good situation
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when the captain says hey we're not
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going to board for a while we're just
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want to make sure everything's good to
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go but see what
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happens the plane is
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delay in boarding uh the captain stopped
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the boarding he had a message that
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popped up so maintenance is on right now
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working on it to me it looked like it
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was a plugin play type of
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computer piece that they are looking for
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and right now they are looking for the
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park on this island
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once they find the part or they don't
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find the part they will let me know and
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then I will make updated announcements
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as I get the information from them I do
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apologize for the delay um I thank you
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for your patience and once I get another
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update I will make another announcement
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PM I do not have any other information
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other than that maintenance is working
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on it right
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now I know a lot of you have connections
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we don't know at this time time the
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flight will be landing yet so once the
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plane is in the air we do have a
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specialized desk in Los Angeles that
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goes through the flight and starts
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rebooking connecting customers so please
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bear with us um we are going to bring
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snacks for you we wait to go get them
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and we will have a snack bar up here for
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you U please bear with me I'm here by
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myself right now anytime I get any new
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information I will come and make another
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an
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I apologize for the delay
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patience we have decided to go over to
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the F1 gate back to the Sky Lounge relax
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over there they made another
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announcement that they are waiting to
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see if there is a part anywhere in
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Honolulu that they can fix the issue on
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the plane so we definitely got a while
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to decide on what we're doing right
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full full bus here
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way over to
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F1 and we'll decide there's a Alaska
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Airline flight at 3 goes to LAX so hang
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out in the lounge see what they say if
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this flight doesn't happen then we might
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have to switch
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Airlines cuz I was looking with Delta
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the next flight is at 9 so if that plane
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doesn't take off it' be like 6 78 more
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hours before the next one possibly does
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assuming that one doesn't get fixed so
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all right we've arrived at the elevator
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right when we got off of the bus jumps
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off right at the Sky Club Lounge so if
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the flight ends up taken off we just go
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back up this elevator to the wey wey
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shuttle and back over to our gates
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right was not planning on going into the
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Sky Club today but here we are all the
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little snacks and things there still no
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update on if they're going to find the
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part but just kind of thinking this
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would be a better place to relax at and
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waiting there at the
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gate get some little snacks and just uh
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utilize the Sky Lounge here what is this
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over here you got check this out they
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have Eda mommy in here as well they have
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salads grilled chicken we love some
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edamami they got hummus they got little
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snack crackers little sandwiches some
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corn chowder with bacon right there
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Japanese vegetable curry soup steamed
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white rice mixed vegetables fried rice
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over there with a little spam in it we
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got some sweet and sour meatballs so
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this is kind of my little uh little
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plate full of food here got some Sherie
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veggies things like that some
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broccoli all right we'll snack
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I'm looking at this and it says
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boarding right there but it has been so
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un boarding for a while say it's 1:10
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it's scheduled to leave at noon but
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right now it's uh still just sitting at
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the boarding thing but it's not boarding
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cuz they're looking for that part
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somewhere
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in got too they have a I'll be right oh
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thank you they have a shave ice machine
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in here as well so yeah when in Hawaii
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you can get a little shave ice here in
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the Delta Skyland which is kind of neat
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Elvis Presley right there you got bet
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Midler and you got Don Ho check out bet
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Midler right there in the middle and
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Elvis from this uh this artist right
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here has done a little rendition of
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Elvis and bet
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23 all right giving us a 230 departure
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now we'll see what happens all right I
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have booked a different
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Airline I was talking to the associate
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in there he said they have a thing
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called rolling delays where every hour
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they say Okay 1:30 it's going to be
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delayed till 2:30 and then 2:30 to 3:30
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and then 3:30 to 4:30 so I said well
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there is another airline E2 right there
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that's boarding Su should I go ahead and
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book that he goes I personally would
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recommend based on experiences to go
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ahead and book that and then just get
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the voucher for the cancel flight
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through Delta so that's what I
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did and no seat assignment till I get
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over there but I booked one for me mom
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and dad and I was looking when I booked
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the ticket look like all that was
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available was a row of three seats at
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the exit row so that might
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be that might be the option as long as
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there's seats on it it's all that
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matters
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I just have a feeling we would not be
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getting to LA
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today on that Delta flight or it
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wouldn't be
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anytime anytime soon all right the
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flight is boarding now trying to figure
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out what seats we're in just trying to
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get us a row if not we might be
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scattered a little bit
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so the flight has started boarding as a
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Christmas tree right out here we are
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sitting in seat Road 6de E and
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F originally we were going to have an
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exit row and she goes oh I got another
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row with a little more leg well not a
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little more leg room but actually has a
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window do you want that one said yeah so
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we're in group b entering
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on Alaska Air not
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Delta all part of the experience all
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right we're on board this is a 737 ax n
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Max equipped with
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rafts also got a message from the Delta
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flight I had say went ahead and cancel
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the three seats on the Delta flight and
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those will go into like a
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voucher but they're over in pretty good
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amount of lever room the seats are teeny
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and Tiny though we're scrunched together
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but it's okay it's not bad when you're
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sitting next to family you're scrunched
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rather than a stranger
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but I got a notice saying that the
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original Delta flight which is going to
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leave at noon is now been push back to
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500 p.m. and I also
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got a message saying that they're going
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to send a meal voucher this is the first
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time since I've been using Delta that
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there's been any kind of issue but it's
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obviously a a justifiable reason and I
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would imagine the flight from the
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original Delta flight will probably end
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up taking off it's just going to be so
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late that I don't want to get into La
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you know at midnight or after
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so got some leg room and a very good
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afternoon folks Al Hall flight number
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866 now a service to Los Angeles Los
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Angeles not your travel pans today
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that'll be excellent time set for the
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right
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direction we thank you for being mindful
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find you your seat please are securely
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fast all those carried on B make sure
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all the
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wayle easy access to theer we got our
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bags above our head seat tables up right
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a lock press down the hold should
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be
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asag bumper bags 16 17 make sure your
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window shades are open and a dog he
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scared wonder what they
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do
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doggy still confused
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doggy oh he's probably wondering what's
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going on it's an Australian
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Shepherd
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she and meet up with his owner when we
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land and I know I stated this when we're
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walking through it but it is unusual to
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look out of the plane
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window and then just see the little
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walkways that are open air like that
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it's not what you get at regular
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airports you do in
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Hawaii up front we have Captain Todd
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firsts officer Joe that's going to
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flying time prosect Pond today is going
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to be uh 4 hours and 51 minutes we'll be
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bu here out 35,000 ft right now they're
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showing arrival time estimated at uh
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10:43 please not there is a 2hour time
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change now and weather L s's a beautiful
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day clear skies temperature CR about 60
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2° my name is Greg we've pretty much
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been sitting here like 20 to 30
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moved I know what's going
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on as soon as I said that nothing was
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happening something started happening
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like a little parade going on down
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there see the skyline over there I've
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also never seen this the guy that has
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the little baton he's driving it the
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Baton I mean it seems like that would
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make a lot of sense to do that but I
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don't think I've ever seen it it
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actually happen usually they're like
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just
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walking but he's like driving the little
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little car thing
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there I fly enough to when something is
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a little out of the ordinary indiffer
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it's very noticeable
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oh
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sck the stick is
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bad there you I think the coffee I think
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the coffee might be so hot that it
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warped the
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stick yep blasing air stump Town Coffee
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got a little bis off here little mini
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pretzel some clouds out the window there
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nothing but ocean for the next 5 hours
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lot of really great cloud formations
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out on this flight lots of clouds
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a small tra around make sure main seat
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at the
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SE we got to get a little
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turbulence she had quite a bit of
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turbulence taking off out of
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Hawaii it's been pretty mellow though
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the last hour but evidently according to
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the announcement is going to get bumpy
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again
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something they had on this flight is
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orange guava juice also known as POG she
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was
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saying have a little orange guava
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juice all right coming in off the ocean
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starting to see some glimmers of
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landfall got Los Angeles Greater Los
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Angeles area going to be landing very
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very soon covered a lot of miles across
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the
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ocean about to land in California go for
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many many hours of nothing maybe some
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clouds and then darkness and the sea in
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the sea and now civilization once again
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downtown LA right there in the center of
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the screen right over there is all the
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sky of La all right here we go almost T
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town about five well 10 more seconds 5
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more seconds
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successfully
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landed got to head down to ground level
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and take the shuttle over to the ride
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share area also I think this information
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thing here has seen better
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days it's been
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smushed damaged was also look at the
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flight we were going to be on finally
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left around 5:30 5 hours and 20 minutes
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later it's going to arrive around 1 a.m.
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right now it's
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11:15 so two more hours our original
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flight would have landed
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but we're here now
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LAX Los Angeles International
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Airport we've
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arrived all right so you got rental car
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bus over there got to find the bus that
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takes you over to the
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it all right it's by the green pole here
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this is the ride share taxi bus ah
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another one has
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arrived maybe not yeah right here
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all right going to order an Uber get to
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our
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hotel all right got to go over here to
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this there's a lot of look at all these
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stickers sticker
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slapping I think this is the pickup zone
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for Uber I
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think I think it
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is I think it
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is yeah here we
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go about 5 minutes away went ahead and
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ordered
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one and that's going to do it for today
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got here not here too long got a day or
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so relax and
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then head onward
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no longer in
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Hawaii thanks for watching I'll see you
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