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eruthrosMe = at Syracuse Hancock International Airport. (I have always assumed the "international" part to be a joke. Welcome to Syracuse Hancock, home to ... three whole different airlines!)
It took me thirty-five minutes to check my bags. See, I'd gone and printed out my boarding pass in advance, which usually means you just walk up, flash it at people, and hand over your luggage. Not so at Syracuse and with US Airways, where we have no curbside check in and no dedicated line! You must stand in the line with all the people trying to change flight and all the people having problems with seating and glower impatiently at the man who's been at the counter since you got here, trying to change something about his flight... on July thirtieth. Then I spent half an hour in line at security. However, as it turns out, this was not a problem.
My flight was supposed to leave at 11:30. You may note that it is now 12:04. My connecting flight leaves Philadelphia at 2:05. No problem, right?
Except that the plane bain't here yet. It pushed off the gate at Philadelphia at 10:39. Didn't get into the air for an hour after that. Projected time of departure here now 12:50. Projected time of arrival in Philadelphia now 1:50. (Note: this is a lie, because at Philadelphia you are always required to taxi randomly around in circles for twenty minutes when landing. It's a rule.) Man at counter said "this may make connections tight. If your flight is leaving Philadelphia before two pm or earlier" (side note: what is earlier than before two pm?) "please come up to the counter." But apparently my fifteen minutes? Totally aok! I shouldn't bother them!
HATZORS.
ETA:Apparently everything from Philadelphia to the West Coast is sold out. There is no seat anywhere. There is a list of ten standby flyers for every flight. I offered them SFO, Oakland, San Jose, even Sacramento. They can't even get me to their hubs in Phoenix or Las Vegas. So if I don't make my flight, I'm screwed. There is no seating anywhere.
It took me thirty-five minutes to check my bags. See, I'd gone and printed out my boarding pass in advance, which usually means you just walk up, flash it at people, and hand over your luggage. Not so at Syracuse and with US Airways, where we have no curbside check in and no dedicated line! You must stand in the line with all the people trying to change flight and all the people having problems with seating and glower impatiently at the man who's been at the counter since you got here, trying to change something about his flight... on July thirtieth. Then I spent half an hour in line at security. However, as it turns out, this was not a problem.
My flight was supposed to leave at 11:30. You may note that it is now 12:04. My connecting flight leaves Philadelphia at 2:05. No problem, right?
Except that the plane bain't here yet. It pushed off the gate at Philadelphia at 10:39. Didn't get into the air for an hour after that. Projected time of departure here now 12:50. Projected time of arrival in Philadelphia now 1:50. (Note: this is a lie, because at Philadelphia you are always required to taxi randomly around in circles for twenty minutes when landing. It's a rule.) Man at counter said "this may make connections tight. If your flight is leaving Philadelphia before two pm or earlier" (side note: what is earlier than before two pm?) "please come up to the counter." But apparently my fifteen minutes? Totally aok! I shouldn't bother them!
HATZORS.
ETA:Apparently everything from Philadelphia to the West Coast is sold out. There is no seat anywhere. There is a list of ten standby flyers for every flight. I offered them SFO, Oakland, San Jose, even Sacramento. They can't even get me to their hubs in Phoenix or Las Vegas. So if I don't make my flight, I'm screwed. There is no seating anywhere.
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Date: 2007-06-26 04:14 pm (UTC)*hugs*, and good luck making it on another connection out of Philly!
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Date: 2007-06-26 04:24 pm (UTC)Apparently everything from Philadelphia to the West Coast is sold out. There is no seat anywhere. There is a list of ten standby flyers for every flight. I offered them SFO, Oakland, San Jose, even Sacramento. They can't even get me to DENVER. So if I don't make my flight, I'm screwed. There is no seating anywhere.
Note: they didn't TELL us that the flight was this delayed until ... now. They told us that it was late getting out of the gate, but they didn't tell us that it hadn't even taken off yet. Which meant that I couldn't call earlier.
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Date: 2007-06-26 04:49 pm (UTC)*hugs*