I thought I had it all right! I usually book a flight online and I make sure I get the dates right. But this time, I somehow messed it up for my return flight. I bought a round trip ticket to visit my mom and I arrived in Butuan on Monday without any problem. I spent the next two days enjoying the time with my mom, brothers, sister, sisters-in-law, nephew and nieces. My uncle also dropped by our home to see us. It was just a quick visit.

On Wednesday morning, my brother and I brought our sister to Bancasi Airport in Butuan City for her morning flight to Cebu. After dropping her off at the airport, my brother and I along with his family went back to the city and spent some time at the mall to talk to some friends and to have lunch too.

Then we went back to the airport for my flight scheduled at 1:15 p.m. bound for Manila. But the guard said there was no 1:15 p.m. flight that day! The only flight left that day was in the evening! I insisted on getting inside the airport to talk to the Cebu Pacific staff.

Return Flight One Month Later!

I found out that I booked the wrong date! — one month later! Thankfully I was able to get the evening flight. But I had to wait the whole afternoon and early evening at the airport. I was a “chance passenger” and first on the waitlist. Whew! I shelled out a little bit more money than necessary for booking the wrong flight! Oh dear…

When things go wrong as they sometimes will, it’s a senior citizen I guess that’s involved hahaha!