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Tangential gripe: I recently flew to SFO for a weekend. In both directions I was significantly delayed due to construction on one of the runways limiting the nu
by rgovostes 2y ago
Tangential gripe: I recently flew to SFO for a weekend. In both directions I was significantly delayed due to construction on one of the runways limiting the number of planes that could land per hour.
It doesn’t seem like it ought to have been legal to sell me a ticket claiming departure and arrival times that were extremely unrealistic. United knew the construction was happening, I did not.
I was given the option to refund my ticket but it would have canceled the return flight as well, and last minute flights to SJC instead were prohibitively expensive.
The EU’s policy of forcing airlines to compensate travelers for delays seems like it better incentivizes the airlines to improve service.
- fuzzybear3965 2y agoWait. Am I missing something? Isn't that ~90m of car time assuming mild traffic?
- Macha 2y agoI don't think they were flying SFO to SJC, rather they considered rebooking to SJC to avoid the delays at SFO
- hughesjj 2y agoSJC is so much better. Honestly it's almost worth going to SJC and taking Caltrain despite the extra time and cost just due to how much nicer it is
- cbhl 2y agoWhen SFO is operating on only one of its two runways (common due to low clouds, now due to runway construction) then 3h+ delays are par for the course for flights in the evening.
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- toast0 2y agoHow long in advance was the construction scheduled?
- eiiot 2y agoA while - they’ve had the construction on 28L for a few months; now it’s actually construction on Taxiway B, which requires the use of 28L as a taxiway. Edit: just checked the NOTAMs and it’s been this way since January 18th, and expires on May 28th. Plenty of time for airlines to get their act together.