I sat in Doha for my 9 hours and boarded the plane at 0145 local. We were supposed to take off at 0245 but at 4AM we were still sitting on the tarmac which I had not noticed as I had the headphones on watching a movie.
The captain said "sorry for the delay in taking off - we were loading cargo!!!!!!!!!!+*&%$#@+++ - GO FIGURE! QFU QFU QFU! This meant I would miss my connection from KL to SABAH. As we landed in KL. a QATAR agent had a sign with my name on it at the end of the jetway. I asked why they were looking for me. They had arranged an alternate flight to KK on MALINDO airways - where I was originally on MALAYSIAN AIR. I asked specifically about my (2) bags of luggage and we stopped at a counter to deal with the issue of getting my bags to KK onMY PLANE!!!!! (NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) I arrived in KK with NO BAGS on the arrival luggage chute - and spent the next hour with MALAYSIAN Airlines luggage. They worked for quite some time and advised they had NO IDEA were all my stuff had gone. I filed a claim sheet and took a taxi to my hotel. I later hooked up with Krassy, CHRIS VK3FY and Peter VK3GN - for a few beers and a burger at the Hyatt Regency. Then crashed as I was a total zombie - with no clothes except for one tee shirt - and my winter clothes were soaked with sweat from the humidity and2.5 days on the planes. I would try to follow up with Air Malaysia the next morning (this was now SAT night - having left on Thurs night from BOSTON.) Jeff Briggs DXing on the Edge: The Thrill of 160 Meters Available worldwide through BookBaby, Array Solutions, DX Engineering, Royal Society of Great Britain, & Amazon _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband