mediumone
Contributor
United is really bad for that, they will not give a **** if you miss your flight. I learned that the hard way. I never fly with United again after that.
We were on an American flight out of CUN two years ago. While fueling up, the shutoff valve didn't work properly, and fuel spilled all over the tarmac. We departed an hour late for DFW.
In DFW, the baggage handler recognized our time crunch, and escorted us to the closest screening area, and he asked the TSA twits to give us a hand getting through. as we were really tight on time. There were 3 lines waiting for the screening process. We were first in the 3rd line. Each time they finished with one group, we stepped forward, only to be admonished to step back behind the line. This happened four times. It was so nice to be taught again, (even though I would have told them), that my pair are smaller.
So, properly humbled, we headed downstairs to our gate. At the bottom, there was an American Airlines help desk.
"Sir, will you please call the gate and tell them that we're on our way"?
"Gee, I don't know if I have their number"
Bless his little heart, he tried 3 times, without success, to reach the gate.
So, off we go. As luck would have it, it was the very last gate, in an area with no horizontal escalators. We arrived 8 minutes before takeoff. The plane was still at the jet way, but the doors were closed.
Do you think the prick would let us on????
Ahh, what's 4 hours in an airport waiting for a connecting flight?
When it's their fault, and they knew where we were and why.
Btw, we were 2 of 6.
Yeah, I want to get on another American flight really bad.