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Aug 21, 2009, 5:18 PM

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It's difficult to piece together what happened from the few details you posted. Could you please be more detailed as to what happened, where, and when. All I can put together is that you were in Newark, somehow wound up in Kansas City, then drove to St. Louis to pick up your bags which somehow were flown there. Was St. Louis your final destination and you were somehow diverted to Kansas City?

If you care to fill in the blanks, please do. If not, that's just fine too.

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