Phone was stolen while traveling and I needed to log into my account to get my flight information. Google wouldn't let me log in from a new computer even though

Phone was stolen while traveling and I needed to log into my account to get my flight information. Google wouldn't let me log in from a new computer even though I don't have 2 factor setup. I had to use my 'recovery e-mail' to confirm an e-mail just to login, and that other e-mail address also required a 'recovery e-mail' to login. Luckily my 3rd e-mail down the line of recovery e-mails was at a website that didn't require a recovery e-mail, e-mail. The steps it took to just log into my account without 2 factor enabled was insane. It was a miracle I was able to do anything at all after having my phone stolen. Edit: note I luckily had memorized all three passwords to the different e-mail addresses or I would have been up a creek.