Crossing the USA by Train

Re:Crossing the USA by Train by mixmastamyk on Sunday October 27, 2024 @04:39PM (#41965491)

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.

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Re:Crossing the USA by Train by shiroiushi on Sunday October 27, 2024 @08:17PM (#41966746)

>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.

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Re:Crossing the USA by Train by hedora on Sunday October 27, 2024 @11:26PM (#41967596)

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.

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Re:Crossing the USA by Train by ghaff on Monday October 28, 2024 @05:59AM (#41969430)

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.

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Re:Crossing the USA by Train by thehappypm on Monday October 28, 2024 @04:39PM (#41976028)

I hate flying United, but this is not a real thing.

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Re:Crossing the USA by Train by mixmastamyk on Monday October 28, 2024 @11:23AM (#41971984)

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.

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Re:Crossing the USA by Train by lucb1e on Sunday October 27, 2024 @09:38PM (#41967107)

> 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?!

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Re:Crossing the USA by Train by aspenmayer on Sunday October 27, 2024 @10:37PM (#41967342)

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

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Re:Crossing the USA by Train by mixmastamyk on Monday October 28, 2024 @11:34AM (#41972167)

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.

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