It was Oct 8 or so, just last month, I had the pleasure of 3 aborted landings in 2 different cities, and finally we were able to land on the 4th try. You may recall in early Oct there were high winds in the Northeast. There were downed trees around the area....very high winds.

I was on a barbie jet trying to land at HPN. Very rough turbulence. So bad, I had to use the air sickness bag and I was not the only on the plane that did so.

We were diverted to Allentown, although I don't know why, because the high gusts were almost as bad there - all throughout the NE. Our third attempt to land that day was at Allentown and again, right before touchdown, the pilot gunned it again. We finally landed on our 4th try, the 2nd try in Allentown.

I gate checked my bag, decided not to get back on the plane, if and when it was released to fly again in that weather. Got a rental car, and at first the GA's would not give us our gate checked bags back until there was a decision about whether to cancel the flight or not. Eventually, several hours later, and long after I was on the road in my rental car, the flight was eventually cancelled and others were stuck there. What a day.

Surprisingly I never had any ff miles deposited for my inconvenience as NW used to do.