I am disappointed KiwiFlyer!! For an early start such as that, you should have had a back-up alarm. Call me paranoid, but I have 3 alarms, from two sources. So if I had to be up at 3am, I would have an alarm setting as follows:
2:50am Iphone
3:00am Clock radio
3:10am Iphone
Anyway, can't wait to read more!! And hope you made your flight (you always seem to just make it, touch wood on your behalf).