Is is me or did they take the fun out of flying?
Three flights to get back to New York. Houston to Atlanta, no big problems, even rated an empty seat next to me.
Atlanta to Detroit, Sat on my plane for an hour without being told why. The crew finally announces they can't get the cargo door to close and we can get off the plane for a bit if we want. I get off the plane and they are saying at the gate that the flight has now been canceled. I was told which gate to go to, to see if I can get on that flight. I do, the lady freaks out at that gate because thirty people are standing in her line to get on their already full plane and starts getting an attitude and there was me, first in line. Meanwhile, this tool in a long coat jumps up next to me asking if he can upgrade to First class with his miles. The lady to the right says politely that First Class is all booked up. He then asks to be at least upgraded to an exit row. The lady looks up from her terminal and points to my grumpy lady and says "You have to talk to her". He got upset he had to actually wait in line since he's the bestest customer ever with NW Airlines and has like one billion air miles with them. I thought about accidentally kicking him in the ankle when I left.
Eventually I get a new boarding pass and get on the plane. Flight goes fine. The airline informs me they have already rescheduled my connecting flight in Detroit that I had already missed.
Detroit to New York, the plane sat on the tarmac for over an hour after we were boarded. This guy about two rows back had not only a distinct nasal voice, but because he never shut up the entire time on the plane, I can tell you that he has a lazy kid going to college in upstate New York, He's in Real Estate and has one funny story about Richard Dreyfuss involving a real estate deal gone bad, he's traveled to Egypt, Belese, Bali, and many states in the U.S. He can tell you how to paddle a kayak correctly on the Hudson river and many many more things I can't remember to tell you. The lady next to him was trying to get a few words in but was rarely successful.
Anyway, After the long delay and de-iceing, The plane took off. An hour and 15 min later, we were flying over Manhattan by 9pm. We were then told the wind was bad and we were in a holding pattern until 9:23pm. We landed finally at 9:47pm and amazingly enough, they lost my luggage.
While reporting my luggage lost, the lady starts asking me why I switched planes in Atlanta, the plane I was on was not canceled. Apparently, It had finally been fixed and continued on but got in after my (new) connecting flight left Detroit so I would have had to have boarded an even later flight back to NYC or possibly stay the night in Detroit.
After a taxi ride back to the apartment, I go through my mail that had piled up, one envelope was from Northwest Airlines (the people I had just flown on all day). They wanted to say they are sorry for my plane delay on my return flight from Oklahoma last month and gave me 1000 air miles as an apology.
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