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Freaky Friday

My first battle was to check in online and book a seat on the Thursday, the night before the BA flight to Paris. It let me do mine on a BA mileage freebie but would not do it for Lucille. After many calls an AA person told me that because BA had booked an AA flight, (something I had no idea about), I would have to check in at JFK and the mere thought was the beginning of a nightmare. I should have known it was going to get worse when Lucille’s luggage was 6lbs over and the check in clerk wanted $60.00 for it. The fact that mine was 20 lbs under did not impress him. So out came the credit card, which began to add costs and complications to a trip booked a long time ago. Lucille and I have traveled all over the world, but this trip was to meet friends, neighbors from CT in Derbyshire where they had arranged to christen their son, Stevie. We had decided that as we were traveling to Europe we would go on to France and spend time in our favorite place, Theole Sur Mer, just outside Cannes. T...