Originally Posted by
Sojourn
All your comments are a little harsh, I must say. It almost sounds like you don't have any sympathy for me. Yeah it was weather and mabey I made mistakes, but this was still a nightmare. All I wanted from CO were answers. Can any of you imagine planning to leave on a Saturday and being told you can’t leave until Tuesday? Thats outrageous. No person in their right mind would say, “Oh well I’m just going to have to stay here...I’ll just be at the airlines Mercy” I stayed at the airport to be put on standby. That’s why I got home last night instead on tonight.
You expected sympathy? Most of us have been in similar situations ourselves. I've been delayed because of lightning strikes on planes, typhoons, plus flown during the SARS scare, numerous snow storms and so many other situations, I can't even remember them all.
What FlyerTalk has taught me, is to nip any problem in the bud. Call as soon as possible, look at flying out of different cities, routing different ways, etc. The phone is your friend.
It's good that you stuck it out, but it sounds like 100,000 people this weekend went through a similar adventure.
Considering your tag line,
If life gives you lemons, grab some tequila and salt, I would think you would have handled it better.