Delay Stories

To Paris We Go… After Traveling Through Hell

June 27, 2010 Delay Stories

Summer of 2006 and my classmates, teachers and I had been planning since the beginning of the school year to spend three amazing weeks in France. We made plans to visit Paris, the French Riviera, a ski resort, and castles. We arrived at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport excited about the trip to France. All we [...]

Read the full article →

Could’ve Driven There Faster

May 31, 2010 Delay Stories

This happened on August 4, 2009. I was flying from Baltimore to Peoria, IL, on Delta Airlines, for a skating contest. The first leg of my flight (connecting in Atlanta) went without incident. But that’s when things turned sour in a hurry. The plane to Peoria left Atlanta about 45 minutes late. We get about [...]

Read the full article →

Exasperation Over Engine

May 12, 2010 Delay Stories

We were flying to Orlando Sanford a few years ago on Monarch Airlines from Newcastle. The flight was supposed to depart at 8:30 in the morning. At about 8:00 we began to board. We sat on board the aircraft for 15 minutes when an announcement was made. The flight was delayed for several hours. We [...]

Read the full article →

Weather And Short Staffing Cause Consternation

April 21, 2010 Delay Stories

On June 3rd, I was on American Airlines flight 1300 from Dallas, TX to Reagan National in Washington D.C. A little over three hours into the flight, we were told that because of earlier, inclement weather, the runways, gates, etc. at Reagan were congested. As a result, we were waiting on authority to land, and [...]

Read the full article →

Passengers Boarded For Good On-Time Rating

April 8, 2010 Delay Stories

I was traveling from San Diego to Montreal in summer 2006 when I experienced this nonsense. I was traveling with a couple of colleges for a conference. We arrived a bit late at the gate. I was hungry and needed some coffee, but before I could find a café, the flight attendant announced boarding and [...]

Read the full article →

Delayed, Over-Booked & Misinformed

April 6, 2010 Delay Stories

I want to preface this by saying that I usually fly three or four times a year and have never been on this airline before. I took a business trip from Tucson to Santa Barbara recently on US Airways. Arrived at the airport in plenty of time prior to the 8:15 AM departure. It was [...]

Read the full article →

Air Force One Delays Flights

March 28, 2010 Delay Stories

Having cancelled a flight on Continental due to a military obligation in 2004, I was relieved to find that with a little pressing, Continental would grant me a full refund for use towards a future flight in 2007. That was the high point of the experience. Flying from Providence to Charleston, SC on Continental requires [...]

Read the full article →

Messed Up Trip To Maui

March 19, 2010 Delay Stories

On February 12th, 2009, me, my mother, and a good friend of hers traveled to Maui during the week that I have off from school. Although it was the most gorgeous place I’ve ever been to, I really didn’t think we were going to make it. We got to the airport at around 830am for [...]

Read the full article →

Cheapskate Spends More

March 15, 2010 Delay Stories

I was going to New York from Fort Meyers, Florida, but I had to stop at West Palm Beach to change planes. However, the plane was delayed so we had to choose to take another plane for $40 more, or wait for the delayed plane to show up. I was too cheap to pay the [...]

Read the full article →

Flight Rerouted To Hole-In-The-Wall Airport

March 4, 2010 Delay Stories

Worst flying case was my 14-hour flight from Tampa, FL to New York. I could have used Southwest Airlines, which would have offered me a direct flight to Long Island. But NO, my company wanted me to save money, so I had to take a US Air flight, with a stop over in Atlanta. Tampa [...]

Read the full article →

Page 3 of 912345...Last »