I arrived at the Spirit Airline counter at 645AM for a 745AM flight to Boston, MA out of Ft Lauderdale. FL. The rep said sorry you are late and we already sold your seat. They offered to book me on a 10 AM flight for a $50.00 fee, so after arguing to no avail that […]
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I was on a very long flight from Asia to the US (about 13 hours). I was in coach and traveling alone, so I knew I would probably end up sitting next to someone I didn’t know. I ended up being seated in the same row as an older Indian woman, but there was a […]
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Many years ago, I had to go from San Jose to Monterey for a retreat. I didn’t have a car, but there was a really cheap flight from SJC to MRY. The distance between the two airports is 51 miles and it was about a 20 minutes flight. So I booked it and soon was […]
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On an 11 or 12 hour flight from Auckland, NZ to Los Angeles, a family that I would consider to be “crunchy granola” boarded and had the entire middle row of seats against the bulkhead. We were sitting a couple of rows behind them and at cruise altitude when their youngest (approximately 5yr old son) […]
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The story I am about to relate took place in July 2005. I had booked a direct flight from Cleveland (rock on!) to Gatwick (snobville). I arrived at the airport in plenty of time to make my flight, but some British twit kicked over my bags on the way to the ticket counter. I made […]
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I am a bit bemused by everyone’s comments. I would not consider myself a frequent traveler, but I do fly a few times a month, primarily for business. It is extremely rare that I find anything to complain about with respect to the airlines. Airlines are very efficient given the price points under which they […]
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I was waiting for my plane to start boarding at the Houston airport (the flight was delayed, of course). A couple of rows away from me in the waiting room was a man who was droning on and on in an extremely LOUD voice to several women, who were hanging rapturously onto his every word. These […]
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I was traveling with a school group from Texas to Moscow Russia via Miami and Brussels (never used this travel agency again). When I got to Moscow, my luggage was missing. No, not missing. LOST! The airline people had no idea where my luggage was. The problem was that I was leaving Moscow that night […]
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On a recent flight from BOS to ORD, a passenger asked the FA if they could take their dog out of its carry-on bag and let it sit in their lap. I was shocked when the FA said yes! Needless to say, the dog got loose, ran up and down the aisles and under the […]
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Reading about the dismal attitudes of the flight attendants reminded me of a trip home to Pittsburgh (PA) Greater International Airport. Actually getting there was not the problem, it was getting back and having to deal with incredibly obnoxious gate attendants that was the problem. There were a surprising number of gate attendants. This was […]
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On a recent redeye flight, I popped an Ambien as I needed to sleep so that I would be awake for an early morning meeting. Now, Ambien knocks me on my butt as I have only taken it a few times in my life. Lo and behold, the ONE time I have EVER taken a […]
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As I was flying from Auckland NZ back to LA USA (a 12 hours flight), I got to sit next to an older European man with a beret. He said he was travelling around the world. But he smelled like he’d been at it for at least 3 days, both body odor and breath. I […]
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It’s Not The Airlines Stupid
October 9, 2009
in Flying Hell Commentary
I am a bit bemused by everyone’s comments. I would not consider myself a frequent traveler, but I do fly a few times a month, primarily for business. It is extremely rare that I find anything to complain about with respect to the airlines. Airlines are very efficient given the price points under which they […]
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