Serious question, how are airlines allowed to get away with bullshit that they pull?
Later this year the lady friend has a trip to Greece. No issues with the flight out there. Coming back, yikes. She booked this quite a while ago, and just recently her flight out of Greece is delayed an hour. OK, tolerable. Then the stop is moved from NY to Chicago, getting a little more annoying now. Then the layover gets extended to over 4 hours. Quick math, that's another 3 hours or so in the air, and 5 hours on the ground.
She took a look at her options, and because the date is fast approaching she's sort of stuck. There are other flights out of Athens that stick to the original plan through NY, but she still gets in at the 8+ hours delay because of a longer layover and delayed Athens departure.
The best part in all of this, months ago when she booked the flights, $2400 round trip for 2 people. The only other option American gives her is that 8 hour delay....7 grand
I don't understand how it's not only legal, but just generally acceptable behavior. "Cool, give us thousands, you can't change anything, ever, unless you give is another 200%, but we can and will change your shit around as many times as we please and you can't do a damn thing about it. No, we don't care about your travel plans. Take it, or don't. Either way, you aren't getting back a dime."
I don't get it. I never will. Add it to the list of why I don't do planes. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk
Later this year the lady friend has a trip to Greece. No issues with the flight out there. Coming back, yikes. She booked this quite a while ago, and just recently her flight out of Greece is delayed an hour. OK, tolerable. Then the stop is moved from NY to Chicago, getting a little more annoying now. Then the layover gets extended to over 4 hours. Quick math, that's another 3 hours or so in the air, and 5 hours on the ground.
She took a look at her options, and because the date is fast approaching she's sort of stuck. There are other flights out of Athens that stick to the original plan through NY, but she still gets in at the 8+ hours delay because of a longer layover and delayed Athens departure.
The best part in all of this, months ago when she booked the flights, $2400 round trip for 2 people. The only other option American gives her is that 8 hour delay....7 grand
I don't understand how it's not only legal, but just generally acceptable behavior. "Cool, give us thousands, you can't change anything, ever, unless you give is another 200%, but we can and will change your shit around as many times as we please and you can't do a damn thing about it. No, we don't care about your travel plans. Take it, or don't. Either way, you aren't getting back a dime."
I don't get it. I never will. Add it to the list of why I don't do planes. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk
Take care of stuff around the house now, and spend as much time as you can with your child. I used to read to my kids starting at childbirth, and they loved story time all through childhood.
