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Delay Stories

An Expensive Cup Of Starbucks

November 17, 2009 Delay Stories

I left SNA Orange County Airport on United Airlines with my final destination “Fargo, Dakota.” Our connection is through Denver. We landed on time and it was a nice flight to Denver. I proceeded to my departing gate connecting to Fargo, and waited as other passengers were waiting. Our departure time was 3:45 pm. Then [...]

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Where They Can Stick It

November 16, 2009 Delay Stories

My husband and I flew on WEST JET to Vancouver one weekend to attend his daughter’s graduation. The flight out was grossly late (I have found out that their flights are delayed approximatley 30% of the time – Hawaiaan Air has a 99% success rate of departing on time). Our return flight was 1:00 p.m. [...]

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New Year’s Eve Disaster

November 12, 2009 Delay Stories

While reading this story, please keep in mind that this was the 1st time I had been on a plane by myself AND it was New Year’s Eve.
It was a snowy night when I was headed down to Raleigh/Durham Airport from the Providence, RI Airport. I got to the Providence airport on time and happily [...]

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Jet Screw

November 7, 2009 Delay Stories

A double-whammy…
Dateline Chicago O’Hare…
My Jet-Blue flight from O’Hare to JFK was slated to depart at about 9:00am. As usual, I arrived at the airport with more than enough time to spare. Everything seemed to go well despite a little unruly August weather. I was excited, because this was my trip home from a week away [...]

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D. C. to Phoenix In Only 24 Hours

November 6, 2009 Delay Stories

On a flight from Washington D. C. to Phoenix, I experienced a series of fairly normal events that piled up in a comical fashion that resulted in a 24-hour plane flight. It started innocently enough with the plane pulling away from the gate 20 minutes late. We were about fifteenth in line for take-off, so [...]

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Computer System Woes

October 24, 2009 Delay Stories

Summer of 2008, I was returning from a conference in Vienna to my home in the Isle of Man, making a connection through London. Irritatingly enough, as they were on different carriers, the Vienna flight landed in London Heathrow Airport whilst the Isle of Man flight was to depart from London Gatwick Airport. This usually [...]

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Passenger’s Spirit Defeated

October 12, 2009 Delay Stories

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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The Longest 51 Mile Flight In History

October 11, 2009 Delay Stories

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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When Is A Boarding Pass Not A Boarding Pass?

September 28, 2009 Delay Stories

Our family enjoyed a fun Disney cruise last summer to celebrate our youngest son’s graduation from high school. We flew JetBlue (5 of us). The flight and connecting flight down, no problems at all. The return was a different story.
On our final night of the cruise, Disney, in their ever efficient way to make sure [...]

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“A Suspicious Package Has Been Discovered…”

September 27, 2009 Delay Stories

I was flying back to San Francisco from Paris in April 2006. I was a senior in high school then, and being a French citizen I was in Paris taking admission exams for colleges during my 1 week spring break.
I was scheduled to fly back to SFO via Dallas on American Airlines. Little did I [...]

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