Air Canada vs. Delta

Well, I went to the travel agency again today with the intentions of confirming and paying for my flight home.

Before heading back to the agency I had called both Air Canada and Delta to find out about traveling with Neko. Well, both had the same procedures, but where Air Canada charges 44,000YEN (about $520CAD) for a pet, Delta only charges half of that. So seeing as the Delta flight was already several hundred dollars cheaper, I had decided on it.

And then I got to the agency where Tomoko (my agent) told me that Delta told her that if it was below 7 degree Celsius in either Narita or Toronto, they would not allow the cat to travel with me. So shit, what are the chances that it's going to be below 7degrees in Toronto at the end of March. Probably pretty high I figure. She told me to think it over and that I could come back on Monday to confirm which flight I want to take.

So when I got back home I called Delta again, only to receive a mean representative who wasn't very helpful. But did mention something about a certificate I can get from the vet saying that the cat will be fine in colder temperatures, but even then the coldest they allow is -7 degrees. So I've written emails to both AC and Delta and hopefully I will get some helpful responses as all three airline representatives I talked to on the phone today couldn't speak English all that well and didn't really understand my questions completely.

The Korea trip is still reserved but not confirmed as we are waiting to hear from our AM (area manager) if Kedist can have those days off. That too will be confirmed by Monday morning.

My exciting news of the day though, Ked and I got a package in the mail today from our old roommate Lucy who moved to a different prefecture in Japan. She went to China last month and sent us some souvenirs. I got 2 beautiful red bangles made of glass. I was wearing them early and they make this amazing musical clinking sound...they are great!

We are supposed to be meeting Gavin for dinner tonight, but well he hasn't contacted us since this morning about it...so who knows...in the meantime I'll do some searching on the net for further pet travel info and hopefully get a start on those cover letters which were supposed to be done yesterday...Sorry Tanja will get them to you soon I hope!!!