My footballing buddy and I were on the v. Early Ryanair flight Stansted to Estonia. At Airport and check in, Passport please. I had mine mate only could produce his photocopy kept securly in his sporran. That's no good said the desk staff. .. he had left his passport on the scanner at home and only brought his copy. Frantic call to his home and SWMBO was not impressed at silly o'clock to get in her car and hot foot it to the airport. Long story short I went on our flight, he bought a seat on the afternoon flight, same plane no refund for the unused sector. I shacked up at Estonia Airport bar and waited etc till he arrived.
Next day got to the ground for the game and that was the one where the ko time was changed due to the floodlights not being up to UEFA standard and the Home team refused to play and the game was postponed. .. so lodsa cash later and no game we trooped off to the bars in town and home.