Airport Madness!
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terry123
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- Location
- Houston, Tx.
Would love to fly to see my sister in Louisiana but not now. Will wait awhile. My daughter just called with worries about a patient trying to get a script filled before her flight to England today. The doctor wrote the script wrong so she cannot fill it until she gets a correct one. I just told her not to worry about it as the patient just thinks she has a problem. The script is the least of her problems after I told my daughter what was going on at the airports. It will still be the pharmacist's problem. She needs someone to blame and instead of the doctor, she will blame CVS.
hollydolly
SF VIP
- Location
- London England
There was chaos at Ibiza Airport today with Easyjet and Ryanair strikes coinciding with the start of the school holidays.
Passengers faced long queues at check in desks and were seen sleeping on the airport floor this morning as a mix of staff shortages and strikes continue to make air travel difficult.
Easyjet workers in Spain are on strike until tomorrow, affecting hundreds of crew at their airline's bases across the country.
Ryanair staff in 10 Spanish airports were on strike for four days last week and will go on strike for another four days starting on Monday, July 18, after demanding a higher pay and better working conditions.
It comes as Heathrow has asked airlines to stop selling summer tickets and imposed a daily limit of 100,000 passengers departing the airport as it struggle to cope with traveller numbers.
The head of Heathrow Airport has advised airlines to boot passengers off planes in order to avoid cancelling flights altogether in the latest bid to reduce the summer travel chaos.
Bosses at the nation's busiest airport reportedly told carriers to consider reducing the number of seats on individual flights, in some cases by as much as 25 per cent, to avert widespread cancellations.
A meeting between airlines and Heathrow bosses yesterday saw airport chiefs recommend 'capping the number of passengers on each flight' so carriers could avoid 'necessarily cancelling lots of flights'.
Passengers faced long queues at check in desks and were seen sleeping on the airport floor this morning as a mix of staff shortages and strikes continue to make air travel difficult.
Easyjet workers in Spain are on strike until tomorrow, affecting hundreds of crew at their airline's bases across the country.
Ryanair staff in 10 Spanish airports were on strike for four days last week and will go on strike for another four days starting on Monday, July 18, after demanding a higher pay and better working conditions.
It comes as Heathrow has asked airlines to stop selling summer tickets and imposed a daily limit of 100,000 passengers departing the airport as it struggle to cope with traveller numbers.
The head of Heathrow Airport has advised airlines to boot passengers off planes in order to avoid cancelling flights altogether in the latest bid to reduce the summer travel chaos.
Bosses at the nation's busiest airport reportedly told carriers to consider reducing the number of seats on individual flights, in some cases by as much as 25 per cent, to avert widespread cancellations.
A meeting between airlines and Heathrow bosses yesterday saw airport chiefs recommend 'capping the number of passengers on each flight' so carriers could avoid 'necessarily cancelling lots of flights'.
Ronni
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- Location
- Nashville TN
We’ve flown a few times since restrictions were lifted, to California, New York, Florida. The last time less than a month ago to CA. We planned our trip with extra time on both the front and back end in case we ran into delays, cancellations etc. We had no issues whatever though so the extra time wasn’t needed.
We’ve been to CA several times and there’s only one non-stop flight there and back, and it’s been scheduled at the same time each time we’ve flown. Interestingly the airport crowds have been completely different each tome we’ve flown. Super busy sometimes, very few people other times. No rhyme or reason to it.
We’ve been to CA several times and there’s only one non-stop flight there and back, and it’s been scheduled at the same time each time we’ve flown. Interestingly the airport crowds have been completely different each tome we’ve flown. Super busy sometimes, very few people other times. No rhyme or reason to it.
Jules
SF VIP
Imagine going through those crazy lineups and conditions to end up getting on the plane and being kicked off. Even if you were just in line and told you weren’t flying.
What a hell.
There's certain things in life that you simply need to prepare for the worst. Airports, amusement parks, DMV, emergency rooms, a restaurant on Saturday night at 6:30, calling customer support, and so on.
Expect delays, lines and hassles, then when it's only half as bad as expected you're actually a bit relived.
Expect delays, lines and hassles, then when it's only half as bad as expected you're actually a bit relived.
bowmore
Senior Member
To add to the misery, there was a water main break near Gatwick, reducing the number of loos significantly.
We were planning to fly to Reno, but Southwest changed our flight 3 times, and the last flight was not even listed on their website. We cancelled our reservations. Also someone in Reno was told to be at the airport 4 hours before departure if they wanted their bags on their flight.
@Jules, the thing that gets me about the baggage charges, is that people are spending thousands of dollars for their trip, but are upset about a $25 charge for a bag!
We were planning to fly to Reno, but Southwest changed our flight 3 times, and the last flight was not even listed on their website. We cancelled our reservations. Also someone in Reno was told to be at the airport 4 hours before departure if they wanted their bags on their flight.
@Jules, the thing that gets me about the baggage charges, is that people are spending thousands of dollars for their trip, but are upset about a $25 charge for a bag!
Don M.
SF VIP
- Location
- central Missouri
Our oldest daughter/Son-in-Law have been vacationing in Costa Rica for several days, and are due to fly back today. They have to transfer flights in Denver, before arriving in KC late tonight. Hopefully, they, and their luggage, will arrive on time.
Don M.
SF VIP
- Location
- central Missouri
Our Daughter and Son-in-Law called this evening....they were supposed to get home last night, but didn't make it until this evening. Their flights, both ways, were an absolute mess. Their flight from Houston to Costa Rica was cancelled, and they had to spend the night at the airport before they were able to continue, the next day. Same thing happened on the way back....flight cancelled in Costa Rico, then delayed from Houston to Denver, and the Denver flight cancelled, before they were able to get back to KC. They wound up losing a day, both ways.
We've been thinking about an October trip to Las Vegas, but after listening to their mess, I doubt we will be flying anywhere in the near future.
We've been thinking about an October trip to Las Vegas, but after listening to their mess, I doubt we will be flying anywhere in the near future.
Teacher Terry
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They are telling people in Reno to be at the airport 4 hours early so your bags will make it but both I and my kids have flown out within the past few weeks and only arrived 2 hours in advance which was plenty.