Grr

[la_marquise]

So the marquis' return journey depended on a tight change of planes in Washington, which Those Who Booked It assured him would be fine, no problem, perfectly do-able.
He had to run to make it on the outbound journey, which allowed more time, because of the whole immigration thing.
The return journey... Oh, no. His first flight can't possibly take off on time, or even near on time. Leaving him with no onward flight. The airline are rearranging something for him (it's their fault, so they had better do this properly, or they will be getting a Brisk Letter from me). But come what may, instead of being home by lunchtime tomorrow, it will be practically midnight at the earliest. Plus, I suspect, a great deal of hanging about in empty, largely closed airports.
Colour both of us highly unamused.

Shoulders are a lot better today, and I pushed on with the rewrites. I guess I'll get a lot more of them done tomorrow, too.
Skirt of the day: black pinstripe wrap.

Comments

[aberwyn.livejournal.com]

How irritating! Sympathies to you both.

[ms-cataclysm.livejournal.com]

How very unimpressive. Would you like me to take Holly round to growl at the travel agent?

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

That infuriates me, when airlines book you to essentially be abandoned in the airport. I hope the airline at least gives him a hotel room if he's stuck somewhere for a while.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

Ah, airlines. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.

The damaged my friend's hurdy-gurdy. She's a professional musician, so this is an instrument she uses to earn her living. She called head office when she got home, unpacked it and found the damage. They told her to take it back to Seattle airport (a long round-trip) so their customer service staff could see the damage, but the guy in charge there refused to look at it. When she asked him to call headquarters he had the police escort her off the premises as a troublemaker. Anyone less like a troublemaker would be hard to find.

Full story here: http://oplandfreeman.blogspot.com/2011/11/in-conclusion-continental-break-hurdy.html?spref=fb
She still hasn't been fully compensated.

[lagilman]

oh argh. If only it had been a NYC airport, I could have offered him crash space...

[aliettedb.livejournal.com]

Wow. Often had to rush, but never quite missed a plane. Sympathies, and I hope he's home soon.

[eleyan.livejournal.com]

Hopefully the day job will also give him time off in lieu of the personal time he has lost coming and going at weekends?

[korintomichi]

How awful. Hope he gets home soon.

[ex-triciasu.livejournal.com]

:(

I hope he gets home soon and gets some restorative time afterward.

[autopope.livejournal.com]

General rule of thumb? Unless I know the airport really well, or am carrying a piece of plastic with frequent flyer status on the airline I'm flying with, I try to allow three hours for transfers.

Because something will go wrong. And if it doesn't, I can pay for lounge access which makes some of the pain go away. (They have showers and wifi.)

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

This is the stuff of my nightmares. I hope the rearrangements are better than the original "plan".

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

I hope he's home soon.

Does Washington airport have a name? Sounds as though they should consider Franz Kafka Airport.

[saare-snowqueen.livejournal.com]

I think you should name and shame the airline - also on Twitter. Hope he's home safe by now.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

I hope things go well going forward, at least.