scrappinghappy
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Post by scrappinghappy on Jul 24, 2022 20:19:45 GMT
we traveled to Iceland with no issues. Our daughter met us there then flew back to London, no issues. It was when she was leaving Heathrow to fly to Amsterdam (the 2 worst airports in Europe) that she started having major issues. First, as she got to Heathrow after a 90 minute public transport ride, they texted her to say her 8 pm flight was canceled but they could get her on a 5 am flight out of London City Airport. She took that, we had to frantically find her a place to stay near that airport, which we did, then she spent another 90 minutes on public transport getting over to the hotel. She arrived, checked in, and FIFTEEN MINUTES later got another text that this flight too was canceled. We spent the next 2 hours with an hysterical kid, near melt down, trying to find her a way to get to Amsterdam. Every option, air, bus, train was unavailable and at this point BA had not offered any flights prior to 3 days later. For some unknown reason, I went back to check the website and there was a flight offered at 6:40am out of, you guessed it, HEATHROW. I grabbed it. Then booked a London Cab to pick her up in 3 hours to get her from London City Airport back to Heathrow. Needless to say, the cab never showed up, but luckily the front desk at the hotel got her a flat rate ride and this flight, at least, was not cancelled.
She made it to Amsterdam in time for her meeting, exhausted, but she was there. She flew out of Schipol with no issues two days later but needs a layover there in a few more days so we will have to wait and see how that goes.
For us, we have decided now that we are empty nesters and not tied to school schedules, that we will only travel in the off season. Will see how that works out
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iluvpink
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Jul 13, 2014 12:40:31 GMT
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Post by iluvpink on Jul 24, 2022 20:24:56 GMT
No problems for us so far *knock wood*. Since we've been vaccinated we've been to Las Vegas x 3, Florida and Mexico without any problems. Well one issue with a rental car in Vegas, but that ended up being a really odd problem that I don't think had anything to do with the anything other than poor service etc.
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Post by bc2ca on Jul 24, 2022 21:01:22 GMT
DH has flown twice from CA to Vancouver. The first flight out of LAX was delayed by several hours and he was able to talk his way onto an earlier, also delayed, flight so he arrived 2 hours earlier than expected.
He and I were both delayed 3 hours leaving from Orange County (same flight/different days). We knew about the delays and didn't spend time hanging around the airport, just arrived for the flight.
For our flight home from Vancouver we needed a full 2 hours to get through security and US Border patrol. Many people around us missed their flights and/or were getting messaged by friends that their names were being called at the gate for their now boarding flight.
I know several people didn't make our flight as the third seat in our row and all seats across the aisle were booked when we checked in. There was only 1 person across the aisle and DH and I were able to spread out a bit with the third seat empty in our row.
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paigepea
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Jun 26, 2014 4:28:55 GMT
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Post by paigepea on Jul 24, 2022 21:47:34 GMT
We flew overseas. 3 flights. Are away right now. We had minor delays and flew carry on. It’s all wonderful. The Europe heat wave is the only issue.
My dd flew overseas. Was fine for her but her friends were delayed and almost missed their connection. Their bags didn’t make it. The bags arrived 3 days to 1 week late. It was a total of 9 kids.
We fly home this week. 3 fights. Dh wants to check our bags. I told him to go for it. I intend to take mine as carry on. Our bags are carry on size.
We flew to Portugal through Toronto Pearson - rated the worst airport in the world right now. We ended up flying standby for an earlier flight just in case our flight was delayed. We originally had a 3 hour layover. With the new flight standby we had a 6 hour layover. Not ideal but we didn’t have to stress about delays at Pearson.
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iteach3rdgrade
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Jun 29, 2014 17:17:14 GMT
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Post by iteach3rdgrade on Jul 24, 2022 21:55:09 GMT
I just think it's unpredictable and we went into our trip knowing that anything could happen. Our initial flight (well the connecting in Michigan) got canceled, so we did stay in a hotel in our home state and we went out the next morning. I was happy about not being stuck elsewhere. No problems coming home. Thankfully we caught our luggage just in time because the flight was still going to Michigan and the app updates helped us realize that our luggage was still going. Ultimately, it would have gone to the destination, but we were happy to have it with us.
An issue I noticed more was carry-on needing to be checked at the gate. Flights were packed. That's something to be mindful of.
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Post by boys5times on Jul 25, 2022 2:13:06 GMT
We booked flights to Jamaica for November and they changed mine & dh's to different days! (Delta). And my son booked his family (with Jet Blue) and they canceled the fist leg (West Coast to NY) and left the NY to Jamaica part! What a mess.
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peppermintpatty
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Post by peppermintpatty on Jul 25, 2022 11:31:16 GMT
I was in Greece for 2 weeks in June. No issues at all. We took a direct flight there and back. While in Greece we took a commuter flight from Athens to Crete (1 hour delay) 2 ferry rides (they are notorious for being late. One was on time, one delayed an hour). Then took another commuter flight from Milos back to Athens (on time).
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Post by mollycoddle on Jul 25, 2022 11:40:43 GMT
Like you, I have been reading about airline snafus and am not flying anywhere for awhile. I really want to take a trip, but…
I remember when flying was fun.
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Post by cannmom on Jul 25, 2022 13:56:00 GMT
We flew in May and June of this year with no problems. Both were domestic flights and not direct. We are flying out of the country in September and hoping for a smooth journey.
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sueg
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Post by sueg on Jul 25, 2022 14:48:03 GMT
Our summer plans were slightly derailed by the need to move apartments. We found out at the end of May that we needed to move by the end of the year, lucked out big time and had somewhere new a month later and moved last week. Because of that, we are not currently traveling to or from a beach somewhere in Southern Europe. Our current plans are to go somewhere early in September. By then, most schools are back in, so it will be less busy and hopefully not so scorching hot. I wasn’t happy at first, but it has ended up being lucky for us that it happened this way.
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Post by bianca42 on Jul 25, 2022 14:59:41 GMT
I have a solo work trip to San Antonio at the end of August and am a little bit nervous.
My sis-IL and 2 of her friends do a girls trip every year. This year was a cruise in February. One of the girls had a flight cancelled and they rescheduled to after the cruise left. So, she couldn't go at all. (No idea what happens to the cruise that you paid for if you miss it due to flights.) On the way home, one of them had their flight cancelled. She ended up flying into NYC and her DH drove 4-5 hours to pick her up.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jul 25, 2022 15:11:21 GMT
I have a solo work trip to San Antonio at the end of August and am a little bit nervous. My sis-IL and 2 of her friends do a girls trip every year. This year was a cruise in February. One of the girls had a flight cancelled and they rescheduled to after the cruise left. So, she couldn't go at all. (No idea what happens to the cruise that you paid for if you miss it due to flights.) On the way home, one of them had their flight cancelled. She ended up flying into NYC and her DH drove 4-5 hours to pick her up. Cruises are the one area even in a normal year, trip insurance is essential as you lose your cruise money if you miss the boat and the airfare wasn't bundled with the cruise. The insurance also covers changing flights to catch up with the boat if possible.
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kibblesandbits
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Aug 13, 2016 13:47:39 GMT
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Post by kibblesandbits on Jul 25, 2022 17:13:50 GMT
I have a solo work trip to San Antonio at the end of August and am a little bit nervous. My sis-IL and 2 of her friends do a girls trip every year. This year was a cruise in February. One of the girls had a flight cancelled and they rescheduled to after the cruise left. So, she couldn't go at all. (No idea what happens to the cruise that you paid for if you miss it due to flights.) On the way home, one of them had their flight cancelled. She ended up flying into NYC and her DH drove 4-5 hours to pick her up. Did she fly on the day the cruise was scheduled to depart? Big mistake. All travel agents recommend arriving at your departure port the day before.
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Post by epeanymous on Jul 25, 2022 17:59:10 GMT
I last flew a month ago. We had a delay flying out (about two hours, which was annoying, because it was the difference between getting into our destination at a reasonable hour and arriving half-asleep), but otherwise didn't have issues. The only flight I have scheduled for the rest of the summer is a trip to Iceland/Denmark, solo; I'm worried about the flights, TBH, but at least it is just me, and I don't need to worry either about re-booking multiple people or about upset children. We had thought about a family trip to Maine this summer and had a house (refundably) reserved, but ended up cancelling and renting a place on the coast here instead because we worried about the logistics of getting eight people across the country and back this summer.
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Post by huskermom98 on Jul 25, 2022 19:41:13 GMT
DS17 went with a school group to Germany, Austria & Switzerland last month. They had a scheduled 9 hour layover in Chicago, but their flight to London was delayed by over 26 hours first because of mechanical issues and then because the flight crew timed out. Thankfully the tour company found a hotel for them to stay overnight in Chicago. Luckily the group was able to get on the "same" flight to Vienna so they only missed 24 hours of their trip. However they missed the entire day they were supposed to be in Vienna. Their flights home were on time & even early by 10 minutes...go figure...
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Sarah*H
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Post by Sarah*H on Jul 25, 2022 19:44:37 GMT
We're owed over $2000 from Air Canada for canceled and delayed flights out of Toronto but I doubt we'll ever see that money. I did buy trip insurance but I have to go through the process with the airline before I can file a claim.
My son & his friend got a call from their upcoming Air B&B host in NYC who told them that he was changing the check in time to between 8 and 10 am on Sunday morning - 6 hours from where they will be traveling from and if they couldn't make that time, they would have to cancel and he would not give them a refund. They disputed this with Air B&B which sided with the host.
ETA: I also had a trip to Florida with some girlfriends a couple months ago and the flight was canceled 30 minutes before departure, no rescheduled date available within a week. We drove instead. I did not get a refund for that flight because I did take the flight home (we booked round trip) and decided it wasn't worth my time to try to get the first part refunded.
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Peamac
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Jun 26, 2014 0:09:18 GMT
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Post by Peamac on Jul 25, 2022 19:47:45 GMT
DH's coworker bought 5 airline tickets to go on a family cruise in Alaska. Less than a week before their trip, they found out the flight was cancelled due to not enough staff. I think they ended up having to pay for more tickets on a different airline (not even all of them on the same flight) to get to the cruise in time. I assume they'll get refunded for the original tickets. They had a great time on their trip, but he spent 6+ hours on the phone trying to get the airline tickets straightened out before their trip!
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