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I'm at the airport in Houston waiting to get on a flight to Newark to go on vacation at the Jersey Shore like I do every year........aaaaand major delay with....United. It's due to weather apparently, but I'm apparently not getting out of Houston until about 6, and I was supposed to depart at 2:35 pm. I've had worse, but still, this sucks lol. Sooo, what's your best/worst airline story?
 

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On my flight home from Istanbul, I had to sit next to some (bleepity bleep) who was sick as a dog, hacking and coughing the whole way. There was no other seat available. I nearly asked for a parachute so that I could jump out. I was so upset. And, of course, the dirtbag did get me sick and make me miss days of work after I had already been on vacation.
 

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I'm at the airport in Houston waiting to get on a flight to Newark to go on vacation at the Jersey Shore like I do every year........aaaaand major delay with....United. It's due to weather apparently, but I'm apparently not getting out of Houston until about 6, and I was supposed to depart at 2:35 pm. I've had worse, but still, this sucks lol. Sooo, what's your best/worst airline story?
SHEET FIRE& SAVE YER' MATCHES my NATIVE son,,,MAN ALIVE! MARYLAND CAUGHT THE OL' 1-2 OF DOUBLE TORNADOES yesterday, Pennsylvania coast is inundated with flood waters powerful enough to' float' 6" thick of the asphalt roadway half the size of a pickup trucks hood,,,not to mention the sharks & the riptides all up& down the eastern sea coast are being portrayed as a one way E-TICKET RIDE on the VORTEX OF DROWNED DEATH,,, I wouldn't hit that A.O. fer' less than 20k & a new manufacted M-4 carbine,,,,with supplied ammunition,,,, provided UP FRONTo_O


* I'd like to think you'll be missed upon yer 'non-return ' my friend,,,,but,AW,HELL! I've been wrong plenty of times in my past:thumbup:
 

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I have flown united twice ... lost my luggage both times. The one time it was in Florida and the person in front of me, they lost her wheel chair ... she had to jot down a description. My question, does united lose a lot of wheelchairs that you need a description? I hate flying ...
 

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I hit a huge delay up in Boise about year back,& it was a spanking new united airlines aircraft also,( some dashboard casing-liners weren't copacetic with the pilots),, it blew my Denver connection to T-town to past history,,,, I ended up slamming shots of JIM BEAM with this German national in the Denver airport fer hours,that would go a solid 275-85 pounds& built like a frickin' competitive powerlifter,,,:lmao:,,, dudes middle name was
"" HANS":lmao2:& THE CAT'S LAST NAME WAS "GRUBER",,, honest, I saw pictures of us all $*** faced together on an old MICRO s.d. card a month or so back,,,:lmao2:
 

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I hit a huge delay up in Boise about year back,& it was a spanking new united airlines aircraft also,( some dashboard casing-liners weren't copacetic with the pilots),, it blew my Denver connection to T-town to past history,,,, I ended up slamming shots of JIM BEAM with this German national in the Denver airport fer hours,that would go a solid 275-85 pounds& built like a frickin' competitive powerlifter,,,:lmao:,,, dudes middle name was
"" HANS":lmao2:& THE CAT'S LAST NAME WAS "GRUBER",,, honest, I saw pictures of us all $*** faced together on an old MICRO s.d. card a month or so back,,,:lmao2:
Did you depart with a, "Yippee ki yay, mother blanker"?
 

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Going home on military leave from Louisiana. Only took about $20.00 in cash in case I wanted to get a snack and drink during layover. Get to Atlanta Airport. Huge storms were going through. All flights cancelled u til following morning. Since weather related, best airline would do was half off cab ride and half off hotel room. I did not have enough for that. So I spent over 12 hours in Atlanta Airport. Nothing like getting bizarre stares from midnight janitorial staffs because I was jogging through airport just to have something to do.
 

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Aaaaand I'm stuck in Houston another hour:

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I have flown united twice ... lost my luggage both times. The one time it was in Florida and the person in front of me, they lost her wheel chair ... she had to jot down a description. My question, does united lose a lot of wheelchairs that you need a description? I hate flying ...

I like flying, but I don't like United's ********.
 

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The other time was when I was leaving military for good. This time I had plenty of money...thankfully.

Friend took me to airport but we were late due to car troubles. So the ticket I had paid for the previous week had to be changed. I told the guy final destination was Charleston, WV. The guy even brought up the Country Roads song.

Get my ticket. Get to Atlanta. Look on ticket for flight number so I can find the listing on digital board to find correct terminal. Found the number looked at digital listings realize flight is to Charleston South Carolina instead of WV.

Grrrr... Goto airline counter. Explained situation. Guy did not want to give me military discount. He says I have to show proof of military. I say look at old ticket, it says military discount on it. Nope would not accept it. Which irked me since the airline h e worked for screwed this up. Thankfully I had out processing paperwork and DD214 with me. So I got my discount but still paid for an additional charge over all.

Finally get to Charleston WV. Guess what happened to luggage... If went to South Carolina. Turd at airline counter never had it changed. So j have luggage and my Charvel electric guitar missing.

At this time I just wanted to get home. I told them to call me when luggage came in.

They called me later that evening telling me my luggage was there for me to pickup. I told the guy after the crap I had dealing with that airline... They will be bringing my luggage to me. He apologized for poor service and just asked if he could have someone deliver it in the morning. I said sure.
They brought my luggage and one guy handed me a check for $100.00. I asked what it was for.

My hardshell case had three to four clasps on it and one of them you could put a lock on.. Which I did.

That clasp and lock was broken off. I said hold on, if the guitar is gone or damaged that check is not going to cut it.

The guitar was not damaged at all. Just the case/clasp. I took the check and cashed it... Never got another case or and never had the clasp replaced.
 

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The other time was when I was leaving military for good. This time I had plenty of money...thankfully.

Friend took me to airport but we were late due to car troubles. So the ticket I had paid for the previous week had to be changed. I told the guy final destination was Charleston, WV. The guy even brought up the Country Roads song.

Get my ticket. Get to Atlanta. Look on ticket for flight number so I can find the listing on digital board to find correct terminal. Found the number looked at digital listings realize flight is to Charleston South Carolina instead of WV.

Grrrr... Goto airline counter. Explained situation. Guy did not want to give me military discount. He says I have to show proof of military. I say look at old ticket, it says military discount on it. Nope would not accept it. Which irked me since the airline h e worked for screwed this up. Thankfully I had out processing paperwork and DD214 with me. So I got my discount but still paid for an additional charge over all.

Finally get to Charleston WV. Guess what happened to luggage... If went to South Carolina. Turd at airline counter never had it changed. So j have luggage and my Charvel electric guitar missing.

At this time I just wanted to get home. I told them to call me when luggage came in.

They called me later that evening telling me my luggage was there for me to pickup. I told the guy after the crap I had dealing with that airline... They will be bringing my luggage to me. He apologized for poor service and just asked if he could have someone deliver it in the morning. I said sure.
They brought my luggage and one guy handed me a check for $100.00. I asked what it was for.

My hardshell case had three to four clasps on it and one of them you could put a lock on.. Which I did.

That clasp and lock was broken off. I said hold on, if the guitar is gone or damaged that check is not going to cut it.

The guitar was not damaged at all. Just the case/clasp. I took the check and cashed it... Never got another case or and never had the clasp replaced.

 

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I'm at the airport in Houston waiting to get on a flight to Newark to go on vacation at the Jersey Shore like I do every year........aaaaand major delay with....United. It's due to weather apparently, but I'm apparently not getting out of Houston until about 6, and I was supposed to depart at 2:35 pm. I've had worse, but still, this sucks lol. Sooo, what's your best/worst airline story?
I was on a flight from Houston to Newark and had a premonition and told everyone it was going to crash. They thought I was hysterical, not laugh hysterical, slap me in the face hysterical because I was yelling "we're all gonna die, we're all gonna die!!!!!" Several people believed me and got off the flight with me. The flight arrived in Newark on time without incident and those people that got off with me hunted for me all night but they got runover by a luggage cart. Poor things, they should have stayed on the plane.
 

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I was on a flight from Houston to Newark and had a premonition and told everyone it was going to crash. They thought I was hysterical, not laugh hysterical, slap me in the face hysterical because I was yelling "we're all gonna die, we're all gonna die!!!!!" Several people believed me and got off the flight with me. The flight arrived in Newark on time without incident and those people that got off with me hunted for me all night but they got runover by a luggage cart. Poor things, they should have stayed on the plane.

Lol, that's hilarious.
 

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Honestly! Who's running United Airlines? Jason Garrett? Luckily, this is giving me a TON of comedy material.
 
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