Originally Posted by
giants_fan
... By the time I got off the plane, the CK rep was there to tell me that I was stranded. He was kind enough to get me a hotel and a voucher for breakfast, and the first flight out the next day.
You made out far better than the rest of the poor connecting souls on that flight.
There's no doubt that it's easier to get rebooked if there is a formal delay but the whole rolling 15 minute act that AA performs can make it hard to convince the AC agents to endorse your ticket to Delta.