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I can't remember a trip in the last few years involving Alaska Airlines being a good flight. This last trip heading to Maui was held up for 2 1/2 hours. The first problem was a child wearing a costume. The kid had a dinosaur tail that made it hard for him to sit with a seat belt. The kid should not have been allowed on the airplane with the costume. Then we had to let these people off the airplane and the aircraft and wait.
On our way back from Maui a flight attendant called in sick causing a 2 hour delay which caused us to miss our connecting flights. We missed the last flight by maybe 10 minutes. I could actually see the airplane still at the gate. We were told the cabin door was shut so we were out of luck.
Had to rent a car. Had to drive 40 minutes round trip to return it. Had to wait in line too for a total of another hour. The rental car return was about 20 minutes away from the airport. Then I went to get our luggage at the airport. They said they would be open at 12:15. I was there at 12:15 and waited until 12:30 for someone to talk to me. This took another 30 minutes. Then I drove home. Another 15 minutes.
It took 20 hours to get home and then almost 2 hours today. Usually it would take 9 hours to get home from Maui.
Bill
On our way back from Maui a flight attendant called in sick causing a 2 hour delay which caused us to miss our connecting flights. We missed the last flight by maybe 10 minutes. I could actually see the airplane still at the gate. We were told the cabin door was shut so we were out of luck.
Had to rent a car. Had to drive 40 minutes round trip to return it. Had to wait in line too for a total of another hour. The rental car return was about 20 minutes away from the airport. Then I went to get our luggage at the airport. They said they would be open at 12:15. I was there at 12:15 and waited until 12:30 for someone to talk to me. This took another 30 minutes. Then I drove home. Another 15 minutes.
It took 20 hours to get home and then almost 2 hours today. Usually it would take 9 hours to get home from Maui.
Bill