Originally Posted by chrisj500

I don't understand why US would force an upset stewardess to fly. I realize that probably would have cause outbound flight #3 to be cancelled, but I was almost ready to give up at that point anyway.

I did get a flight voucher ($450) for the involuntary boarding of outbound flight #1, and this was regional small aircraft. I did tell passenger #2 that we could request cash, because I thought that was the case from what I've learned here. The desk staff looked frazzled when I mentioned it, so I let it go. I think there is a multiplier when you have to wait past a certain # of hours as well, so I'm not sure if the amount was even correct. $450 seems fair though, although at that point - I would have preferred to have been going home.

The 2nd outbound flight that US booked me on was a United one that was cancelled due to equipment change / and lack of crew (funnily enough at one point it said taxiing and awaiting crew simultaneously even though the craft had never left DCA), and this is the one-way flight that US is willing to let me rebook - if I pay a $150 change fee.

I'm pretty certain that weather was not inclement in either city at any departure time, but by the time I had left and driven many hours now overnight- it began accumulating on the highways in the mountains of WV. This was the only time I remember a weather situation forming locally- that's why I grabbed a rental car before I become trapped the next day as well, as the storm was predicted to move in the following day. And, as I said - I already had friends awaiting for me in DC.)