So this is what Mr. T feels like… I am sitting in Panera people watching and waiting for a flight. I started my day yesterday, dreading my trip to Orange County, CA. Why? I do not know. I just had this “feeling”. I arrived at the Springfield Airport around 11:00 AM. Ready to catch my 12:30 flight to Denver, then on to OC. After arrival, I see that my flight is delayed until 1:20. NO problem. Still plenty of time to catch my connecting flight in Denver, and if I miss my flight the ticket agent informs me that there is a flight out of Denver at 7:30 into OC. Apparently the plane had some mechanical issues. So the plane that is coming had not even left, I go up to the counter around 12:30 for an update, and the plane still had not left, moving the new departure time to 1:50, making me miss my connecting flight – and now the 7:30 flight is sold out & no more flights out of Denver into OC all day.
Plan B – I inquire as to if I can be rerouted – my airline only files to Denver & Chicago out of Springfield. So, I can catch a flight to Chicago at 2:50 that gets me into Chicago and a connecting flight at 5:00 to OC. I take it. 1:45 rolls around and this flight is DELAYED TOO!!! Now I am not leaving until 3:15, missing my 5:00 connecting flight. Now I have a 7:45 connecting flight. OK – I will take that. I have friends in Chicago, I will have them pick me up to take me to dinner during my 3 hour layover. After dinner, I call the airline, confirm flight is on schedule. On route to the airport (15 minutes) a strong thunderstorm comes in. I arrive at the airport, and my flight is delayed. The plane coming in is not able to land. They are sent to Detroit. No plane to go to OC. Now I have a 10:45 flight out. BUT in OC there is a curfew on flights. So I am going to go to LAX, and tax a shuttle to OC, but at 1:00 AM, the shuttle service may not be open. OH, and the weather is still bad, no guarantee of plane, so the 10:45 flight is questionable. FLIGHT CANCELED.
Plan C – Spent the night in Chicago. All flights direct into OC are booked for Monday due to regular travel & rebooked flights. So I am to take a flight from Chicago to LAX to OC. It is around 9:00 am, my flight is supposed to leave at 10:45, checked online & it is already delayed!
To be continued…
3 comments:
Oh no...I'm flying to Denver on Friday. I hope this isn't a sign of what's to come for me!
I know you have lived in the "country" for many a year now...LAX is open 24/7 L.A. never sleeps till about 3 or 4 (A.M.) i should know...
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