Lyon->Saint-Louis->BSL->SXF->TXL->CDG->ITM->KOJ

My friend suffers from being Russian. Mainly this manifests itself in soulful depression and occasional bouts of invading Georgia, but it's now causing him massive travel problems. He's currently on his way to Japan, via the above itinerary. His plan was to go to Berlin, settle some issues with his old landlord, then fly Berlin-Paris-Osaka-Kagoshima for a conference. Unfortunately, his Japanese visa only came through today, and his flight is tomorrow. From Berlin. As is bastardly policy, if you miss one leg of the trip, everything is canceled. So, while it's easy to get to Paris from Lyon, he had to get to Berlin. Moreover, while it's not clear, it seems possible that the university, which bought this ticket, might ask for its money from him if he misses the flight. There are no direct flights from Lyon to Berlin. He found a pretty cheap solution: take the train to Basel, fly Easyjet to Berlin, spend the night, and take his flight the next day. Unfortunately, the Basel airport is actually in French territory, and French air traffic controllers are on strike because there is a proposal to centralize European air traffic control. So his flight tonight was canceled. There's a flight early tomorrow morning, getting into Berlin at 8:40 am. His flight is at 9:55 from a different airport at least half an hour away. Online check-in not possible. The current plan is for his girlfriend (who lives in Berlin) to go to the other airport before him and attempt to check in at a kiosk, so that his boarding pass is ready even if the 9:25 check-in deadline has passed. He may also have to ditch his luggage, at the first airport if it's slow off the carousel, and probably at the second airport with his girlfriend in any case. Oh, and his phone is dead. And the flight to Berlin may be canceled. Stay tuned for the thrilling conclusion tomorrow!