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United Airlines did the same to me. Blamed late takeoff on bad weather, but weather was gorgeous that day in SW USA. Resulted in a number of rebookings as wel

United Airlines did the same to me. Blamed late takeoff on bad weather, but weather was gorgeous that day in SW USA. Resulted in a number of rebookings as well. Was a business trip, so I thankfully did not bear the financial brunt. Learned that United airlines is not to be trusted. Not viable, in your terms.

shiroiushi 2y ago
>Blamed late takeoff on bad weather, but weather was gorgeous that day in SW USA. That's irrelevant: the weather was probably bad somewhere else, and that caused cascading delays that affected your flight.
- hedora 2y ago
  In my (dated) experience with united, they have a fanstasy-land flight schedule they sell tickets for, then cancel flights that aren’t full “due to weather”, and rebook you on an inferior flight. This way, they never have to pay people when they get bumped for overbooking. Anyway, I haven’t done business with them for a decade for this exact reason. Maybe it’s different now.
  - ghaff 2y ago
    I have over a million miles on United and flew them almost exclusively for over a decade with dozens of flights a year at peak. Not my experience FWIW.
  - thehappypm 2y ago
    I hate flying United, but this is not a real thing.
- mixmastamyk 2y ago
  Nope, was gorgeous at the destination (Houston) too. We sat at the departure gate for an hour, that was the reason. Then the #%*$&@! at the connection gate was happy to close the door in my face as I ran to it. Knew I was coming and didn’t care. They could have said mechanical but didn’t. Leads one to believe it was a canned BS response.
lucb1e 2y ago
> Learned that United airlines is not to be trusted. Not viable, in your terms. So what are we advising u/casenmgreen, travel by horse-drawn carriage? Anyone know whether those are viable means of transport for a time-boxed holiday?!
aspenmayer 2y ago
Why would you or the purchaser be liable for rebooking costs that are due to canceled or delayed flights in the first place?
- mixmastamyk 2y ago
  They say the phrase, “acts of god,” and are magically off the hook, according to them. So “bad weather” may be offered on a still, 80 degree sunny day. What are ya gonna do, sue, for maybe $1000? A vile organization. When they later dragged a paying customer out, I was not surprised.

shiroiushi 2y ago

>Blamed late takeoff on bad weather, but weather was gorgeous that day in SW USA. That's irrelevant: the weather was probably bad somewhere else, and that caused cascading delays that affected your flight.

hedora 2y ago
In my (dated) experience with united, they have a fanstasy-land flight schedule they sell tickets for, then cancel flights that aren’t full “due to weather”, and rebook you on an inferior flight. This way, they never have to pay people when they get bumped for overbooking. Anyway, I haven’t done business with them for a decade for this exact reason. Maybe it’s different now.
- ghaff 2y ago
  I have over a million miles on United and flew them almost exclusively for over a decade with dozens of flights a year at peak. Not my experience FWIW.
- thehappypm 2y ago
  I hate flying United, but this is not a real thing.
mixmastamyk 2y ago
Nope, was gorgeous at the destination (Houston) too. We sat at the departure gate for an hour, that was the reason. Then the #%*$&@! at the connection gate was happy to close the door in my face as I ran to it. Knew I was coming and didn’t care. They could have said mechanical but didn’t. Leads one to believe it was a canned BS response.

lucb1e 2y ago

> Learned that United airlines is not to be trusted. Not viable, in your terms. So what are we advising u/casenmgreen, travel by horse-drawn carriage? Anyone know whether those are viable means of transport for a time-boxed holiday?!

aspenmayer 2y ago

Why would you or the purchaser be liable for rebooking costs that are due to canceled or delayed flights in the first place?

mixmastamyk 2y ago
They say the phrase, “acts of god,” and are magically off the hook, according to them. So “bad weather” may be offered on a still, 80 degree sunny day. What are ya gonna do, sue, for maybe $1000? A vile organization. When they later dragged a paying customer out, I was not surprised.