rissama
Senior Travel Member
"What is hodie Latin for?" "Today." "What's a good way to remember that?" "Ho. Die. Today."
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Post by rissama on Oct 20, 2007 11:35:32 GMT -5
Yesterday, my mom and sister were supposed to get home on an AA flight. They were told by an AA employee that the flight was canceled. This morning, however, they tried to get a refund, but were told that the flight was not canceled, and that they would not get a refund. Apparently, there was no record at all of the cancellation. If this happened to anyone else through AA, please let me know. Even if it wasn't the same flight. My mom's flight was from Chicago O'Hare to Fort Wayne International. I'm gonna give AA HELL
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Post by me on Oct 20, 2007 13:35:22 GMT -5
it's true, Mar. AA has a bad rep. but, the AAdvantage program (AA's frequent flier thing) has more ways to get miles than any other. also - from DFW, AA is often the only reasonable option for many destinations.
i've never paid full fare for a flight on AA. only fly them if using miles, or if they run a deeply discounted fare sale. [DFW has lost many non-AA Europe passenger flights. Delta's is gone, Air France is gone, Swiss is gone, SABENA is gone. AA is stopping Zürich flights from DFW next week. But, KLM starts Amsterdam-DFW flights in the Spring.]
- d
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Post by WillTravel on Oct 21, 2007 2:54:04 GMT -5
Mar, are they still trying to get home? Did they get charged for an extra flight?
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Post by MuvverRussia on Oct 21, 2007 7:04:57 GMT -5
Sounds similar to my experience regarding AA a couple of weeks back. They ended up cancelling my direct flight from LAX to LHR and rerouted me through Boston. The worst thing was the lack of information though - the guys in LAX and on the 'phone were contradicting each other and it took a good 4hrs to get some reliable information out of them.
Overall, I ended up with a 10hr delay, although I did get 10k Aadvantage miles out of them for it. Would I fly AA again though? I guess that depends on the price and whether I have any say in the matter or not though. As David said, they often have some extremely good prices, especially to less internationally served cities (like Dallas Ft-Worth).
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Post by me on Oct 21, 2007 17:45:09 GMT -5
to less internationally served cities (like Dallas Ft-Worth). this statement shows how far DFW has fallen since it's heyday. i've read that in 1973, i was too young to really remember it 1st hand, Concorde landed for the first time in America at DFW. and in the late 70's, a defunct local airline operated 10 leased Concordes for subsonic flights from DFW to Washington Dulles, continuing on supersonic to Paris or London. that was the 1st great Dallas based airline, Braniff - the only US airline to operate Concorde. now, Dallas has another world renown airline, but Southwest is known for being frugal. Braniff was know for being extravagant. [well, back in the day, Southwest was known for hotpant wearing flight attendants. they're the "Luv airline!"] |
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rissama
Senior Travel Member
"What is hodie Latin for?" "Today." "What's a good way to remember that?" "Ho. Die. Today."
Posts: 78
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Post by rissama on Nov 15, 2007 8:41:05 GMT -5
They got back at 1 am instead of 6pm like they were supposed to. I wouldn't have freaked out so much, but my dad had just left at 10 am that morning, and my mom and sister would have had to stay in Chicago overnight, which would have left me alone in an old, creaky house by myself AT NIGHT. I'm fine during the day, but night? no way.
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Post by me on Nov 15, 2007 16:12:04 GMT -5
which would have left me alone in an old, creaky house by myself AT NIGHT. I'm fine during the day, but night? no way. com'on Mar! you're a big girl - almost 6 feet! how are you gonna make it in Europe if you can't even handle a night by yourself AT *HOME?*  |
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