I’m typing this from a hotel room in Richmond. Why am I here?
I’m asking myself the same question.
Airplane takes off out of RDU flies to our nations capitol. Decent is bumpy, due to storms closing on the city. Pilots take a go-around due to winds at Reagan and then after a second try divert to Richmond. Now I’m OK with them having opted not to go for the “varsity play for the runway”-having ridden through more than a couple of those.
BUT……
When you strand me in another city, with no hope of making my connection, and I need to be on a plane for Tucson tomorrow- How in the hell can you have the balls to tell me you will not pay for a hotel room?!?! I went through a similar situation with Cathay once and they put me up in an nice hotel. Used to be US carriers did the same.
Its like everything else about airlines in America these days-they just don’t get it. Gas prices are high-fine, raise ticket prices. But don’t drop the level of service. Reduce routes if need be-but don’t drop service. Anything else insults our intelligence.
Choice 1 was to go to DC and have to stay overnight-at over 200 dollars a night. Choice two was to be here-at 60. I chose the latter. The S.O. is packing me a suitcase to meet me at the airport tomorrow with business clothes. That’s going to cost me in emotional points later.
Thanks guys! THANKS A LOT!
Reason 233 why I am ready to go back to Asia…………….
Dare I say that many of the serious problems in USA – airline issues, health costs, etc… are due in no small part to those heady deregulatory days of the Ronnie Raygun era?
“Hey what would happen if we let the airlines look after themselves? Hey, what would happen if we let Big Pharma do what they like with OUR research? Hey, what would happen if the lunatics ran the asylum?”
Also, I thought Cathay etc would only put you up if it was THEIR problem that caused the delay. We had a sticky valve in Manila once and they put us up. But weather, I don’t know if they would.
Hey, check this out:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/15/business/airsleep.php?WT.mc_id=glob_mrktg_lead&WT.mc_ev=click
Also supplies one more reason for you to love Singapore.
E@L — I guess you are referring to the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, right? Well, you might think about taking your snarky little cheap shot at President Reagan back. The long missed President Jimmy Carter signed that one into law. Kinda calls the quality of your analytical skills into question when you can’t get the facts to match your Procrustean outcome.