PhoneTalk

Orbitz says

By Joni Blecher Follow me on Twitter
Tuesday, December 05, 2006 (permalink)

Previously, I mentioned I brought a cell phone with me to Costa Rica that I knew wouldn't work there. Why do a such thing? Just in case. You never know when you need to make a call or need a phone number stored in your cell phone's address book. Turns out we did. We got one set of plane tickets through Orbitz. They have a service, like many airline and online travel companies, that sends alerts with the status of your flight to your cell phone. I signed my friend up for that service since she has a plan that supports a ton of text messages.

Turns out we were delayed leaving Costa Rica. The airport actually closed while we were on the plane. An almost complete screening of the The Devil Wears Prada later, we were able to take off. We had a connecting flight in the US to our final destination. We landed and discovered that if our flight was on time we probably would never make it. My friend turned on her cell phone and informed me, "Orbitz says our flight is on time." Foiled. It was late and one of the last connecting flights. We still had to clear customs and get our bags.

I turned on my cell phone, found the number of the airline stored in my Contacts folder and called for help. I managed to secure us both on the next available flight (only a half hour later) before we even cleared customs. Turns out calling the airline direct worked out because we got on the last flight that night and it was packed.

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