To avoid any card based dramas on the bus journey back to the airport, I prepaid for my ticket online and I was transported smoothly to the rather decadent frontage of the building.
I did have a relaxing lounge visit at this point, but to surprise and delight my two loyal blog readers, I’ll post about that separately as it’s sensible to ration excitement.
It’s a large, clean and organised terminal. The security process took under three minutes and the border control was once again automated, as I didn’t need stamps, so I was through to airside within five minutes. All very efficient.
There were a lot of size checks on bags at the airport and some people got caught out. I’m afraid I’m on the side of Wizz Air here, they’re not stopping marginal bags, but they are stopping bags which are nowhere near the size limit. They must have taken around £250 or so in extra charges which is no doubt annoying for the passenger, but they probably need to try and at least be near to the official limit to have some sort of chance of getting away with it.
The aircraft registration was HA-LXB, not one that I’ve been on before. There were three buses to the aircraft and the doors of all three opened immediately, creating something of a huddle from those who felt the need to rush aboard. I just stay out of it and let the chaos play out.
Goodbye to the hills of Albania…. The journey was uneventful, the crew were once again friendly and efficient, although I couldn’t hear the announcements from the pilot. The seating Gods had given me a middle seat, but it was a relatively short flight and I kept myself amused watching YouTube videos.
And safely in Leipzig, fully ready for me to complain about Deutsche Bahn.