Travel
3 Families--
3 flights...
3 different cities..
same dates of travel...
3 different airlines...
all have had time changes, some more than once, since April...
I usually try to check flight schedules at least weekly.
My brother and his family lost their seat assignments on Continental. The airline was thoughtful enough to reassign their seats , but the seats are not together. Good thing the kids are old enough to sit by themselves.
Last year on our departing flight to Aruba we lost our seats going down in one of these "computer changes". Luckily we noticed quickly enough to get Delta to get our original seats back.
Last week for the first time, I received an actual email from Delta alerting us to a time change on our outbound flight in December. How nice of them? First time they have ever done this and this is the second time that the departure time on this flight has changed. Why they bothered this time, I have NO clue...
Today I went to check the flights for dh, dd and myself for 3 upcoming trips (2 to AUA and one to NJ). Delta changed not the time on our flight for June BUT THE DATE!
Evidently they decided they were not going to fly to Aruba on that particular Wednesday in June that we had chosen, so just switched us over to a Thursday departure instead. In essence they cut our trip from 12 nights to 11 nights! There are a lot of things that get me mad, but want to make me furious and cut one day off of my Aruba vacation!
Dh phoned Delta and figured it was worthless trying to get an explanation just asked them to switch our departure to Aruba to a day later. They didn't try to argue that we had to pay a change fee, so I suppose in their record they saw what happened. But still this is one of the stranger travel stories I have heard in awhile.
I am VERY thankful that our travel plans are flexible at that time of the year and we are not locked into a timeshare. Also would be a little upset if we had a timeshare into which we were locked into specific dates. Worse yet, what if we were getting married in Aruba and had already made arrangements on the island for the ceremony and such? I could not even begin to consider that retched amount of upset.
- Seating Assignments On Delta
A hint if you fly Delta... What is the easiest way to obtain your favorite preference of seat when booking your flight? Note your preference in your profile. "Advance seat selection Advance seat selection is not available with Basic Economy fares. Seat...
- Why Do Airfares Fluctuate So Drastically?
How airlines price their fares Dynamic Pricing in the Airline Industry A layman's definition of "dynamic pricing" Dynamic pricing — otherwise known as revenue management, progressive pricing or the computerized art of changing a ticket price over...
- Delta Airlines Expands Service To Aruba
"Delta Airlines Expands Service to Aruba – La Guardia to Receive Additional Weekly Service in the Winter Season July 28th, 2010 Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA) has received word from Delta Airlines that as of December 18, 2010 through April 30, 2011,...
- Tamarijn Aruba All Inclusive- Getting There
Our family members flew from Newark on Continental, American from Miami and dh, dd, and I, from Atlanta on Delta. Considering we were flying the Saturday before, and only 3 days before Christmas, things did not go too badly. Living in Atlanta, most of...
- How Did Your Thanksgiving Travel Go?
Our family was booked on Delta for a 1:30 pm flight on Saturday the 17th from ATL (Atlanta) to EWR (Newark). Flight was ready to board and a crowd gathered around the gate's check-in desk. Looked around and looked up and flashing on the overhead screen,...
Travel
Airline Stories
3 Families--
3 flights...
3 different cities..
same dates of travel...
3 different airlines...
all have had time changes, some more than once, since April...
I usually try to check flight schedules at least weekly.
My brother and his family lost their seat assignments on Continental. The airline was thoughtful enough to reassign their seats , but the seats are not together. Good thing the kids are old enough to sit by themselves.
Last year on our departing flight to Aruba we lost our seats going down in one of these "computer changes". Luckily we noticed quickly enough to get Delta to get our original seats back.
Last week for the first time, I received an actual email from Delta alerting us to a time change on our outbound flight in December. How nice of them? First time they have ever done this and this is the second time that the departure time on this flight has changed. Why they bothered this time, I have NO clue...
Today I went to check the flights for dh, dd and myself for 3 upcoming trips (2 to AUA and one to NJ). Delta changed not the time on our flight for June BUT THE DATE!
Evidently they decided they were not going to fly to Aruba on that particular Wednesday in June that we had chosen, so just switched us over to a Thursday departure instead. In essence they cut our trip from 12 nights to 11 nights! There are a lot of things that get me mad, but want to make me furious and cut one day off of my Aruba vacation!
Dh phoned Delta and figured it was worthless trying to get an explanation just asked them to switch our departure to Aruba to a day later. They didn't try to argue that we had to pay a change fee, so I suppose in their record they saw what happened. But still this is one of the stranger travel stories I have heard in awhile.
I am VERY thankful that our travel plans are flexible at that time of the year and we are not locked into a timeshare. Also would be a little upset if we had a timeshare into which we were locked into specific dates. Worse yet, what if we were getting married in Aruba and had already made arrangements on the island for the ceremony and such? I could not even begin to consider that retched amount of upset.
- Seating Assignments On Delta
A hint if you fly Delta... What is the easiest way to obtain your favorite preference of seat when booking your flight? Note your preference in your profile. "Advance seat selection Advance seat selection is not available with Basic Economy fares. Seat...
- Why Do Airfares Fluctuate So Drastically?
How airlines price their fares Dynamic Pricing in the Airline Industry A layman's definition of "dynamic pricing" Dynamic pricing — otherwise known as revenue management, progressive pricing or the computerized art of changing a ticket price over...
- Delta Airlines Expands Service To Aruba
"Delta Airlines Expands Service to Aruba – La Guardia to Receive Additional Weekly Service in the Winter Season July 28th, 2010 Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA) has received word from Delta Airlines that as of December 18, 2010 through April 30, 2011,...
- Tamarijn Aruba All Inclusive- Getting There
Our family members flew from Newark on Continental, American from Miami and dh, dd, and I, from Atlanta on Delta. Considering we were flying the Saturday before, and only 3 days before Christmas, things did not go too badly. Living in Atlanta, most of...
- How Did Your Thanksgiving Travel Go?
Our family was booked on Delta for a 1:30 pm flight on Saturday the 17th from ATL (Atlanta) to EWR (Newark). Flight was ready to board and a crowd gathered around the gate's check-in desk. Looked around and looked up and flashing on the overhead screen,...