And we’re off! When I arrived at the airport work was in full swing on the lane rearrangement



Because of the last minute upgrade the KLM app steadfastly refuses to issue new boarding passes so over to the KLM desk that was really quiet. This should be quick, thinks I



And quick it might have been, were it not for the group checking in ahead of me whose every bag was either overweight or oversize because they had bags within bags within bags. A complete faff and a good five minutes to sort their lives out. In the end they wheeled away the largest bag with other empty large bags inside it, I suspect these’ll get dumped somewhere!

Boarding passes printed, the desk agent told me that I probably would not get food onboard as it would already have been catered. When I jokingly asked if she had seen a KLM short haul business box she said she hadn’t so I showed her what I would be missing out on. Her face was an absolute picture and her only comment was “well, at least there are macarons”

Straight through security and into an incredibly quiet departures



I decided to skip the fizz and head straight down to the Aspire lounge which is surprisingly busy considering the quietness of the departures area.

Standard fare on the buffet, I’ll probably have a plate of the pasta a little later.



Time for a Madri or three before I need to head out to the gate in forty minutes or so.