Southwest Airlines in a nationwide meltdown
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Anonymous
Unless there is a VERY important meeting on Jan 3 no fuqqing way. Driving? For one day of school and a likely missable workday? Please. |
Anonymous
I would try to book refundable tickets (AA), or tickets where I could get a credit if I didn’t need it (United, Jet blue). I would definitely want a back up plan in place |
Anonymous
Not mine, although it is most of my underwear and my casual stuff like leggings. (A weeks worth of underwear is basically my underwear supply!). For my kids, it is a bit worse as their wardrobes are not so deep. So if they lose a couple hoodies and half a dozen joggers/jeans that is most of their wardrobe. Another teen packed all her sports bras and her sneakers. And our snow boots are in the checked luggage so trying to decide how long we can go without snow boots. And their snow pants which they need for an upcoming school trip. If we had a better sense of how long it realistically would be, I would be able to plan better. This week is not a big deal but we really do need a lot of it for next week and the week after. A weeks worth of clothing is a lot of stuff! |
Anonymous
| Southwest allows quite a bit of carry on per person. I mean, obviously too late for some of you, but those of you who are flying in the next weeks... |
Anonymous
+1. I’m losing faith that SW can dig themselves out without simply continuing to bump people from flights and pushing the pain down the road. |
Anonymous
Hate to clue you in when you’re so secure in your wrongness, but it’s more than one person. |
Anonymous
Awwww. Butthurt that we forgot you too, troll? So sad. |
Anonymous
| This is a good lesson not to plan fun, non required family travel, during the holidays. Something is going to melt down at this point, the weather or the profit taking corporations or both. |
Anonymous
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I was posting from from Dallas airport yesterday. It appears my posts were deleted.
I was flying American and my first flight was late and I missed my connection. I was flying first class. Customer Service immediately booked me on a flight a few hours later. Again, first class. While the American agent was printing my boarding pass she got a message on her screen advising her to call someone. She called and was told my seat sold for an amount significantly higher than I paid (I used points). She immediately told me this when she hung up. Her supervisor arrived and was not happy I knew this. So the supervisor told me to hurry to another terminal, and that he would put me first on the standby list to get on that flight. I did just that and I was eighth on the standby list and did not get on the flight. So how it works you go from one flight to the next and try to get on from the standby list. However, you can only put yourself on one standby list so you end up being on the end because you are put on it after you get rejected from the last flight. I did end up getting on a flight at 3 PM. I had a window seat on the exit aisle next to two extremely obese men. When I went to the restroom, I was talking to two flight attendants sitting in the jumpseat about this nightmare. They said, oh, you were the passenger in 2A. They ended up bringing me a double vodka and cranberry juice. It was very nice of them and I appreciated the gesture. I learned a lot yesterday. The not funny part was when we got off the plane I saw the guy who was sitting next to me was carrying 2 cats in some cat carryon bag. I am highly allergic to cats. The good news is the sore throat, itchy ears and runny nose was not a sign that I was getting sick. It was cats on a plane. |
Anonymous
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Flying is just a shitshow these days.
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Anonymous
Schools don't reopen on 1/3 |
Anonymous
Ours does. |
Anonymous
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We had our flights for today canceled, thankfully we found out yesterday so see didn’t need to deal with airport shenanigans
We are driving back home in a rental (9 hr drive, not ideal, but doable) |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
My DD’s private school does. |