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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2014 21:18:29 GMT -5
I was going to suggest it would be helpful for the waving person to offer a bed for the night. Sorry you are stranded. No where more comfy than the airport...
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Post by Jaguar on Apr 23, 2014 22:04:35 GMT -5
It's 11:04pm EDT I hope you and yours are now on that damn plane.
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Post by swamp on Apr 24, 2014 0:24:14 GMT -5
11:09 on plane. 11:48 take off. 1:00 landed. Now driving home. Delta can bite me.
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Post by Jaguar on Apr 24, 2014 0:43:33 GMT -5
11:09 on plane. 11:48 take off. 1:00 landed. Now driving home. Delta can bite me.
Oh shit that's good, but crap you got a two hour drive home.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 7:11:36 GMT -5
11:09 on plane. 11:48 take off. 1:00 landed. Now driving home. Delta can bite me. They suck, wish I could have warned you. They turned a 4 hour trip for my wife with a 30 minutes lay over into a 10 hr trip and 6 hours lay over.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 7:43:29 GMT -5
I am so sorry to hear it swamp. I hope you got some sleep while DH drove. And good luck in court today!
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Apr 24, 2014 7:47:44 GMT -5
I am so sorry to hear it swamp. I hope you got some sleep while DH drove. And good luck in court today!
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Post by gs11rmb on Apr 24, 2014 8:06:16 GMT -5
Two weeks ago, our four hour layover at Newark turned into 15 hours and sleeping on the floor of the airport with a 5 year old and an 18 month old. All that after an 8 hour flight to get to Newark. I don't think I'll be flying United again any time soon!
Glad you made it home, I don't think I've ever been more delighted to walk into my house than after that trip.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 8:45:30 GMT -5
Delta delayed us for 4 hours in Tokyo, 3 of them were sitting in the plane on the tarmac. This was the start of a 12 hour flight. This was followed by delays at JFK. That was my first and last Delta flight, not worth saving $100.
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Post by bookkeeper on Apr 24, 2014 8:59:02 GMT -5
The same kind of delay happened on Frontier last May as we were trying to fly to DC. Not a lot of flights out of Omaha on a Saturday afternoon and the jerks at Frontier managed to keep delaying the flight until the last competitor flight left the airport. Then they cancelled. Thanks soooooo much!!
DH got in their face and got our group of 6 people motel rooms and food vouchers from Frontier. He even told the customer service person that he and I were brother and sister so we would need two rooms. That gave everyone in our group a room to sleep in and an extra room for those of us who wanted to party and drink the airport stresses away.
Frontier did give each passenger a $200 voucher for another flight. We lost that much in ticket costs for events we had planned to attend the next day.
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Post by Blonde Granny on Apr 24, 2014 9:18:05 GMT -5
We are flying to Boston mid-Sept. We are going in a day early just to hopefully avoid the travel problems. Our land & cruise tour starts the next day, so we will have 2 days built in if things go wrong.
Last year we had non-stop flights from Kansas City to San Fran (both ways) both were on time going and coming back.
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Post by movingforward on Apr 24, 2014 9:28:23 GMT -5
So sorry you had to deal with that Swamp. My father was stranded at the DFW airport for 19 hrs in December because of an ice storm (I was meeting him in Vegas). Every hotel close to the airport was booked and he ended up sleeping in a chair all night. At the age of 67 that is not easy. By the time he got to Vegas his back was killing him. I felt terrible for him. Luckily he was able to take some Aleve for a few days and it did end up getting better.
I was once stranded on the runway in DFW for 5 hrs. It was supposed to be a 40 minute flight from DFW to Austin so they had very little food and beverage on the plane. Everyone was getting extremely crabby. One of the passengers got into it with a flight attendant (actually a little drama at least made things interesting). I hate flying through DFW... I avoid it whenever possible.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Apr 24, 2014 9:37:15 GMT -5
I hate Delta. Hate JetBlue, too. Spent 12 hours in Newark airport three years ago, waiting for a flight out to get home. Weather issues were the problem, but JetBlue treated people horribly and lied pretty much the entire 12 hours. If someone gave me free tickets for either of those airlines, I'd burn them.
Swamp, glad to hear you finally got on a plane and let the kids live.
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Post by swamp on Apr 24, 2014 10:37:31 GMT -5
I am so sorry to hear it swamp. I hope you got some sleep while DH drove. And good luck in court today! Nope. I stayed awake to make sure he stayed awake. Got a call from my office at 10:30. I was still sleeping. My partner assumed I was covering court. But he didn't tell me. I made it to court at 11:15
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Apr 24, 2014 10:42:21 GMT -5
I think you should assume that the's covering court on his 1st day back from vacation next time.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 11:54:47 GMT -5
I am so sorry to hear it swamp. I hope you got some sleep while DH drove. And good luck in court today! Nope. I stayed awake to make sure he stayed awake. Got a call from my office at 10:30. I was still sleeping. My partner assumed I was covering court. But he didn't tell me. I made it to court at 11:15 Something tells me I wouldn't want to be the person you were in court for, if it was against them. Nothing like a non-slept lawyer growling at you from the other table. Glad you made it home! Flying sucks.
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Post by Ombud on Apr 24, 2014 12:44:37 GMT -5
Flying to / from NYC with 3 kids in July. Not looking forward to it now. Bad time to read post
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Post by tloonya on Apr 24, 2014 13:35:45 GMT -5
So...have you lost your shit or still having it?
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Apr 24, 2014 13:57:35 GMT -5
I hate layovers. I will pay extra for a direct flight if one is available. I have not had an uneventful layover in years.
Coming back from Ireland was supposed to have a 2 hr layover in Portland. It turned into 7 hours. Late at night so restaurants were closed. Nothing to do but sit in uncomfortable chairs (after a 10 hour flight) wondering how much longer.
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Post by swamp on Apr 24, 2014 15:16:24 GMT -5
I hate layovers. I will pay extra for a direct flight if one is available. I have not had an uneventful layover in years. I would take a direct flight if they had one. No direct flights to tampa from Syracuse. or Sarasota. I think Orlando is about as close as I can get.
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Post by busymom on Apr 24, 2014 15:23:01 GMT -5
Sorry your trip ended on a sour note, Swamp.
Like you guys, we've had too many friends with really bad experiences with airlines. Which is why DH & I drive everywhere we can. I would rather spend a week in a car, than stuck in an airplane, or stranded at an airport, with no end in sight.
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Post by wyouser on Apr 24, 2014 15:31:25 GMT -5
Chiver it took you 25+ hours to get home from DC?!?!?!?! yeah.....not long after JetBlue left a plane on the tarmac for 12 hours in NY, we had a weather issue up the East coast that messed with everything. my colleague and I don't fly well, so we sat at the bar while we waited out hour delay after hour delay until the flight was finally cancelled after midnight. at that point, neither of us was driving anywhere, so we were stuck at the whim of the airlines. a $75 cab ride between the DC airports, sleeping outside security b/c it wasn't yet open, a middle seat (for me) flight home, and a few other obnoxious annoyances later, I finally got home about 25 hours after I got to the airport the day before. I had a thread back then where I vented my frustrations. I ended up getting a free RT flight out of my complaint. shit happens, I know. don't blow smoke up my ass and blow me off when I'm just looking for info to adjust my plans. /end hijack. swamp - how y'all holding up? That just what it is. When you are In DC, you are ON DC which isn't compatable with AC..unless you are listening to AC/DC
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Post by movingforward on Apr 24, 2014 15:34:55 GMT -5
I hate layovers. I will pay extra for a direct flight if one is available. I have not had an uneventful layover in years. Coming back from Ireland was supposed to have a 2 hr layover in Portland. It turned into 7 hours. Late at night so restaurants were closed. Nothing to do but sit in uncomfortable chairs (after a 10 hour flight) wondering how much longer. I am leaving for Ireland in 2 weeks. My layover is in DC (Dulles). I really hope there are no issues.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Apr 24, 2014 15:54:27 GMT -5
I lost my shirt in an airport a few years ago. It got caught in one of those luggage carousels and torn clean off. By the time I got it out, it was in tatters. Best of luck in getting yours back. I know how it feels. If you don't have your luggage with you, perhaps somebody who does might consider giving/selling you a shirt? Just a thought.
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Post by movingforward on Apr 24, 2014 16:01:49 GMT -5
OMG! That sounds like a scene in a movie
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Post by Jaguar on Apr 24, 2014 16:02:15 GMT -5
Virgil it's shit not shirt, did you forget where your glasses are again ?
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Post by Ombud on Apr 24, 2014 16:05:30 GMT -5
OMG I needed this today
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Apr 24, 2014 16:05:46 GMT -5
Virgil it's shit not shirt, did you forget where your glasses are again ?
Pfffft. Those Coke bottle-thick spectacles of his are of no use.
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Post by Jaguar on Apr 24, 2014 16:08:31 GMT -5
Virgil it's shit not shirt, did you forget where your glasses are again ?
Pfffft. Those Coke bottle-thick spectacles of his are of no use.
Well yeah they are no good when he gives them to his cat to play with.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Apr 24, 2014 16:13:43 GMT -5
Pfffft. Those Coke bottle-thick spectacles of his are of no use.
Well yeah they are no good when he gives them to his cat to play with.
Virgil doesn't have a cat. He only thinks he does. In reality, it's little snow leopard that meows.
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