An ugly end to a great Negril week-AC1699

[TAH]

How about getting to the tkt counter in Mobay only to be told come back in two days flight has been cancelled, no hotel no voucher no nothing...it was only after I caused a fuss that I was told okay wait over there.....finally put up in a Mobay hotel for the night. Hauled to the airport for a wait and see game. Flight finally took off, arrived in Miami, assured my connection was booked only to learn it wasn't , so collect luggage run to the tkt counter pleading my case, missed connection flight. Put up in a Miami hotel. Next morning fly out of Miami/Ft Lauderdale two connections later arrived home. This was on Spirit.

Spirit has to be the worst airline in the history of air travel. It's a shame, they were very reasonable at one time.

[thepegboy]

TAH, Air Canada is by far the worst in my experience, maybe Spirit stole some executives

[Homebrewer]

Spirit has to be the worst airline in the history of air travel. It's a shame, they were very reasonable at one time.

Maybe not the worst, the very 1st time I flew I was flying Peoples Express out of Newark to Chicago. Our plane didn't arrive in Newark until 3 hours after its scheduled departure due to a "mechanical" problem. To complicate things, Peoples had another flight departing to Chicago every hour but we couldn't get on those flights and bump those passengers to the next flight so 2 planes came and left while we sat in the concourse in Newark (which was a crappy terminal). Finally our plane arrives and we board, and sit in the plane in the tarmac for an hour before we finally begin our take-off. 5 minutes later the pilot announces that as we flew past the control tower they noticed we had a cargo hatch not secured and must land to secure the hatch and should only be a minute.

As we are landing we notice that every emergency vehicle at Newark is along the runway waiting for us to land. Did I mention this is my 1st flight ever? Landing was otherwise uneventful EXCEPT that about 35 people demanded to be let off the plane because it was destined to crash. After being instructed that their luggage would not be removed and no refunds issued, 35 people still got off the plane muttering things like I don't care if my luggage dies as long as I live. OK, I'm thinking that every one of them probably had more flying experience than me and maybe they were right but then again there were still 300 people on board so I'll stick it out. That few minutes to secure the hatch stretched out to another hour, this was in July and they left the ventilation turned off so it was uncomfortable but eventually we took off and everything turned out fine. In fact my ride from O'Hare was not going to arrive until about 4 hours after I was scheduled to so that timed out pretty well. My flights have all been a joy since that one.

[M&G Montreal]

It's M of M&G here. First off, I am not fond of flying, but it's the only way to get from Point A to Point B. I deal with it.

I agree with Dash - loved the 747's/DC-10's and L1011's! THAT was flying!

Any airline that takes me up and lands me safely - regardless of delays - is #1 in my book. So far, Air Canada and West Jet to Jamaica are tied for #1 in my book!

If the pilot doesn't want to fly that plane, I am right behind him! I'll sit in any airport terminal as long you want me to until that pilot is happy to fly that plane. I'm quite OK with that.

Ditto on a flight crew who are way into overtime because of weather delays. I can wait til the pilot feels fresh as a daisy and ready to fly! No problemo from me!

Since I like to go to the tropics during Canadian winters, it seems inevitable that there will be delays somewhere along the way at some point in time. I do good deeds so that the travel gods will smile on me and make my delays on the way BACK! It usually works.

Other than that, I don't let delays ruin my vacation or bring an ugly end. Curl up wherever; use the wifi; read a book; people watch - no better place than airports - and just go with the flow. They'll get you back to the snow and ice and (shiver) work eventually.

It's much less stressful!

[Mayanryan]

My wife and I were on flight 1699. Yes we are happy we eventually got home safe and sound. However, I am curious if anyone has received any sort of compensation for this flight? By the time we arrived home we had extra costs for missing work as well as two extra days for parking at the airport. I'm not even going to get into the lack of communication and overall poor handling of the situation by Air Canada. To offer me a 25% discount on my next flight is an insult. I can get the same thing if I hit the right seat sale. C'mon Air Canada

[thepegboy]

My wife and I were on flight 1699. Yes we are happy we eventually got home safe and sound. However, I am curious if anyone has received any sort of compensation for this flight? By the time we arrived home we had extra costs for missing work as well as two extra days for parking at the airport. I'm not even going to get into the lack of communication and overall poor handling of the situation by Air Canada. To offer me a 25% discount on my next flight is an insult. I can get the same thing if I hit the right seat sale. C'mon Air Canada

Hi Ryan, I've received no compensation, but I expect none, even though it was a terrible reaction on thier part, and nowhere equivalent to what we paid for; I wrote a candid email to all Air Canada executives, and they got it (checked me out on LinkedIn!), but sent no response of any kind. Typical standoff-ish attitude. They need to collapse and be reborn.