bah airlines
Dec. 20th, 2021 11:52 amI wrote my last post sitting in the Vancouver airport lounge. (I flew too much in 2018 and 2019, so I have Gold Status on Westjet, which comes with free airport lounge privileges.) After I posted it I checked my flight status, because it was getting on time to board.
The screen just said CANCELLED.
The de-icer in Prince George broke, so they cancelled all flights for the day. I got rebooked for two days later, through Calgary, at six in the morning. Insult to injury, it also took them nearly two hours to unload the checked luggage.
So I grumped and trudged back to Rainbow House, where they were kind enough to put me up for two more nights.
Yesterday we all went over to New West, to get barbecue from Re-up and see the new condo. It's still pretty great, and I have a good idea as to how I'll arrange the furniture.
That evening Erin pinged me to ask if I'd tried to get a better flight. I said I hadn't, because I didn't want to deal with sitting on hold for several hours to get told there was nothing they could do because they'd already squeezed three days worth of passengers into two days worth of flights.
A few minutes later I shrugged and called the Westjet line. Half an hour later I was rebooked onto a direct flight leaving at noon. Except it was somehow already delayed two hours.
Stupid learned helplessness.
Anyway, I'm back in the YVR lounge, and with any luck I'll be able to get home today, with all my luggage. Overall it's been a good trip; I'm just ready to be in my own space.
The screen just said CANCELLED.
The de-icer in Prince George broke, so they cancelled all flights for the day. I got rebooked for two days later, through Calgary, at six in the morning. Insult to injury, it also took them nearly two hours to unload the checked luggage.
So I grumped and trudged back to Rainbow House, where they were kind enough to put me up for two more nights.
Yesterday we all went over to New West, to get barbecue from Re-up and see the new condo. It's still pretty great, and I have a good idea as to how I'll arrange the furniture.
That evening Erin pinged me to ask if I'd tried to get a better flight. I said I hadn't, because I didn't want to deal with sitting on hold for several hours to get told there was nothing they could do because they'd already squeezed three days worth of passengers into two days worth of flights.
A few minutes later I shrugged and called the Westjet line. Half an hour later I was rebooked onto a direct flight leaving at noon. Except it was somehow already delayed two hours.
Stupid learned helplessness.
Anyway, I'm back in the YVR lounge, and with any luck I'll be able to get home today, with all my luggage. Overall it's been a good trip; I'm just ready to be in my own space.