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Monday, January 5th, 2009
… add two days in US Airways aero-hell.
I’ll get to the scrotum tearing awesome that is the bulk of my trip a bit later. Today, let me rehash things more fresh on my neurons.
Our flight was set to leave Thursday afternoon, for transfer in Phoenix to Milwaukee. Instead, seven hours was spent waiting on a broken plane (while two other flights took off on schedule) before we were shipped to a family-oriented, Hilton-Express-style all-inclusive with orders to return Friday.
There was an impressively terrible Latin dance show, some unfortunate buffet-style dining and a bunch of tweens that probably popped their first pube over the scantily clad, talent-free dancers. The experience was almost hilarious enough to make the destroyed plans, hectic schedule and lack of worthwhile customer service worth it. (Almost.)
Friday, we arrived at the airport about 8am. We waited until about eleven, took off, and landed. We talked to a few personnel, learned no one below some guy (named Chet in a dark office, taking hits off a 20oz Mountain Dew, offering vouchers on whims) has any actual power and found out there was nothing “they” could do but for $20 in meal vouchers.
Girlfriend and I wandered about the Phoenix airport (Chili’s!), made overdue phone calls and played on their free interweb. For seven hours. After another hour delay (with an awesome bump to first class) we ended up back in Milwaukee about 1.30am.
The experience was what I imagine being scalped is like. I can only hope Girlfriend’s strongly (and well) worded email reaches someone at US Airways (Chet?) to compensate our frustration.
Again, more on the holiday break (a week late) in coming days.