Random Rants
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Fuck United Airlines with a bundle of rebar.
After going to the San Diego airport twice yesterday for flights that got cancelled, and I suspect they knew were unlikely to occur for various reasons I won’t get into, I book the only option fucking two days out and get on the standby they offer for a flight this morning. I’m second in line there. But I can’t get a boarding pass to get through security because my backup flight is >24 hours out. How does this happen? This is the third goddamn time they’ve made me go to the airport for nothing in two days. I had to book an emergency room last night. In what world is this sensible or acceptable cos it ain’t this one.
I have to work through a travel agent so the obvious move of refunding and choosing an alternative one way flight is in her hands while I wait.
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Thanks man. I was a Southwest guy but shifted for international flights. Those are kind of the only options here for flexibility if you prefer direct flights.
Both have shit the bed prodigiously of late.
I really miss Northwest when I lived in Minneapolis and wish Delta were viable in Denver.
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Yup. I feel your pain. Hope this gets sorted fast and you can get out successfully.
I suppose if it's still terrible out of SD, maybe your agent can get you a car to drive to LAX where there could be more options?
Had to do that once myself a long time ago to get back to Denver. -
Thanks—I got lucky and made a standby.
The far flung geography and limited public transit of SoCal are not ideal. I was checking airports all the way to LAX with no luck. I am so grateful to have been at the top of the standby list. What a shit show!
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Just laughing at the fact that this thread has 11,857 posts! Nothing quite unites people of the world like a good old rant! Being a middle aged man I'm getting increasingly partial to a good old rant myself! My wife often refers to me as Victor Meldrew. For those from outside of the UK and partial to a good old rant look up Victor Meldrew and One Foot in the Grave. A brilliant sitcom about a grumpy old man.
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@Giles said in Random Rants:
I was possibly middle-aged when I created this thread.....
...judging from some of your antics and joie de vivre, I would have guessed you were still in your 30's.
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If it weren‘t for bad luck… Plans for the party in 4 weeks out of the window, everything thrown under the bus. Father in law in hospital with a stroke, and I just drove my mum to the clinic, she‘s going under the knife for back surgery first thing tomorrow morning. Still struggling with my father‘s passing 8 months ago - it‘s quite a lot that‘s currently thrown my way.
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@tody sorry to hear of your troubles, man. It can really suck sometimes, I feel ya. We may not be able to control all things in life but we can control how we respond. Stay strong, my dude. Positive vibes.
