Delay Stories

Southworst Airlines

May 17, 2009 Delay Stories

Last June I decided to fly home– the weekend before one of my clients was to go to trial– to surprise my sister at her high school graduation. The plan was simple: get home after she went to be, shock her by waking her up the next morning. SouthWorst, however, had other plans. Problem Number [...]

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The Nightmare After Christmas

May 17, 2009 Delay Stories

I am in the military and sometimes we will get a few days off for federal holidays. Well, for Christmas of 2008 I decided to go to TN to visit some family. I was flying from New Bern, NC to Knoxville, TN with a connecting flight in Charlotte, NC. The flight there wasn’t bad at [...]

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Snow Causes Extreme Delays

April 17, 2009 Delay Stories

We were scheduled to leave JAX airport at 3pm on our way to Dulles with a connection in ATL. There was snow moving into ATL so our flight was delayed until 8pm. We took off from JAX and landed in ATL around 930 or so. The snow was accumulating in ATL and not enough flights [...]

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A Friend’s Advice

April 17, 2009 Delay Stories

My worst experience was some years ago. I wanted to fly to Sao Paulo, Brazil. A friend suggested VASP, a now defunct Brazilian airline. The plane was practically new, the food excellent and the stewardesses beautiful and very helpful. But….we departed Toronto with a stop at LaGuardia. We were taken off the plane, shuttled to [...]

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A Clickety Clackety Calamity

April 17, 2009 Delay Stories

3 summers ago my husband and I vacationed in Australia for a month. Getting there was an unbelievable saga. Flight from Lansing to Chicago, uneventful; spent the night in our $56/night airport hotel (and all I will say about that is that you definitely get what you pay for!); took the shuttle back to O’Hare [...]

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Treated Like Cattle

February 17, 2009 Delay Stories

Continental Flight 512 (EWR – POP Newark, NJ to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic) 1/22/09 We arrived in Puerto Plata only to circle the airport for about an hour and a half. No updates were given by the crew. Finally the pilot said we were diverting to Santo Domingo airport because the cloud level was too [...]

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No A/C, 110 Degrees, And A Full Plane

February 17, 2009 Delay Stories

Several years ago I was on a business trip from Ontario, CA to DFW. I arrived at the airport with time to spare and waited for my flight. We eventually boarded–a full flight. As we were getting buckled in, I heard the flight attendant talking to a gentleman seated across the aisle and behind me. [...]

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U Suck Air

October 17, 2008 Delay Stories

I was invited to my nephew’s wedding and had great anticipation of a lovely day. My flight was delayed, and they said they would re-direct me to Buffalo. I was flying out of Tampa on (as I like to call now) U Suck Air. I was to meet my brother in Charlotte, N.C. and continue [...]

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Compensated With A Cookie And Water

August 17, 2008 Delay Stories

So, this is not a flight I was on but my future mother-in-law. I am getting married this weekend and my future wife’s mother was to fly in last night on Delta Airlines from JFK to Denver. My fiancé and her mother were to have a special mother/daughter day of pampering. Her flight was scheduled [...]

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Living At The Terminal

May 17, 2008 Delay Stories

Three months ago my boyfriend’s brother…call him “Tom,” calls us to say he is coming to visit for 3 days. My boyfriend….call him “Jerry,” hasn’t seen his brother in 3 years so we are very excited. He gets a flight from Philly PA to Dubuque IA with a layover in Chicago. He leaves Philly at [...]

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