FlightDelays

ORD to SFO. Fully boarded. Then the pilot announces they “found some damage” and it’ll be at least 90 minutes while they evaluate. Possibly another aircraft. They’re letting passengers deplane. At that point I’m thinking the crew will time out and we’re done for the night....

That’s stressful. Being at the airport with 50 minutes to departure and not a single person checked in because of a system outage is not what you want to hear. If it’s a full server issue, at least you’re not alone, but that doesn’t make it any calmer standing there watching the...

One mistake I see people make all the time when traveling for work is trusting the airport boards too much. Gate agents often delay updating bad news so the desk doesn’t get flooded all at once. If I think a connection might be tight, I usually just check a few apps on my phone...

Had something new happen on a recent Alaska flight out of Burbank. The gate agent announced the flight would be weight restricted because of strong winds and the extra fuel needed. They asked for 11 volunteers to take a later flight from LAX instead. The offer was a $500 voucher...

Had a business class ticket from Paris to Tokyo with Air France. On the day of the flight I was involuntarily downgraded to Premium Economy because the flight was overbooked. A few hours later they called and offered business seats on an Emirates flight leaving later. That...

Saw a frustrating situation someone shared after a delayed flight. The flight was already delayed about 1.5 hours while they looked for a replacement pilot. During that time passengers were allowed to leave the plane and wait around the gate. About 30 minutes before the new...

We were on one ticket booked with Singapore Airlines. First leg was Scoot, about 20 minutes late. Somehow we were automatically rebooked before even landing in Singapore. We got to the gate for the SQ flight while boarding was still happening, but were told our seats had already...

Last year I had an operational (non-weather) delay on Spirit that caused me to miss my connecting flight and resulted in $700+ in direct losses, plus professional disruption. What happened: • First leg delayed for operational reasons • Missed my onward connection • No meaningful...

Had a big delay coming into LHR from Asia, around 20 hours, which obviously wrecked my connection to the US. I’ll admit I had the classic “this is why BA has a bad rep” moment. Called customer service and got through in about 10 minutes. Not instant, but totally reasonable....

Flew Frontier Jan 22 into Memphis. Weather delay, fine, I get it. My checked bag didn’t make it back to Houston with me. Was told it would be delivered in a few days. Never happened. Since then I’ve called over and over and keep getting different answers. “Still in Memphis.”...

Had a pretty wild situation tonight flying ATL to Newark. About an hour into the flight we had to turn around because NYC airspace was closed due to weather. We went back to Atlanta and once we landed they told everyone the next available Frontier flight wasn’t until Friday at 7...

Had a flight to Seattle scheduled for 2:30pm, but ended up stuck at the airport until around 9pm because of a series of delays. Boarded on time and even left the gate, then after sitting on the plane for about an hour there was apparently a mechanical issue, so everyone had to...

Flight AI127 from Delhi ended up delayed because three business class seats were broken and the passengers assigned to them refused to move to economy. What made it more frustrating was that the aircraft had reportedly been on the ground for about five hours, so it wasn’t a...

I was reading a question about this and it got me thinking. When something big shuts down flights for days like volcanic ash, weather chaos, or airspace closures, the airlines don’t actually try to operate all those missed flights later. From what I understand, the original...

Supposed to fly BOS to MCO Sunday at 4:20pm. It got delayed three times, then cancelled with no real explanation. They moved me to Monday at 12pm. Now that flight has already been delayed four times to 4:55pm and I’m honestly expecting another cancellation. I really need to get...

Flew WN1466 OAK to LAX tonight. Supposed to leave at 6:55pm, pushed back after 8pm. Paid almost $700 RT for this route. I was in 14D on a MAX 8. 14A, B, C and E were all empty. Honestly most of the cabin had space. When I boarded, I asked the overwing FA if I could slide over to...

We were flying RDU to ATL to PDX. First leg got delayed about 3 hours, so we were going to miss the ATL to PDX connection. At RDU, after we’d already checked in and checked our bags, a Delta agent rebooked us on a different ATL to PDX flight. Fast forward a few hours, we get to...

Booked HA899 HNL to SEA this morning. Checked the inbound last night, saw the plane had arrived, figured we were set. Get to the airport and departure is pushed 45 minutes. Plane swap. Fine. Still an A330. Then another hour delay. Then another. Gate area turns into chaos with...

Lufthansa has acknowledged multiple times that they owe us €800 for delays. It’s been four months. Dozens of emails. Chats. Promises. Still no payment. At this point it’s less about the money and more about the principle. It genuinely feels like they acknowledge liability and...

My flight got delayed and now I am stuck with a 14 hour overnight layover in Hong Kong. Does Cathay usually provide hotel accommodation in this kind of situation? Or is it only in certain cases? If anyone has dealt with this before, would appreciate hearing how it worked out.

This one really threw me. I was doing a same day round trip from OKC to DFW. My 5am flight got delayed 10 hours, then closer to 15. When I asked about getting on an earlier departure, they told me they were prioritizing passengers with onward connections. So the 6am, 7am, and...

I’d honestly push this further. Yes, fog is extraordinary. No argument there. But EU261 doesn’t just stop at “bad weather happened.” The airline also has to show they did everything reasonable to avoid or reduce the delay. In your case the aircraft was already at Otopeni...