It's safe to say...

I'm cursed. So Mother Nature successfully interrupted my travel plans on Thursday. Friday, I set off (yet again) for the airport. The plane left on time (hurray!) Arrived in Vancouver safe & sound. Had an hour & half stop there, before continuing on to Tokyo, then to Bangkok. Fifteen minutes before boarding, they announced that they were going to have to use another plane, because there were electrical issues with the current one.

They found a new plane, and we boarded about an hour & half later than we were supposed to. Unfortunately, due to a shift change and a shortage of staff, there were only 2 people to move all the cargo from the old plane to the new one. We sat on the plane & watched as they (slowly) moved everything. The captain estimated we'd be off in about 15 minutes. An hour & a half later (3 hours after the scheduled departure), we took off.

On a positive note, the plane was far from full, so I had an entire row (4 seats) to myself. Managed to sleep most of the way. Arrived in Tokyo at 7:30pm - 2 hours after my flight to Bangkok was supposed to depart. Unfortunately, there were no more flights that day, so about 20 of us were put up in a hotel for the night.

The bus picked us up the next morning at 6:30 (despite the fact that our flight wasn't until 11am). Plane took off right at 11am, and arrived in Bangkok late afternoon.... Maybe my luck is changing?