A VERY UP AND DOWN DAY !
I knew I was going to end up here, I just didn’t realise the rest of the story!I was looking for a flight from England to Tallinn, Estonia. I was new to the internet, but a ridiculously low price came up with a telephone number to ring of a travel agent. Not only was it really that price, but on Finnair as well! I could not believe my luck. I gave my credit card details and a paper ticket arrived a few days later. It did not show a change of plane in Helsinki or any arrival time. It was a very vague ticket. On the appointed day I arrived at Manchester Airport handed over my ticket and passport and received a single boarding pass. There was some vague discussion of re-checking in at Helsinki. Fair enough. So I went for a beer in the bar before boarding the plane. Then as soon as the small, narrow plane took off – I was offered another beer. In fact, at that time, Finnair’s policy was “ask...
