Whoops

Just as well I packed my toothbrush in my daypack. Must have just been tiredness but all my planning went out of the window when I got to the top of the queue at the gate for the delayed flight to Sydney at Dubai. They pointed out politely that the Emirates flight had left on time at 0930 and that this delayed flight was the Quantas one and that they were not code sharing as I had assumed through my fog of fatigue. After a dazzling display of keyboard skills by the very helpful staff at the connection desk I was booked into the same flight the next day. Which I was first in line for after a pleasant sleep in the Premier Inn at Dubai airport. just waiting for flight number three now from Bangkok...