Episode Report Card Miss Alli: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Faltering Economy
By Miss Alli | Season 12 | Episode 6 | Aired on 12.08.2007
Kynt and Vyxsin are told about the 6:00 AM flight via Prague, and over his shoulder, Hendekea asks how many tickets there are -- the same question, incidentally, that Nate and Jen just asked without incident in the other line full of non-whiners, but of course, Kynt has to step on the travel agent's prerogative to decide how to do her job again, and he's all, "Can we finish our transaction, please?" And I wish he'd stop saying "transaction," because it just sounds like blowhardiness for its own sake. I like Vyxsin okay, but I'm starting to think Kynt's kind of...not very nice.
Over at Czech Air, TK and Rachel are done, and behind them, Nick and Don ask for the same tickets. The agent asks if they want business class, and they're like, "No business class; economy, economy." You'll recall that teams on the race are not allowed to travel business class. Economy only. Nick also notes that it's now 5:10 AM, so they need to keep moving so they can make the 6:00 AM flight. Meanwhile, Christina and Ron relocate to the Polish Air office so they can purchase the tickets they've already reserved. Unfortunately, the ticket office says it doesn't open until 5:30 AM, so that's going to be tight as well.
The travel agent tells Kynt and Vyxsin that they could also fly via Warsaw (Polish Air, ding!), and that will also get in at 11:20 AM, and it leaves at 6:25 AM instead of 6:00, giving them more time to make the flight. As far as we can see, they don't inquire into the length of the layover, which is weird, because you would obviously check the length of the layover. So they decide to go with the Polish Air flight. The Polish Air office where Ron and Chris are is also open, so they pick up their tickets for that flight and get moving toward the gate. And then, back at the travel agency, Hendekea is explaining their need to get to Dubrovnik as fast as possible. It does appear that Azaria says, "Two tickets, economy." Maybe he needed to say it...more loudly? More firmly? While waving a lighter? Hendekea is in a hurry, but he's telling her to relax.
At Czech Air, Nick and Don are almost done, and Nate and Jen are waiting behind them. Nick reminds us that their tickets are on the 6:00 AM flight, same as TK and Rachel. But when they're gone and Nate and Jen step up, they're told that it's too late to get that flight, because check-in is closed. They beg and plead, they have to get on, but the ticket agent is sorry, and she can't do anything for them. Apparently, Lithuanian ticket agents don't like whining any more than ticket agents in other countries do. Someday, our teams will find the magical country where lamenting your situation in a tireless bellow is appreciated for the art that it is. They hightail it to the travel agency, where Azaria and Hendekea are still waiting for their tickets. They fill in Nate and Jen on the 6:25 AM flight, so Nate and Jen decide to try to get that flight, but Azaria sends them to another counter rather than telling them to wait for the agent he's working with. Azaria and Hendekea get their tickets. Elsewhere, Nate and Jen get their tickets as he laments their "freaking bad luck, man." ["...Judd? Is that you?" -- Joe R]