Did DFW & his wife make it back to Europe after American Airlines shafted them?

[irisblue]

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181509384

[SheltieLover]

1. I sure hope so, Iris!

I've been wondering, too!

[irisblue]

2. spending that much money and no flight home would enrage me.

[SheltieLover]

4. Absofuckingloutely!

Beyond ridiculous!

I cannot help but to wonder if American employees weren't jealous that our dear friends were set to escape?

I sure hope they are safely home!

[gademocrat7]

3. What a horrible experience

Hope they got home safely.

[CurtEastPoint]

5. proper link to the post

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181509384

[irisblue]

6. thx. I'll edit my post

[CurtEastPoint]

7. No prob. I kept wondering why it was putting me in reply mode!

[DFW]

8. We are finally back, thanks everyone!

American put us on the same flight for the next day. It boarded late, finally commencing boarding at 3:35 PM while announcing a departure at 3:45. Finally having figured out how to use twitter again, I let American know that were better off just telling their passengers what was really going on. If the flight is really delayed an hour then say so! At the gate, they told us our original plane had mechanical problems, and so they were reloading everything onto another plane, including the catering. Indeed, the catering was still being loaded on while we were boarding. On Twitter, American told me it was due to bad weather.

I don‘t think American is capable of giving a straight answer if you ask one of their agents their name, their gender, or the number of thumbs on their left hand.

[Hortensis]

9. Glad to hear it, DFW, evne with the aggravation. How many times have

all of us been anything from needlessly worried to driven to rage by refusal to release basic needed information, including the delightful tactic of issuing stupid lies instead?

Huge signal of bad corporate culture and institutional incompetence.