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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
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
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
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
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
Today, I woke up at 3am to catch my flight back home, only to realize that my flight was pushed back 14 hours. FML
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
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
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
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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Catkam623 27
Time really does fly and so does the flight you should have taken.
misspulkadot24 17
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.
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Comments (51)
Catkam623 27
Time really does fly and so does the flight you should have taken.
picante72 24
Talk about jet lag. Geez
JenkJenks 6
Okay, it's when there is an alteration to your bodies circadian rhythm due to traveling a long distance.
MaydayParadexx 18
I laughed way harder than I should have at 27.
snufflelump 12
Nicely complain and maybe they'll give you a free voucher to use in the future!
MrSassypants 34
Or just peanuts. A soda pop if you're lucky.
snufflelump 12
or red bull. gives you wings! OP could use those
TwitchingNebula 17
This has Northwest Airlines, now Delta, written all over it.
AKGirlinSD 20
This happened to me, with Delta. I landed in another city, which was where I was to connect to another flight, and set me and 3 other passengers up at a hotel, for free. They paid, for each of us, for the cab fares, hotel suites, gave is 3 food vouchers, and let us board first since we were there for 20 hours. 2 of the other passengers were going where I was, so we got all together and toured the city before going back to the airport, all for free.
pradip 26
At least you've some company, and I hope there isn't any kid home alone waiting for you.
picante72 24
Nah, Macaulay Culkin taught me that kids do just fine when left Home Alone.
ironichalibut 24
20- As long as they have an elementary knowledge of physics, engineering and the workings of the game mousetrap.
picante72 24
And Rube Goldberg machines.
misspulkadot24 17
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.
MrSassypants 34
I had that happen to me before, except I was the creepy hobo. Well, I wasn't that creepy..... at least I think I wasn't.
SmittyJA24 26
They SHOULD have put you in the nearest hotel & picked-up the tab for your dinner. **** sleeping on a bench in the lobby!!
sofitina 20
Been there... I hope your flight ends up being okay. I'm not really sure why they didn't switch your flight back to the original one in this case, though.
bboyworld 6
Hi. I like to know you. Where are you from?
MitChell127 5
Two words bro, private message.
sofitina 20
Don't give him any ideas!
ironichalibut 24
I don't see why you couldn't be quickly moved to your other flight and made them do some airport magic to get everything where it should go. If you were switched to an earlier flight to avoid the delay, and then the earlier flight was cancelled, shouldn't the later Flight have been an option? And shoot 6 beat me
samcro3 8
Customer service is dead.
Bibliovore 26
It depends on the customer server. Some are great; some aren't.
mrperspire 4
It happens to all of us. On the bright side. Thats more tine at the bar!!!
mrperspire 4
Time*
FuKcMee 32
those cocks!