I think I’m owed an upgrade.

I’m hoping those flights in and our of Bangladesh weren’t the beginning of an awful flight pattern, but it’s starting to look that way.

I’ll only share a brief overview but getting to Vietnam went like this:

On our way to Colombo for a layover I sat in the most uncomfortable seat ever created. Something in the back rest was broken and sticking into the width of my back. Since it was the middle of the night, sleeping would have been nice. Unfortunately, the “massage” kept me up most of the time.

Mike had 3D glasses keeping him happy.

Our second flight to Kuala Lumpur was also uncomfortable, but in a different way. I won’t say too much because I know it’s a touchy situation… but, I was sat on. The whole 4 hour flight. The man next to me would have benefited from purchasing two seats but instead used about 1/3 of my seat in addition to his own. I scooted over to Mike as much as possible and remained polite but it was awkward. I couldn’t fully lower my tray table to eat because his leg blocked it. Has anyone else been in this situation? What do you do? (Oh yeah, and the person in front of us was puking. Repeatedly. Actually, nearly all our flights involved pukers nearby.)

I already looked like this…and then was sat on.

We had an overnight stay in Malaysia and then an early flight to Vietnam the next day. This was perhaps the most stressful part of our journey. Despite having a receipt from the airline showing we paid, the company claimed we each still owed the full balance. In cash. It was a lot of waiting in long needless lines, running around the airport, and sweating. Luckily, Mike made a quick dash to the ATM and all was well.

So I won’t be flying with those two airlines again, but we made it to Vietnam!

xo, jill