flight update
Jun. 30th, 2008 12:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gusl* Pitt-Cincinnati pilot got a stomach flu, unfit to fly; severely delayed. I figured I better not go West if I'm going to miss my connection.
* called Delta Reservations while inside the airplane. After talking to unhelpful person (who refused to look up alternative routes), the Delta gate attendant made a phone call and put me on a direct flight to Boston (USAirways). The line to talk to him was huge, is probably going to last >1 hour*: I'm lucky I was third (and that a Tennessee-bound gentleman let me go ahead of him)
* since this is none of FinnAir's business, I could theoretically get stuck in Boston indefinitely, or forced to buy yet another very expensive flight. For now, sounds like I will be ok.
The luggage is probably still with Delta, but they said it should catch up with me in Boston. (It's checked all the way to Helsinki, so I think I don't need to worry about it)
Updates here.
* - 30 minutes later, ~20 people were still standing in line to see him. He was still completely alone! I couldn't locate any Delta agents in other gates.
* called Delta Reservations while inside the airplane. After talking to unhelpful person (who refused to look up alternative routes), the Delta gate attendant made a phone call and put me on a direct flight to Boston (USAirways). The line to talk to him was huge, is probably going to last >1 hour*: I'm lucky I was third (and that a Tennessee-bound gentleman let me go ahead of him)
* since this is none of FinnAir's business, I could theoretically get stuck in Boston indefinitely, or forced to buy yet another very expensive flight. For now, sounds like I will be ok.
The luggage is probably still with Delta, but they said it should catch up with me in Boston. (It's checked all the way to Helsinki, so I think I don't need to worry about it)
Updates here.
* - 30 minutes later, ~20 people were still standing in line to see him. He was still completely alone! I couldn't locate any Delta agents in other gates.