BACK TO ARGENTINA in FIRST CLASS STYLE!

Day 319

Montevideo, Uruguay to Buenos Aires Argentina

We caught our taxi to the Aeropuerto for our 1.40pm flight for 480 pesos (got it right this time!) and once we were there we found our flight had changed to a departure time of 12.40pm! (Thank goodness we were early!)

We scratched our heads about this..and came up with one answer! The time change in Argentina was changed after we´d booked all our latest flights...it seems to us the time change is to allow Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay to all be on the same time zone.

Even when we went through customs we firstly went through the Uruguayan customs...then through the Argentine customs. They seemed to have somehow joined forces. We don´t know what´s happened politically..but at least we now know all our flights will be an hour earlier than planned!

It was interesting checking into the Montevideo Airport check in. The guy was super friendly. We said gracias, and si and all the spanish terms we could muster up...(it helps us get good seats! And together!) We noticed he had a ´priority ticket´on our luggage which we wondered about...and as we were leaving he presented us with a slip...it was a ticket to use the VIP lounge at the Montevideo lounge!!!!

We checked our tickets..and they said D and F. We thought..should we see if we can get our seats together, or should we leave it hoping he´d put us on the isle and the window with no one in the middle! We left it.

The VIP lounge, to be honest, looked a bit daunting. We were in our travel pants, had our small front backs on us, and were not dressed up like we saw some of the other´s were...and also we could not see the boarding times and as we couldn´t speak spanish we thought we´d better not go into the lounge and opted to stay out observing the board.

It was a nice gesture tho! We felt special!

THEN! When the boarding time came up..we went to line up..and showed our tickets. The man at the gate ushered us to move aside.............in Spanish.

We did as we were motioned..and wondered what was up...

Then another guy came and interpreted for us.

He told us first class passengers had to line up there (where we were) to wait for our private vehicle to pick us up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FIRST CLASS!!!

US???

(We´ve never been first class, ever!)

SO....we waited for our bus...and hopped in with the other first class couple..and watched everyone else be loaded up into a crowded bus with no seats...to be driven to the plane!

LUXURY!

We couldn´t wipe the blimen smiles off our faces as we walked up the steps to the door of the plane!!!

Our seats....did not have a middle seat. There were ony two in our isle! We were Number 2 D and 2 F!

We got served orange juice in a glass...and a lunch, that no one else was served.

The flight was only half an hour long..but for that time..we were treated like the king and queen...and it did feel rather wonderful! hehe

When we hopped off our flight and went to the baggage pick up area...our luggage came out FIRST!!! That´s what the ´Priority´ sticker attached to our backpacks was for!!!!

What on earth did we do to deserve that????

Whoa.