![]() Twenty minutes later the desk agent told us we did not have seats on the flight with no explanation. We were told to stay nearby while she checked in other premium lane passengers. Several more minutes of key entries and still no luck at getting check-in boarding passes for our flight to Greece. The desk agent ran our passports, typed a bunch of keys and a response reminiscient of the British TV comedy show Little Britain’s Carol skit “computer says no”. Turned out the Aegean check-in desk was not scheduled to open until 22:00.įlight check-in opened about 15 minutes early and we went to the business class check-in counter. For some reason we were not able to complete online check-in or airport kiosk check-in, although I had received notification of our flight upgrades to business class earlier in the day. After an enjoyable day walking around Lisbon’s Bairro Alto district, drinking a few beers and eating dinner, we arrived at Lisbon airport at 8:00pm intending to hang out the Star Alliance TAP Portugal lounge until flight time. ![]() Our Aegean flight from Lisbon to Athens was scheduled for 00:30 departure on Monday morning. Our Aegean flight upgrades to business class turned into boarding standby at Lisbon Airport We spent 13 of those hours in the Air Canada International Terminal lounge showering, sleeping, eating and drinking.Īir Canada SFO to Lisbon outbound was bad, return was worse (July 21, 2022). Then, the Air Canada flight delay flying SFO to Montreal in June left us stuck in Montreal Airport for 20 hours before our flight to Lisbon. Never was that more useful than during the two transatlantic trips we made with a 12 hour delayed flight San Francisco SFO to Munich last April on our way to Venice, Italy. My Gold elite status gives us access to Star Alliance airport lounges. We both only needed Aegean flight segments to meet the requirements for Aegean Miles+Bonus elite status. Lisbon to Thessaloniki, Greece for $225 round trip each would allow me to requalify for Aegean Miles+Bonus Gold elite and Kelley’s Miles+Bonus Silver elite. The world shut down two weeks after we returned to Monterey, California from London.Īegean Airlines ran a special fare sale two months before our trip. ![]() We have longed to revisit several places in Europe since our last trip in February 2020 to London. I told myself I would stay in Portugal for all three weeks of our trip and resist the temptation to travel to other places in Europe. Septemwas my deadline for earning Aegean Miles+Bonus Tier points for Gold elite status renewal. Lisbon to Thessaloniki, Greece mileage run for Aegean Miles+Bonus elite status At the end of this piece I share additional articles to come for this trip report. Perhaps Covid brain fog prevented me from remembering I had written a similar post in August. This post repeats much of the information I shared in a previous post two months ago. Now I feel there has been enough time passed to continue with my Lisbon, Madrid and Thessaloniki, Greece trip report. Thinking about the trip was depressing these past couple months. Mostly that was due to problematic flights, although testing positive for Covid-19 on the day we arrived in Greece turned our 48-hour round trip mileage run from Lisbon to Thessaloniki into a week of hotel room isolation at the Holiday Inn. After returning from a 24 day trip to Portugal in June and July 2022, my wife Kelley and I recall this past summer’s trip as the worst vacation we ever had.
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