Let’s talk airline travel: What pisses you off?

[lee_carvallo_12]

 

[Alcaus]

Fats and people who yell

 

[Cornicator]

Is it standard operating procedure for airlines to make sure your connecting flights are almost always the furthest point away from each other in the airport?

I'm convinced someone in Atlanta gets a big kick out of this everyday.

 

[MrKnightedHusker]

Well, something positive from an airline.

Last week, I received an interesting email from my good friends at Delta. I was blown away by their kindness.

“In recognition of your decades of loyalty, your 2-million miler status and consistent achievement of Diamond status we are making an exception for you this year. You did not hit the level of diamond status (missed by less than a thousand miles). We are thankful for your loyalty and have awarded you diamond status for the coming year.”

They didn’t have to do this, nor did I expect it. I do appreciate the perks for flights and the the three choice perks for being diamond:
- $700 Amex credit to account

- 35,000 flight miles (enough for many domestic trips)

- 8 First class certificates for upgrades


As much as airlines aggravate me, this was such a positive action for them to take, I’m greatly appreciative of their consideration and action.

 

[Juro]

Well, something positive from an airline.

Last week, I received an interesting email from my good friends at Delta. I was blown away by their kindness.

“In recognition of your decades of loyalty, your 2-million miler status and consistent achievement of Diamond status we are making an exception for you this year. You did not hit the level of diamond status (missed by less than a thousand miles). We are thankful for your loyalty and have awarded you diamond status for the coming year.”

They didn’t have to do this, nor did I expect it. I do appreciate the perks for flights and the the three choice perks for being diamond:
- $700 Amex credit to account

- 35,000 flight miles (enough for many domestic trips)

- 8 First class certificates for upgrades


As much as airlines aggravate me, this was such a positive action for them to take, I’m greatly appreciative of their consideration and action.

Cool. I’m jealous, and thus, I hate you.

 

[MrKnightedHusker]

Cool. I’m jealous, and thus, I hate you.

That’s fair.

 

[Quint]

Well, something positive from an airline.

Last week, I received an interesting email from my good friends at Delta. I was blown away by their kindness.

“In recognition of your decades of loyalty, your 2-million miler status and consistent achievement of Diamond status we are making an exception for you this year. You did not hit the level of diamond status (missed by less than a thousand miles). We are thankful for your loyalty and have awarded you diamond status for the coming year.”

They didn’t have to do this, nor did I expect it. I do appreciate the perks for flights and the the three choice perks for being diamond:
- $700 Amex credit to account

- 35,000 flight miles (enough for many domestic trips)

- 8 First class certificates for upgrades


As much as airlines aggravate me, this was such a positive action for them to take, I’m greatly appreciative of their consideration and action.

That’s awesome.

I don’t expect the same from American if I don’t hit Executive Platinum some time in the future, but maybe they’ll surprise me.

 

[HuskerGarrett]

I gambled a little on my timing for my flight this morning but it worked out perfectly. Just got to my gate and they’re already starting pre-boarding

 

[MrKnightedHusker]

As a regular traveler for work, I’ve got a list a mile long…let’s start this off with…

The family of 20, like the entire family and extended family that boards with the one person in the wheelchair whom I happen to also see during ticketing moving around like a cheetah on the Serengeti right up to boarding…really?

…one more…guy with bag, extra bag, and backpack who walks down the aisle taking everyone out with his bags and then proceeds to bitch that he can’t fit all his crap in the overhead bin.

And go!

The bag hitters are my pet peeve.... And most are blissfully unaware.

 

[Boondock_St_Sker]

I fly for my gov't job, thus I get the cheapest flights available (fun). Also, I don't get to pick what airline I fly on b/c the system finds the lowest rate regardless of airline. Therefore I have multiple airline FF accounts.

Do any of you world travelers have "hacks" on getting upgrades?

 

[Ext. 55]

The bag hitters are my pet peeve.... And most are blissfully unaware.

Yeah, F*ck those peeps. Grrrrrr

 

[Ext. 55]

I fly for my gov't job, thus I get the cheapest flights available (fun). Also, I don't get to pick what airline I fly on b/c the system finds the lowest rate regardless of airline. Therefore I have multiple airline FF accounts.

Do any of you world travelers have "hacks" on getting upgrades?

Fly one airline and get status…but not a great hack for your world. 🙁

 

[Quint]

I fly for my gov't job, thus I get the cheapest flights available (fun). Also, I don't get to pick what airline I fly on b/c the system finds the lowest rate regardless of airline. Therefore I have multiple airline FF accounts.

Do any of you world travelers have "hacks" on getting upgrades?

It’s hard to compile enough points for upgrades, preferred boarding etc when all your miles aren’t in one basket. I fly every week, hit 260k miles last year on American and still don’t get upgraded on every flight.

 

[Ripping Lips]

I fly for my gov't job, thus I get the cheapest flights available (fun). Also, I don't get to pick what airline I fly on b/c the system finds the lowest rate regardless of airline. Therefore I have multiple airline FF accounts.

Do any of you world travelers have "hacks" on getting upgrades?

I use to do quarterly flights to Honolulu for work on Delta. Since I use to leave on the weekends, I booked the flights that I wanted and play the “doesn’t meet travel schedule” code on the travel system. Plus I also got the Delta Reserve American Express Card which helps boost status some.

 

[Juro]

It’s hard to compile enough points for upgrades, preferred boarding etc when all your miles aren’t in one basket. I fly every week, hit 260k miles last year on American and still don’t get upgraded on every flight.

 

[Quint]

That’s pretty much what I said.

 

[herbsinator]

It’s hard to compile enough points for upgrades, preferred boarding etc when all your miles aren’t in one basket. I fly every week, hit 260k miles last year on American and still don’t get upgraded on every flight.

Is rather cut my nuts off than fly American

 

[Quint]

Is rather cut my nuts off than fly American

I hear that a lot, but my experiences with American have typically been no worse or slightly better than past experiences with United and Delta when I lived in different markets and flew them almost exclusively.

With the closest major airport to me being Charlotte Douglas, I either fly American, or I get really odd flight times, higher ticket prices and particularly in the case of Delta, multiple stops where I could book a non stop through American.

For the record, even my bad travel experiences have not made me want to cut my nuts off. Somebody else's? Yeah. That's damned sure happened.

 

[Ironwardog]

I'm convinced someone in Atlanta gets a big kick out of this everyday.

My parents just got back from Cancun just before spring break hit, missed their connecting flight from Atlanta to Omaha due to a series of issues. Long story short they were on the ground in plenty of time to get their bags, go through customs, and get ACROSS the airport. Someone said fuck you, your staying the night for absolutely no reason.

 

[Seaofred92]

Long story but my wife and I had previously used AirCanada miles (transferred points from AMEX) to book a Lufthansa flight in J within Europe that we ultimately didn’t use. AC wanted to charge us a fee that was bigger than the cost of the tickets to cancel it, however we could “adjust” the trip for free, including changing the departure and arrival airports, dates, etc. We wound up booking a flight from Charlotte to Montreal connecting in Toronto.

Except… I didn’t notice that we are flying into YYZ (Pearson) and flying out of YTZ (Toronto City airport). Which would be largely fine (if not inconvenient) except… they won’t automatically transfer my wife’s checked bag from YYZ to YTZ despite both flights being on AC and it being sold as 1 ticket.

So we will depart from CLT, land at YYZ, have to go to baggage and claim the bags, uber with them to YTZ, re-check them before cutoff.

Beyond stupid. If you sell the ticket you should be responsible for getting my bags on the planes. Thats the whole point of checking them!