Bad Luck with United Airlines
It's inevitable that with my job I have to fly quite a bit. I usually fly back to Headquarters three times a semester to get caught up on everything and to recharge my batteries. When scheduling flights, I usually go with the cheapest one possible, but lately, this has backfired on me.
Situation 1: I was flying from Buffalo, New York to Pittsburgh, and then to Dayton, Ohio. When I arrived at the Buffalo airport I was surprised to see that my flight to Pittsburgh was cancelled. I don't know what it is about a flashing red "Cancelled" line compared to tons of green "On Time" lines that really upsets you. So I got redirected to Washington D.C. which makes a whole lot of sense. Oh well, I was able to buy a John Kerry bobblehead for $1.99 to add to my collection. Hardly worth it. Luckily my bags arrived in Dayton.
Situation 2: I was supposed to fly from Albany, New York to Chicago and back to Cincinnati. I arrived in Chicago to see that my flight to Cincinnati was cancelled. Great, knowing that it was 10 at night and knew there wouldn't be any other flights that night. Luckily, the terminal next to the one I had just gotten in from was flying to Dayton. I hopped on that, and realized while on the plane, I have no idea where my bags are going or are ending up. Tillie was on her way down to visit and was supposed to pick me up in Cincy. What made it a hastle was that another one of the consultants was flying to Cincy and we were taking him back to Oxford. So Tillie, bless her heart, picked Adam up in Cincy and drove to Dayton to get me. Obviously my bags weren't there and received them two days later in Oxford.
Situation 3: This past Sunday I was supposed to fly from Cincy (6:40am) to Chicago back to Albany. I arrived at the airport at 6:00am to find out that my flight was cancelled. Hey, what do you know? So instead of sleeping for another 3 or 4 hours, I had to wait in the airport until 11:00 am to catch a flight. The lady at the United desk transferred me over to Delta. Not the best business strategy if you ask me. So I had to haul all of my bags over to the fartherst terminal and wait for 5 hours. Good times.
Note to self: Don't fly United Airlines
posted by Steve Good at 9:48 PM
1 Comments:
Sorry to hear that Steve, I have been screwed over so many times by united I can'y even count them on one hand. My favortie screw ovver is when I was flying from miami to des moines w/ layover in chicago. We didn't get seat assignments for the Chicago to DM leg and the nice united clerk said it wasn't a big deal and that they would take care of it in chicago. Turnsout they over booked the flight and we got booted, and the next available flight was 3 days later due to all of the other people who had gotten booted via the same bullshit that were infront of us on the waiting list. So we drove home from chicago. Worst Part I wasn't able to watch the MSU vs ISU Elite Eight Basketball game due to spending 6 hours in a car. At all costs I avoid United from now on. Hope everytthing is going well.
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