O'Hare Airport Delays
Linda and I are on a trip to Canada to visit some friends. The plan was to fly on American Airlines from Memphis to Buffalo, by way of Chicago, and they would pick us up in Buffalo for the drive to St. Catharine's, Ontario. We were supposed to leave Memphis at 8:20 AM CDT and get into Buffalo at 1:45 PM EDT.
I will think long and hard before I fly through O'Hare airport again. We were delayed initially due to weather: Chicago had put a ground hold on all incoming flights. Then, again due to weather, they changed our flight plan to fly around turbulence, and we did not have enough fuel. So we had to return to the gate for more fuel, then wait some more. It was after 10:30 AM before we took off from Memphis.
When we got to Chicago, we found that our flight to Buffalo, which we had missed anyway, was canceled. We wound up on standby for two more flights, which we did not get on. After waiting all afternoon and evening in Chicago, we finally got on a flight at about 10:00 that night, and did not get to Buffalo until after midnight local time.
The worst of it was that our friend was supposed to pick us up, and came in from St. Catharine's, Ontario, only to find out we were not there. We finally managed to contact her at home, over a poor phone connection, and told her we might make it onto a flight that night. She called the airline to be sure we were on the flight, then came back and picked us up.
Avoid flying through O'Hare airport in Chicago. It is delay city.
I will think long and hard before I fly through O'Hare airport again. We were delayed initially due to weather: Chicago had put a ground hold on all incoming flights. Then, again due to weather, they changed our flight plan to fly around turbulence, and we did not have enough fuel. So we had to return to the gate for more fuel, then wait some more. It was after 10:30 AM before we took off from Memphis.
When we got to Chicago, we found that our flight to Buffalo, which we had missed anyway, was canceled. We wound up on standby for two more flights, which we did not get on. After waiting all afternoon and evening in Chicago, we finally got on a flight at about 10:00 that night, and did not get to Buffalo until after midnight local time.
The worst of it was that our friend was supposed to pick us up, and came in from St. Catharine's, Ontario, only to find out we were not there. We finally managed to contact her at home, over a poor phone connection, and told her we might make it onto a flight that night. She called the airline to be sure we were on the flight, then came back and picked us up.
Avoid flying through O'Hare airport in Chicago. It is delay city.
posted by John at 12:24 PM
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