Originally Posted by
zrs70
This sounds really annoying… But it’s hardly a nightmare. A nightmare would be the flight having an emergency. A nightmare would be getting stranded for a few days at a connection city. A nightmare would be getting sick on the plane.
A nightmare is not the minor inconvenience of the ticket, not lining up – being able to fly the flight anyway.
Stressful, yes. A nightmare… no.
One person’s stressful situation is another person’s nightmare. I don’t think it helps the OP to quibble about terminology.