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This is anecdotal, but I had an experience where I was flying from LaGuardia to Madison, WI with a layover in Chicago. The last leg of the flight from Chicago

This is anecdotal, but I had an experience where I was flying from LaGuardia to Madison, WI with a layover in Chicago. The last leg of the flight from Chicago to Madison was delayed by several hours, to the point where it would be significantly faster for my boyfriend to drive down from Madison, pick me up at the airport in Chicago, and drive me back. I don't recall which airline I was using at the time, but the gate agent told me that it was their policy to refuse to pull someone's checked luggage if someone didn't "want" to complete the last leg of the journey, but if I told someone that I was not feeling well and wished to end the trip early due to health reasons, that would be the easiest way to do it. So that's what I did - I went up to a different gate of the same airline, told them I was sick and would not be getting on the connecting flight, and the luggage was downstairs in a special area of the baggage claim within 20 minutes. It felt like being in grade school and telling the nurse I was sick to get a day off...

monksy 8y ago
That's pretty weird because you had a schedule change. Usually, they're more helpful during those. That should have been marked as an vol pax reroute or the like.
- jonhohle 8y ago
  Assuming it wasn’t weather related, it sounds like the delay probably made OP eligible for some type of comp as well. The round trip from Chi to Mad is around 4 hours (depending on o’hare or midway). Often airlines will have a policy of comping if the delay results in arrival more than 3 hours after originally scheduled (and in the EU, is the law!).
  - monksy 8y ago
    There's no requirement for comp for delays in the US. (https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer-protection/flight-delays-cancellations https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer...) EU261 only applies if you're flying to or from, or within the EU.

monksy 8y ago

That's pretty weird because you had a schedule change. Usually, they're more helpful during those. That should have been marked as an vol pax reroute or the like.

jonhohle 8y ago
Assuming it wasn’t weather related, it sounds like the delay probably made OP eligible for some type of comp as well. The round trip from Chi to Mad is around 4 hours (depending on o’hare or midway). Often airlines will have a policy of comping if the delay results in arrival more than 3 hours after originally scheduled (and in the EU, is the law!).
- monksy 8y ago
  There's no requirement for comp for delays in the US. (https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer-protection/flight-delays-cancellations https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer...) EU261 only applies if you're flying to or from, or within the EU.