What's the longest/worst delay you've had during a trip?
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Hater Eraser
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2 days when i was younger on some janky tickets tback from Black Spring Break / Daytona Beach 
.. ended up stand by for like 6 hours at the airport after that .
Went to Universal Studios Orlando though while i was there .
.. ended up stand by for like 6 hours at the airport after that .
Went to Universal Studios Orlando though while i was there .
BaileyPark31
Love, Peace, Health, and Wealth
Got lost in the middle of the night Driving to Myrtle Beach.
GPS wasn't connecting, toddler in the back seat.
8 hour trip turned into 11 hrs. ... and I drove the whole time.
GPS wasn't connecting, toddler in the back seat.
8 hour trip turned into 11 hrs. ... and I drove the whole time.
KyokushinKarateMan
Train hard, fight easy
Relative to most people’s travel delays this really isn’t sh*t - but to a young impatient mf like I was in 1997, the 5hr layover I had to endure in DC’s Greyhound station was a thing of nightmares.
5 hours is nothing. But when a short trip is delayed even by an hour, you're ready to hurt something
Oldschooler
All Star
In the mid 90s i was on my way to Istanbul via Budapest. Flight from NY got delayed ended up missing my connection. Slept in the airport and got on the next flight 24 hours later. I believe Budapest was one of the few airports that didn't have a hotel back then.
Some white woman made a commotion on the first flight. Forced me to run to the second flight. I saw them close the doors on me. 
I begged her to re-open them because I was there. Sis said no. I waited 10 hours for the next flight home. I left home at 5am and finally got home around 1am.
I begged her to re-open them because I was there. Sis said no. I waited 10 hours for the next flight home. I left home at 5am and finally got home around 1am.I slept in NZ airport for a whole day.
WaveCapsByOscorp™
2021 Grammy Award Winner
The second time I flew spirit airlines (didn’t want to after first go around but was my ex’s idea). We get to the airport, check in. They delay our plane, and keep delaying it. Then, after having us sit and watch it get delayed for 3 hrs, they end up canceling the flight...
Spirit is USA's version of the jankiest airportThe second time I flew spirit airlines (didn’t want to after first go around but was my ex’s idea). We get to the airport, check in. They delay our plane, and keep delaying it. Then, after having us sit and watch it get delayed for 3 hrs, they end up canceling the flight...
WaveCapsByOscorp™
2021 Grammy Award Winner
They’re the greyhound of the skies, when we finally did fly the the next day, so many absurd people in that flight. We talked to a mini Instagram star and this female wrestler with a pug support dog. Oddest flight I’ve ever been on.
And it smelled like feet...
Started at the airport at 7am didn't get home till 1am
I was leaving a conference in Minneapolis once.
Flight from Twin Cities got delayed because of bad weather, delayed became canceled, canceled became, "sleep in the airport and fly out tomorrow".
Slept in the airport, found out the flight couldn't go direct so had to get a connection in Bumfukk, Wisconsin. Get to WI only for the lady to hassle me about my carry on. Stuck in WI for 4 hours. Finally got home to MI, a day and 11 hours after I was supposed to be back....
fukk American Airlines.
Flight from Twin Cities got delayed because of bad weather, delayed became canceled, canceled became, "sleep in the airport and fly out tomorrow".
Slept in the airport, found out the flight couldn't go direct so had to get a connection in Bumfukk, Wisconsin. Get to WI only for the lady to hassle me about my carry on. Stuck in WI for 4 hours. Finally got home to MI, a day and 11 hours after I was supposed to be back....
fukk American Airlines.
duckbutta
eienaar van mans
had a flight to vegas from dfw a long time ago that was supposed to leave at 11 am...not sure what happened but the plane for that flight ended up taking a flight to tampa...we were supposed to get another plane...there wasn't one available...didn't get another flight until 6:00 pm...
There was a group of bridesmaids who were supposed to be at a wedding rehearsal and they missed it...these chicks MELTED DOWN in the airport something fierce
got one of them number and when we got there i smashed the next day...she invited me to the wedding and i was like "you think i came to vegas to go to a wedding" never saw her again or ever answered any of her text
There was a group of bridesmaids who were supposed to be at a wedding rehearsal and they missed it...these chicks MELTED DOWN in the airport something fierce
got one of them number and when we got there i smashed the next day...she invited me to the wedding and i was like "you think i came to vegas to go to a wedding"
never saw her again or ever answered any of her text
First time I was going to NYC.
Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz were slated to fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday, March 3, 2018.
It was March 1st, and I was dejected because I had basically resigned myself to the expectation that I was not going to go to that fight. I knew the fight held great implications for the future of the heavyweight division, so it was an event I did not want to miss. I just couldn't shake the feeling that it would be a great spectacle.
On a whim, I had started checking ticket prices just to see how much they were going for. Mind you, this was two days before the fight, and I had no fight or flight tickets, nor a room booked for a potential trip. I was fully expecting to see exorbitant ticket prices for flights from SFO 2 NYC that would effectively bury any hopes that I could see the fight in person.
March 1, 2018 @ 4:18 PM, I booked a flight to NYC. At $65.20, I had found a flight leaving SFO on March 2, with a scheduled landing at LGA at 7:29PM. It was nearly a miracle I found something so cheap, a price too low to pass up, but there was indeed a catch:
The flight I booked was for SFO 2 Pittsburgh, with layovers in Chicago and New York City. No biggie, I just had a backpack and would miss my flight to Pittsburgh when I landed in NYC.
I was juiced, booked my Airbnb and also my return flight for Monday, March 5, which meant I'd spend Friday - Sunday in NYC, a city I had never been to prior.
I was already planning my time in NYC when I boarded my flight that morning on March 2, 2018. First stop was Chicago, and while the snacks and beverages were being passed out by the attendants, I got an email from American Airlines which had me in disbelief.
Anyone from NYC will remember that "Nor'Easter" storm was making headlines in 2018, but never did it strike my mind that it would affect my flight.
So there I was, processing the cancellation, sipping from my miniscule cup of water in between two middle age cacettes trying not to lose my composure in basic economy. The worst part was that American Airlines rescheduled my flight from Chicago to Pittsburgh, almost like karma for thinking that I was smart enough to game the system into booking a flight from SFO 2 NYC for $65.
I was trying to think quick. Could I get on another flight? All the flights from ORD 2 NYC were $500+, too steep, and by the time I landed in Chicago, they were getting cancelled. Maybe a bus? Wouldn't get me to NYC in time for the fight.
I was quickly running out of ideas, and started to think of what my weekend in Chicago was looking like. My plane landed, but I was sitting at the terminal, still in disbelief, and wanting to force my way to NYC. I had my fight ticket and Airbnb booked, just no flight.
The Coli came through though. @patscorpio suggested trying to take a train to NYC, and that's how I made it to NYC. There was a small window where I could catch a train from Chicago to NYC, and still make it on time for the fight. I'd estimate it took about 19-21 hours on the train, but I did end up making it to NYC at around 5 PM, March 3, day of the fight.
That trip was amazing. Even with the fukkd up flight delay/cancellation. Passed Through Gary, Cleveland, and funnily enough, I had to actually transfer in Pittsburgh. Met a few memorable faces on that train ride, noticed a lot of students were either going home or back to school, can't remember which. Still remember seeing the snow as we passed through Pennsylvania, and I really took in how desolate the smaller towns looked as we made our way around the outskirts of each locale.
Oh yeah, and Wilder knocked out Ortiz.
Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz were slated to fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday, March 3, 2018.
It was March 1st, and I was dejected because I had basically resigned myself to the expectation that I was not going to go to that fight. I knew the fight held great implications for the future of the heavyweight division, so it was an event I did not want to miss. I just couldn't shake the feeling that it would be a great spectacle.
On a whim, I had started checking ticket prices just to see how much they were going for. Mind you, this was two days before the fight, and I had no fight or flight tickets, nor a room booked for a potential trip. I was fully expecting to see exorbitant ticket prices for flights from SFO 2 NYC that would effectively bury any hopes that I could see the fight in person.
March 1, 2018 @ 4:18 PM, I booked a flight to NYC. At $65.20, I had found a flight leaving SFO on March 2, with a scheduled landing at LGA at 7:29PM. It was nearly a miracle I found something so cheap, a price too low to pass up, but there was indeed a catch:
The flight I booked was for SFO 2 Pittsburgh, with layovers in Chicago and New York City. No biggie, I just had a backpack and would miss my flight to Pittsburgh when I landed in NYC.
I was juiced, booked my Airbnb and also my return flight for Monday, March 5, which meant I'd spend Friday - Sunday in NYC, a city I had never been to prior.
I was already planning my time in NYC when I boarded my flight that morning on March 2, 2018. First stop was Chicago, and while the snacks and beverages were being passed out by the attendants, I got an email from American Airlines which had me in disbelief.
Anyone from NYC will remember that "Nor'Easter" storm was making headlines in 2018, but never did it strike my mind that it would affect my flight.
So there I was, processing the cancellation, sipping from my miniscule cup of water in between two middle age cacettes trying not to lose my composure in basic economy. The worst part was that American Airlines rescheduled my flight from Chicago to Pittsburgh, almost like karma for thinking that I was smart enough to game the system into booking a flight from SFO 2 NYC for $65.
I was trying to think quick. Could I get on another flight? All the flights from ORD 2 NYC were $500+, too steep, and by the time I landed in Chicago, they were getting cancelled. Maybe a bus? Wouldn't get me to NYC in time for the fight.
I was quickly running out of ideas, and started to think of what my weekend in Chicago was looking like. My plane landed, but I was sitting at the terminal, still in disbelief, and wanting to force my way to NYC. I had my fight ticket and Airbnb booked, just no flight.
The Coli came through though. @patscorpio suggested trying to take a train to NYC, and that's how I made it to NYC. There was a small window where I could catch a train from Chicago to NYC, and still make it on time for the fight. I'd estimate it took about 19-21 hours on the train, but I did end up making it to NYC at around 5 PM, March 3, day of the fight.
That trip was amazing. Even with the fukkd up flight delay/cancellation. Passed Through Gary, Cleveland, and funnily enough, I had to actually transfer in Pittsburgh. Met a few memorable faces on that train ride, noticed a lot of students were either going home or back to school, can't remember which. Still remember seeing the snow as we passed through Pennsylvania, and I really took in how desolate the smaller towns looked as we made our way around the outskirts of each locale.
Oh yeah, and Wilder knocked out Ortiz.
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