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Old Jan 10, 2010, 10:23 pm
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ORDFlyer33
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Chicago
Programs: UA 1K MM, HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium
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ORD-FRA Diverted to JFK

I was on the Dec 1 ORD-FRA flight that was diverted to JFK 2.5 hours into the flight due to luggage being loaded into a cargo hold that didn't have smoke detectors. Why it took 2.5 hours to figure this out, who knows. All in it added about 4 hours to the trip.

At the time I was on the ground at JFK, United had sent out appreciation emails with a link so it was nice to see that they were on top of things. I checked later that week and it was 4 options - $300 domestic ecert, some miles, something else and a $300 system wide paper cert. Someone I was traveling with who is a general member, received $250. I waited a couple weeks and in that time I rolled over from 1P to 1K and my offer was up to $350.

I took the $350 paper cert to use for an international MR later in the year.
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