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[Cadelin]

But hey it's not too bad, they've put me up in a hotel until a flight they can fit me on turns up!

Oh wait, it's an Ibis on Luton Airport.

Kill me now.

How much compensation are they giving you?

 

[Moriath]

I got offered to take a delayed flight by virgin once from boston to london. Told them no. Its a crap policy. I bet they dont give the money back to those who miss the flight. And how do they decide who is the overbooked. Just by time of check in?

 

[Bodhi]

Lol. Did they pay for your dinner too? You stay in the best places. I only fles easyjet twice and then cause it was the only airline that went to that destination. There must be more choices for geneva

I got a 13 quid dinner voucher, only a Burger was £17 (in a fucking IBIS!!!) so that was useless.

There were a couple more choices for Geneva, but sadly nothing that got me there and home for the times I needed, hence the 2 hour drive to Luton to get on a plane I couldn't get. Was booking last minute so Manchester was out, and there's only 1 a day from Birmingham.

Luton is a fucking wank airport and all. Went to go through security and pretty much al the machines were broken, and my case was held back because the lock on the outside looked suspicious on the X Ray.

 

[Bodhi]

How much compensation are they giving you?

€250 apparently. They've given me the proof I need to claim it, but no guidance on how to actually claim it....

 

[Bodhi]

I got offered to take a delayed flight by virgin once from boston to london. Told them no. Its a crap policy. I bet they dont give the money back to those who miss the flight. And how do they decide who is the overbooked. Just by time of check in?

In my case today, pretty much. Those who checked in online got ont he flight, the 2 of us who checked in at the airport (silly place to check in I appreciate) are flying out at 7am tomorrow morning.

 

[Raven]

Make sure you shit in the bath.

 

[Bodhi]

I would if it had one. As it is I'll just do my best never to fly with the shit cunts ever again.

 

[Moriath]

Always check in online at the earliest opportunity. I would have thought if you fly a lot you would know that. Doh.

Also live down south it gives you more alternatives hehe.

I can fly fro heathrow, gatwick, luton or southampton within about 60 mins drive.

 

[mooSe_]

My best friend told me he's going to get evicted and probably will be sleeping in his car after that. I wish I could help but I live on the other side of the world now and I barely have enough money to pay my own rent anyway. He's had a lot of bad luck in the past and it seems like it's just been getting worse for him the last few years. I really wish I could do something to help him turn it around.

 

[Bodhi]

Always check in online at the earliest opportunity. I would have thought if you fly a lot you would know that. Doh.

Also live down south it gives you more alternatives hehe.

I can fly fro heathrow, gatwick, luton or southampton within about 60 mins drive.

If given a choice I'll always fly from Birmingham, nice enough airport, has a smoking section and its a quick blast down the toll road from mine, it's very rare I have to go anywhere else.

Never had an issue checking in at the airport, in fact with the budget carrier we usually use (flybe) it's often the only option.

Anyway lesson learned. Don't fly with fucking Easyjet.

 

[caLLous]

Never had an issue checking in at the airport, in fact with the budget carrier we usually use (flybe) it's often the only option.

Christ, don't try that with Ryanair (I know, I know, but they're the sole airline at a lot of the smaller airports so there is often little choice unless you want to drive effing miles). You'll get hit with a € 40 fine.

 

[TdC]

Walking into a work bog only to discover the previous occupant seems to have shat in his hand and then thrown the produce in the general direction of the loo. And wall. And floor. :-(

 

[fettoken]

Walking into a work bog only to discover the previous occupant seems to have shat in his hand and then thrown the produce in the general direction of the loo. And wall. And floor. :-(

We also have these poo-peddlers emerging from the woodwork and going directly for them toilets. There's shit on the walls, the seat and on the floor as well. I'm suspecting the truck-drivers that we hire for delivery. Nasty bunch.

I would if it had one. As it is I'll just do my best never to fly with the shit cunts ever again.

Fly with whom? (correct form?)

 

[Raven]

The last time I flew with Flybe the plane had that Indiana Jones feel about it.

 

[old.user4556]

YOU CAW HEEM DAWCTAH JONES, DOLL

 

[Raven]

Colds, not had a full week off in a year. Off this week but have a stinking cold.

 

[Ormorof]

im tall and the Flybe planes were crazy small, i was more hunched than Quasimodo trying to get my coat off

and on a random annoying thing: days when everything you touch or do turns to magic and just BAM works straight away (wonderful not annoying)
(this is the annoying bit) followed by a day where absolutely everything you do turns to shit and nothing works at all

 

[Gwadien]

im tall and the Flybe planes were crazy small, i was more hunched than Quasimodo trying to get my coat off

and on a random annoying thing: days when everything you touch or do turns to magic and just BAM works straight away (wonderful not annoying)
(this is the annoying bit) followed by a day where absolutely everything you do turns to shit and nothing works at all

I once had a dream where I got on a flight where you had to crawl to your laying area, was so shit

 

[Bodhi]

The last time I flew with Flybe the plane had that Indiana Jones feel about it.

They used to be pretty bad, but ont he main routes we use (Brum -> CDG, Brum -> Amsterdam) they use proper planes now, and they seem OK. Their timekeeping gets interesting later in the day, but they're probably the least worst of the budget airlines. They still use the Indy planes flying within the UK, but I don't do flying within the UK so has never bothered me. Unless I need to be in Inverness or Belfast, it's almost always just as quick for me to drive.

Wizz Air did the paying for a boarding pass shit with me last time I used them to go to Wroclaw - flight was 45 quid, boarding pass £27.50. So it costs half as much to print some card as it does to transport me hundreds of miles in a flying bus? K m8s.

 

[Tom]

I hate budget airlines and will never pay for them myself. Unfortunately I'm regularly booked on them by clients I'm working for.

A few years back I watched a load of priority boarding fuckwits get priority boarding onto a coach, followed by the rest of us. When the coach got to the plane, the priority boarding people were furthest from the coach doors and therefore the last onto the plane. I pissed my sides.

 

[Gwadien]

I always thought budget airlines were weird how they let you free for all, even though you have designated seats.

 

[Moriath]

I always thought budget airlines were weird how they let you free for all, even though you have designated seats.

Easyjet allocate seats now iirc.

You can pay extra to determine which seat you get. So there isnt the scrum any more.

 

[old.user4556]

I hate budget airlines and will never pay for them myself. Unfortunately I'm regularly booked on them by clients I'm working for.

A few years back I watched a load of priority boarding fuckwits get priority boarding onto a coach, followed by the rest of us. When the coach got to the plane, the priority boarding people were furthest from the coach doors and therefore the last onto the plane. I pissed my sides.

I've never understood priority boarding. I also don't understand the fuckwits on the BA Edinburgh to London service who have an allocated seat and SPRINT to the desk when they announce boarding.

 

[Gwadien]

I meant more along the lines of, you always get an allocated seat, but they still put people on the plane randomly, and don't do it in order.

 

[Bodhi]

The ones that make me laugh are people who pay for priority boarding on the budget airlines, trying to look like big shots on a £35 plane ticket.

I got it for free with Wizz to make up for paying for the boarding pass, totally not worth it. Extra legroom / premium economy are totally worth it, especially long haul, but Priority Boarding? Fuck that.

In other news Geneva Airport is quite pleasant. For an airport anyway.

 

[fettoken]

Really enjoy the airport in Amsterdam for some reason.

 

[DaGaffer]

I've never understood priority boarding. I also don't understand the fuckwits on the BA Edinburgh to London service who have an allocated seat and SPRINT to the desk when they announce boarding.

Getting to the overhead bins early. That's the only reason.

 

[TdC]

Really enjoy the airport in Amsterdam for some reason.

what what what? Schiphol is a shithole

 

[fettoken]

what what what? Schiphol is a shithole

Whaat?! No. Perhaps it's just a familiar feeling but still, it's likeable.
Now Shannon airport on the other hand..

 

[Bodhi]

I see your Shannon and raise you a Luton. Absolute fucking toilet. I dislike it even more than CDG.