I’m at Melbourne international departure lounge…
I obviously jinxed myself by posting my flight departure time in cyberspace. My nice simple itinerary of Melbourne-Aukland-Santiago-BA (17 hours) has morphed into Melbourne-Los Angeles-Santiago-BA. Double the transit time, plus a nice 6 hour wait at LA. The LA thing comes complete with security overkill.
I guess you didn’t need to know that, but I felt the need to share. Promise the posts will get more interesting once I hit BA.