gini
02-03-2004, 12:14 AM
I went away this past weekend for a mini-vacation. We left on Friday morning and had a short flight ahead of us. While waiting to board they announced that they were overbooked and had a few emergency requests for people to give up their seats.
If we gave up our seats and agreed to leave on the next flight, we would be given a round trip ticket for anywhere United flies in the 48 states - good for one year - transferable - no restrictions.
I looked at my other two friends and we agreed. We were given our free ticket voucher - lunch vouchers worth $36.00.
Someone whose Mother had just passed away came up and thanked us for giving up our seats.
Smug in our good deed (now rewarded) we went off to have lunch.
We got to our destination just fine and had a great weekend.
We had planned our return so that we would be back in plenty of time to settle in with junk food and drinks and watch the Super Bowl.
We boarded our plane scheduled to take off at 2:20 PM. We sat there......started to back away from the gate and the plane lurched.....enough that it startled all of us. We returned to the gate. There was an announcement that something was wrong with a sensor in the nose of the plane - but it could be fixed soon.
We sat on the plane and waited. Then they asked us to get off - NO WAIT - don't get off.....we are leaving........UH NO......GET OFF OF THE PLANE. We are all off of the plane now and they said they would announce when we could re-board. One hour goes by - the second hour goes by - we are now into the third hour and even though the plane is still at the gate - there has been no announcement.
We go up to the counter to find out what is going on. The answer was vague - they would see what they could do about putting us on other flights. Hmmmm.........We watch out plane being towed away from the gate............
Finally they put us on two AIRWEST flights with a change of planes----one was for a mere 25 minute flight - the last for one hour.........we agree. We take our flights - and no one told us that the walk when you change planes was from here to Denmark!!!
We arrive in Los Angeles - our hand luggage had to be checked (planes were too small for hand luggage) and it was the VERY LAST to come off of the beltway.
We go out to catch the bus to the car parking lot - and waited for one hour for our particular bus to show up. We finally get to our car and it was after 11:00 PM when I got home. I was supposed to be home no later than 3:30 PM. We realized that we could have driven home faster than those flights.
AND I COMPLETELY MISSED ALL OF THE SUPER BOWL...only got to see the one great Bud Light commercial at the beginning of the game...........
Well, yes, I still have my free airfare voucher and I did arrive home safely so I guess I should just stop complaining!! Thanks for listening????:p
If we gave up our seats and agreed to leave on the next flight, we would be given a round trip ticket for anywhere United flies in the 48 states - good for one year - transferable - no restrictions.
I looked at my other two friends and we agreed. We were given our free ticket voucher - lunch vouchers worth $36.00.
Someone whose Mother had just passed away came up and thanked us for giving up our seats.
Smug in our good deed (now rewarded) we went off to have lunch.
We got to our destination just fine and had a great weekend.
We had planned our return so that we would be back in plenty of time to settle in with junk food and drinks and watch the Super Bowl.
We boarded our plane scheduled to take off at 2:20 PM. We sat there......started to back away from the gate and the plane lurched.....enough that it startled all of us. We returned to the gate. There was an announcement that something was wrong with a sensor in the nose of the plane - but it could be fixed soon.
We sat on the plane and waited. Then they asked us to get off - NO WAIT - don't get off.....we are leaving........UH NO......GET OFF OF THE PLANE. We are all off of the plane now and they said they would announce when we could re-board. One hour goes by - the second hour goes by - we are now into the third hour and even though the plane is still at the gate - there has been no announcement.
We go up to the counter to find out what is going on. The answer was vague - they would see what they could do about putting us on other flights. Hmmmm.........We watch out plane being towed away from the gate............
Finally they put us on two AIRWEST flights with a change of planes----one was for a mere 25 minute flight - the last for one hour.........we agree. We take our flights - and no one told us that the walk when you change planes was from here to Denmark!!!
We arrive in Los Angeles - our hand luggage had to be checked (planes were too small for hand luggage) and it was the VERY LAST to come off of the beltway.
We go out to catch the bus to the car parking lot - and waited for one hour for our particular bus to show up. We finally get to our car and it was after 11:00 PM when I got home. I was supposed to be home no later than 3:30 PM. We realized that we could have driven home faster than those flights.
AND I COMPLETELY MISSED ALL OF THE SUPER BOWL...only got to see the one great Bud Light commercial at the beginning of the game...........
Well, yes, I still have my free airfare voucher and I did arrive home safely so I guess I should just stop complaining!! Thanks for listening????:p