Originally Posted by
stevenshev
If you arrived 10 minites before the posted time, you'd've been told to pound sand, and correctly so. All posted delays come with the warning that it can be pushed up at any time, and that you're responsible if it is.
That is info' I could have used in May...
I was booked MAD-LHR-SFO on BA.
When I reached the gate in MAD after checking in, I saw that my flight was delayed 1.5hrs. So I found a quiet spot and caught up with some work. An hour later I got myself together and went back to the gate, only to find that the MAD-LHR had left on time.
Didn't even page me!
(MAD is a modern, good looking airport, but they have no idea how to run the place - Southern European priorities.)
So I missed my connection to SFO.
Ended up not too bad, as I re-booked onto Lufthansa MAD-FRA-SFO same day, and picked up some UA miles I wouldn't have had otherwise!
(But yes, I lost the fare paid for the BA segments.)
Ants