As we normally do, the Car+Travel team booked our flights and accommodation some time ago for the Frankfurt Motor Show in mid-September. It takes two full days to cover Frankfurt, and our Aer Lingus bookings had us coming back to Dublin on the evening of the second press day.
Yesterday an email from the airline said they had put in place a schedule change, and had rebooked us on the morning flight back of that day, which obviously wouldn't work.
We contacted them, and they rebooked us on the following morning's flight. Asked if they would pay the bill for the extra night's hotel rooms, they gave a polite but firm 'no'.
There y'go. The best laid plans are subject to the vagaries, and extra costs, of airline schedule changes.
