poprock wrote:I was shocked when I first learned that airlines routinely overbook flights as standard practice. What a nonsense. I learned that when BA refused me a place on a flight home from LA. Fortunately, BA have decent customer service so they were buttering me up with a really good hotel, restaurant bookings for dinner and breakfast, and first class flights the next day. But still … if I’d needed to be home on time for any reason I’d have been livid.
Yeah, it's absolutely a common thing nowadays. Everywhere we went last summer when we were touring America on the Copa we'd run into shite like this.poprock wrote:I was shocked when I first learned that airlines routinely overbook flights as standard practice. What a nonsense. I learned that when BA refused me a place on a flight home from LA. Fortunately, BA have decent customer service so they were buttering me up with a really good hotel, restaurant bookings for dinner and breakfast, and first class flights the next day. But still … if I’d needed to be home on time for any reason I’d have been livid.
dynamiteReady wrote:Most people would have kicked off.
Matt_82 wrote:Affairs are only current when they happen to you or your mates.
Liveinadive wrote:Is this really current affairs.
Liveinadive wrote:Is this really current affairs.
Shame Burt Reynolds is too old now.dynamiteReady wrote:Fascinating story this one - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39573536
Would make a mental film.
djchump wrote:I'm hoping for some kind of election or brexit shenanigans, but the sinking feeling in my gut thinks it might be war
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