Delay Stories

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Carefully Laid Plans Go Awry

September 26, 2009 Delay Stories

I was flying to Istanbul, Turkey from New York, which is a long flight to start with. But no worries, right, because it’s overnight and you can sleep a bit on the plane, wake up, and be at your destination. Or so goes the plan. Of course, carefully laid plans and air travel never seem [...]

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Missed Flight And Other Maladies

September 17, 2009 Delay Stories

Flight 83 is a “direct” 12-hour flight from my airport to Hawaii. That’s quote-direct-quote. It carries the same flight number for the full trip but it has a “plane change” in LA. I’m up at 5 am Eastern and at the airport a little before 8 am for the 9 am flight. The departures board [...]

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Lucky Break Turns Into A Bust

September 8, 2009 Delay Stories

One holiday I was going through Atlanta on military leave. When I got to the gate I found out there was a flight leaving about 3 hrs. before my booked flight. I was able to get on it. Great, I thought. Once on the airplane, after leaving the gate, the announcement came… sorry… experiencing difficulties… [...]

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Sayonara Narita Airport

September 7, 2009 Delay Stories

Several years ago, I was on a business trip to Asia, which concluded with a 13-hour flight from Narita Airport outside Tokyo, to San Francisco. The plane was scheduled to leave at noon, and the United flight was only about one-third full, mostly with fellow Americans. After we had all gotten settled in our seats, [...]

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Upset At United

August 30, 2009 Delay Stories

Anyone that has flown out of Denver knows that United is always back logged in the ticketing area. It doesn’t matter the day, time…it’s a log jam. I have arrived 4 hours early for international check-in (Denver to Belfast 3 flights w. International connections) and security — to walk through the door at 7am to [...]

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Thirteen Year Old Learns The Complexities Of Flying

August 29, 2009 Delay Stories

About 3 years ago, I flew on a major US airline from Chicago-O’Hare to Sacramento by myself at the age of 13. I was going to see relatives and stay with them for a week. After checking in at ORD (and passing security with a 12 oz bottle of liquid- it was after the “liquid [...]

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