Transportation: Delayed

Delayed

By melyeah - 02/03/2013 14:14 - Australia - Sydney

Today, to avoid a massive delay on our scheduled flight at the airport, we were generously moved to an earlier flight home. An hour later, our new flight had been cancelled and they told us we'd be stuck at the airport overnight. Our original flight took off fine. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/03/2021 20:01

Today, my work made us all get up at 3 a.m. to head to the airport for our 7 a.m. flight, only for us to get to the airport and find out the flight is cancelled. FML

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By me. - 18/06/2011 23:54 - United States

Today, I was on a flight home. I wasn't going to arrive until midnight, so I was offered an earlier flight that got back at ten. I got to baggage claims and it turned out they lost my bag. I sat there for 2 hours. The people on my original flight left for home before I did. FML

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By budadepressed - 18/07/2016 21:22 - United States - Burnsville

Today, due to a scheduling error, I spent an entire day and night in an airport, over 30 hours in total. Just as I arrived at the gate, I was informed that my flight had been delayed for another 2 hours. FML

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By Gw - 28/10/2009 19:03 - United States

Today, my fiancée and I were going on our honeymoon. Our flight was delayed by two hours. It landed when our connecting flight to St. Lucia was taking off. The airline said they were holding the flight for us, so we sprinted from D gate to A, in time to watch the plane pull away. FML

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By whenlifeisalemon - 09/01/2016 23:19 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I waited patiently in the airport as my flight was repeatedly delayed. After 5 long hours I approached one of the attendees to discover that the plane had left 5 minutes ago. FML

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By stk - 19/12/2016 12:56 - United States - Aurora

Today, I woke up at 3am to catch my flight back home, only to realize that my flight was pushed back 14 hours. FML

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By Phantommajik - 10/05/2011 16:08 - United States

Today, I was stuck at the airport overnight waiting for my flight for about 5 hours. I then went and looked at the departures board. It said that my flight had already departed. FML

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By dJ21 - 15/12/2009 09:23 - Guam

Today, I was at the airport getting ready to go to Hawaii. The guy at the counter said my flight was delayed. It turns out that the flight that was delayed was a flight going to Miami. My flight left at the regular time, and my luggage was on it, because I checked in the night before. FML

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By Jetlagged - 03/06/2017 22:00

Today, I'm stuck at the airport overnight, because my phone didn't update its time zone after flying in, so I watched my train leave, thinking mine wasn't due for another hour. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/07/2015 19:09 - United States - Tampa

Today, my flight was at the other side of the airport. I ran to the gate, to find that the flight had moved to the other side of the airport. So I ran again to miss my plane by a minute. However I did get a new flight... at the other end of the airport. FML

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Saturday 2 March 2013 19:31

Time really does fly and so does the flight you should have taken.

misspulkadot24 17

Saturday 2 March 2013 19:35

Hopefully you are stuck in a nice, big airport, not one of those god awful ones with stained carpets and a creepy hobo hanging out by the one and only vending machine.

Comments

DocBastard 38

Saturday 2 March 2013 19:49

This only proves my theory that airlines are run by dentists: evil ******* made of pure malice that thrive on human suffering.

Geometric 18

Sunday 3 March 2013 0:58

Dentists: Also known as failed med students, filled with loathing and resentment.

PenguinBitch 43

Saturday 2 March 2013 19:56

"It took off fine". Just wait OP. it's like Final Destination, you weren't destined to get on that flight.

kishorekumar_a 10

Sunday 3 March 2013 3:23

*looks around searching* Where's Ali Larter who got held up with me... Damn it.

ZeroPath5 16

Saturday 2 March 2013 19:56

That sucks... Well hopefully things turn out all right tomorrow. In the meantime though I wouldn't stay in the airport. If you can, you should find a place close by

hama806 19

Saturday 2 March 2013 20:06

I would have been suspicious when they offered the earlier flight especially since the original flight was "massively delayed". Always look beyond the obvious.

picante72 24

Saturday 2 March 2013 20:27

I normally buy travel insurance. It would compensate and provide amenities for you in a situation like that. Normally only costs about $50.

lambda_fml 40

Saturday 2 March 2013 20:28

Hoping it wasnt an emergency, the airlines Should compensate by booking you into a hotel or something.

1dvs_bstd 41

Saturday 2 March 2013 20:31

"Hey we screwed the original passengers, let's provide convenient rooms for them to relax till their departure time" -Said no airport officials ever. Scumbags. FYL

perdix 29

Saturday 2 March 2013 20:43

They were testing your loyalty to your original flight and you failed, so they punished you by taking away the bait. When your flight faces adversity, you need to stand by it and gut it out. Don't ditch it for some flashy new flight you don't even know!