No more UA flights for you, young man!
Grrr. I was wondering why the check-in queue at the United counter at the airport was so long. I originally planned to get there 2 hours before my flight but upon a friend's advice, I got there 3 hours before, and still I had to wait 2 freaking hours in line before I could get my boarding passes. >.<
Apparently there was some mechanical failure on the plane and it was delayed by 2.5 hours. Again, that meant that my connecting flight was gone since it only had a 45-minute transit window. >.> Oh, why the hell do they allow bookings with such short windows? Darn United Airlines. Since there were so few UA flights out of this place (probably 1 per day?) to ORD, they had to re-book almost everyone in line for new connecting flights. Some teenagers travelling alone or in pairs were more complex; flight agents had to call up their parents to let them know that their kids will be staying overnight here, or delayed there, etc. Me? I should have been back by about 10:15 pm last night; instead I had to stay overnight in ORD to catch an 8 am flight back home. I reached home at about noon today instead. I'm glad I had 4th of July as padding to rest, so at least I don't have to go to work immediately.
One good thing out of all of this is that I was able to spend a night at the Hilton, paid for by the airline. I also got food vouchers as well, though they didn't pay much for my expensive dinner at the Hilton's restaurant. ^^;; Also, GD got off work around the time I was done with checking in my luggage so she accompanied me for lunch and escorted me to the boarding gate (she works in security at the airport ^^;; ).
Next time I fly anywhere, I'm gonna make sure of at least two things:
1) At least 2 hours transit window between flights
2) Avoid UA at all costs
3) Optional: Join an airline premier club so I can wait comfortably at the airport in case of delays
4) Optional: Go first class if possible >O (this is very unlikely to be achieved in the near future)
Apparently there was some mechanical failure on the plane and it was delayed by 2.5 hours. Again, that meant that my connecting flight was gone since it only had a 45-minute transit window. >.> Oh, why the hell do they allow bookings with such short windows? Darn United Airlines. Since there were so few UA flights out of this place (probably 1 per day?) to ORD, they had to re-book almost everyone in line for new connecting flights. Some teenagers travelling alone or in pairs were more complex; flight agents had to call up their parents to let them know that their kids will be staying overnight here, or delayed there, etc. Me? I should have been back by about 10:15 pm last night; instead I had to stay overnight in ORD to catch an 8 am flight back home. I reached home at about noon today instead. I'm glad I had 4th of July as padding to rest, so at least I don't have to go to work immediately.
One good thing out of all of this is that I was able to spend a night at the Hilton, paid for by the airline. I also got food vouchers as well, though they didn't pay much for my expensive dinner at the Hilton's restaurant. ^^;; Also, GD got off work around the time I was done with checking in my luggage so she accompanied me for lunch and escorted me to the boarding gate (she works in security at the airport ^^;; ).
Next time I fly anywhere, I'm gonna make sure of at least two things:
1) At least 2 hours transit window between flights
2) Avoid UA at all costs
3) Optional: Join an airline premier club so I can wait comfortably at the airport in case of delays
4) Optional: Go first class if possible >O (this is very unlikely to be achieved in the near future)