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Bakerlooline
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Oh aye, paid handsomely for my woes.
SYB_DC
Winger
They already have antitrust immunity with each other, as does DL with the rest of the Skyteam joint venture. Delta can't own any more than they already do because of foreign ownership restrictions.
They don't need to give a reason. Operational issues is the norm, but I have no idea what that actually means.
Last week it was weather related. Rerouted three times while still on the ground, got to the end of the runway 90 minutes late, realized there wasn't enough fuel on board so took us to the gate to refuel. Half an hour later they cancelled the flight.
riffraff
Striker
Beau Peep
Winger
Fly AA everywhere now. Best of a bad bunch. Use Virgin America if the route makes sense but I'm usually headed to the arse end of nowhere, via Dallas.
I think your memory must be playing tricks on you! Been like this for years!
Crew may have been out of hours by that point. Happened to me out of Toronto. Plane was there, bad weather had subsided, later flights were going close to schedule but they canned mine. Got the last seat on the last flight out that night, five hours later. Spent it in the Molson bar and was absolutely shit faced when I got to board! That was Air Canada, codeshare partners in shitness with United!
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I'm just booking my flights now for two days in Tulsa next week. Taking bets on whether I'll get there and back as planned.
SYB_DC
Winger
So most of the time you're not connecting on the U.S. side, which is when this applies. You fly NCL-JFK-MIA, you need to claim and recheck at JFK. You fly NCL-LHR-MIA, you don't because your final destination is your U.S. point of entry.
All U.S. international arrival points require that you claim and re-check if you're connecting to a domestic flight. Not doing so is a violation of federal law, which as been the case for at least 7 or 8 years. The only way around this is to pre-clear US immigration and customs at one of the approved locations for this. The only places with preclearance outside the Americas are Shannon, Dublin, and Abu Dhabi. There are a bunch in Canada and the Caribbean, plus Bermuda. I've made international to domestic connections in all three airports you mentioned within the last three years, and you need to claim and re-check at all of them.
I didn't specifically remember doing so at PHL, so I bothered to check their website, which says "Arriving international passengers who have checked bags and are connecting to flights in Philadelphia must claim their baggage after clearing U.S. Customs and Immigration and re-check their bags for connecting flights."
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It was an Embraer 145 and I was in seat 1A. The pilot had gone to the toilet while we were supposedly refueling. When she came back someone said something to her and she shouted "No, we're not really a ground stop are we? FUCK"
Beau Peep
Winger
Get you in 1A!
SYB_DC
Winger
Well, at least that means you didn't have some fat fuck next to you.
Beau Peep
Winger
Now I understand. Yes first point of entry in the US, not first stop if outside US. I flew from SYD to JFK via LAX. Same flight number, same plane, same seat. Had to go through passport control, pick up my luggage, immigrate, go through customs in LA and recheck the bag, then reboard the plane.
It's not 1st class on one of those things. just a seat on its own.
Beau Peep
Winger
Oh aye the 145, I was thinking of the bigger 175/195 which have a few rows of forst.
SYB_DC
Winger
I love 1A on the 145s. A coach seat, sure, but it's both a window and an aisle. Flight takes 5 minutes to board and there aren't any 4'3" women trying to lift 85 pound bags into the overheads while 50 people wait behind them as the overheads can barely fit a standard American fast food meal.
Beau Peep
Winger
Craic with stewardess facing you for takeoff and landing as well! They're either very young or very old, nothing in between on those short hops.
AA have a far better reputation, but I live in Houston, which is a major United hub.
Beau Peep
Winger
I'm near Newark which is the same, huge United hub, but have the option of JFK if short on options. Usually make it work.
SYB_DC
Winger
I'm in DC, which is a hub for both. I hate them equally but put up with AA/US more because their hub is at DCA. Dulles just sucks.
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