Airport Stories

Overbooked Flights Cause Missed Cruise

May 26, 2010 Airport Stories

I have such a nightmare vacation story it doesn’t seem real…but trust me, it is. I wish it wasn’t. Let me also explain the man I was traveling with has over 1.5 MILLION air miles with American Airlines. Then when you add in all the other airlines he has flown, all over the world, he [...]

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Leader Of The Pack

May 15, 2010 Airport Stories

For several years, my family and I lived outside of London in the UK. Being Americans, each summer we’d always try to travel back to the States to see friends and family for a couple weeks. This time, my mom and I were flying from London Heathrow airport to Dallas-Ft. Worth by way of a [...]

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Freeway Accident Leads To Missed Flight

May 2, 2010 Airport Stories

I was traveling from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Ontario, California, to visit my family. United Airlines had the best bang for the buck at the time, but it meant a stop-over in San Francisco. I was OK with that. Usually I give myself a good hour or more to get to the airport and [...]

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DisUnited

April 19, 2010 Airport Stories

I was originally slated to fly out of SFO on flight 158, service to Hartford, CT at 11:59 pm, 6/20/09. I received two emails and two phone calls from United’s automated system stating that the flight was delayed from 11:59 pm to 12:39 am (on 6/21/09). I checked into the flight early Saturday morning, but [...]

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Perplexity Over Screening Of Leg With Pins

April 13, 2010 Airport Stories

We were traveling from Las Vegas to Pittsburgh in 2002. While waiting to go through security, I was behind a young man who had been in a car accident and was on crutches. And his right leg had external pinning, that is, his leg had an outside metal pin system holding his broken bones in place. [...]

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The Gall Of Garuda

April 11, 2010 Airport Stories

Six years ago I was standing with friends in one of the check-in lines just before making the return trip from Bali to Australia. I first went to Bali in 1969 and immediately fell in love with the island and its people. I have been back many times since. On moving slowly up the line [...]

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Security Screening Misses Potential Weapons

April 10, 2010 Airport Stories

I consider myself a rather experienced traveler. I have MVP status and travel for business and pleasure. I also have a routine prior to traveling – when I pack I take my drill and tool kit out of my laptop bag and put it in my checked baggage. It was a hectic Monday morning when [...]

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Security Agents Lack Sensitivity

March 18, 2010 Airport Stories

Last year I was flying from Philadelphia to Los Angeles right before the holiday of Passover. Lucky me, I was chosen for the extra security screening — no big deal, really, since I was two hours early for the flight. The family before me in the extra security screening were Orthodox Jews with a lot [...]

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Forced To Cut Cast Off

March 18, 2010 Airport Stories

I am contacting you regarding easyJet and the way they treated me while travelling with them recently. I have not had much luck in getting a decent response from them – having sent 4-5 letters and emails to their customer services department, and all senior members of management.  I have had replies to my emails, but [...]

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Interminable Lines And Other Misfortunes

March 14, 2010 Airport Stories

I had the wonderful experience of flying with a toddler recently. My daughter is well behaved, adorable (of course all parents say that!) and rather soft spoken. Our flights were great. The Orlando airport was not. Our flight to Orlando was one of the best I have ever had. We were hoping for the same [...]

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