Greetings from Gate L8
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Aug 23, 2007 
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This is probably my fault somehow. But I feel taken.
I booked this trip a while ago and according to the list of flights, American flight No. 844 went from the Orange County Airport to Detroit.
OK, great. I booked it. It was cheap and would get me to Detroit in plenty of time to get some work done and perhaps play a little blackjack at the Greektown Casino.
It turns out the flight stops in Chicago. OK, no big deal, I can sleep through that.
Then it turns out that the flights ends in Chicago. So my “direct flight” was in number only. Flight 844 lands at one gate and picks up at another. So it’s a connectiion with one boarding pass.
Meanwhile my new gate was L8. “Great,” I thought ruefully as I walked there. “L8 … late.”
I get there and, yep, the flight is late.
So I have no idea when I’m getting to Detroit other than I’ll be there by the time they play baseball tomorrow, I’m fairly sure of that.
FIRST!
hah, Pete! That surely stinks.
LOL Pete, you may want to rent a car and drive its right up I-94. It only takes me about 3.5 hrs
. But if you really want to fly it shouldn’t take you too long once the plane actually gets there (long enough to buckle your seatbelt). In the mean time enjoy the airport view.
peter – isn’t there someone underneath you that you can yell at or blame?
I hate getting stuck in O’Hare.
Yeah Pete, driving wouldn’t be such a bad idea
Sorry to hear that Pete. You should have asked me! I live in Orange County and I’m pretty familiar with AA flight 844.
Airlines love to call flights “direct” (one stop but no change of plane) even though they know in advance you’re going to have to change aircraft anyway. They suck.
Enjoy Detroit. That’s where I used to live before I moved to Orange County. The Yanks are hitting all my old stomping grounds this week.
According to AA.com, Flt 884 is delayed until 3:25.
Until then, please give our regards to Gate H12 in Terminal 3.
Sorry, Pete!
i’m surprised you consider the price of your flights. don’t you expense them all anyway?
given the popularity of this blog and you being a newly established celebrity, is the paper flying you first class everytime, Pete?
Terminal 2. Well, at least you’re not stuck on the side of the road in Maryland. I heard some poor schlep… Wait…never mind.
by the way, Detroit will probably beat Cleveland (game on now) with a homer by 2007 MVP Ordonez.
Who is the nerd who writes
“First”
Theres no such thing as a cheap flight anymore
Caught up in Chicago. You poor thing, LOL.
Take the Blue Line into The Loop and grab some ‘za. Enjoy!
hey stanley – it was a joke from another thread that i was mocking someone else for.
welcome to the blog
Gotta love business travel. Tip for future reference, NEVER fly through Chicago. I would guess with some certainty that 80% of all flights I’ve ever had that were delayed had something to do with weather in or around Chicago……..
You need to piss of Dr. Klahn. Anyone else remember “A Fistful of Yen” in “Kentucky Fried Movie”?
“The CIA thinks they can infiltrate the mountain of Dr. Klahn! Take him to–Detwoit!”
“No, not Detroit!!”
/you have my gwatitude
Peter – I would write checks that O’Hare cannot cash… saying you will be there tomorrow is a great way to guarantee a further delay!
Oh, and I’m with saucy… If you’re forced to travel for a living, you shouldn’t concern yourself with flight costs. I mean, don’t purposely wait till the last minute to book a flight home from San Fran to the point where a weekend stop-over in Phoenix to visit friends is the same price as flying direct to NY…. but don’t bargain shop either.
Either way, you got screwed by what I would almost consider false advertising (even though it probably did lay out the stop in your itinerary… but still).
Hey, Pete, that’ll teach you for telling us to get some work done. Don’t you know how much that physically hurts?
But tell me Guy Incognito: Are you tough and ruthless? Or are you rough and toothless?
Oh how I feel for you Pete. My flight yesterday out of Minneapolis was scheduled to leave at 4:30. At 6:30 they put us on the plane (one of the small ones!) and then we didn’t take off until after 8:30.
less travel details, more Yankees
i like your job pete. how can i get myself one of those? haha
o’hare sucks. i usually don’t have any problems with midway though. except of course you’re probably flying swa if you’re going through midway and like you said, it’s the greyhound bus of the sky.
I feel your pain. Really and truly. In the last 6 months I have not gone on a single business trip that didn’t involve delays on both ends of the trip. The airlines have become atrocious lately. If it were up to me, I’d drive everywhere.
Good.
Blame the weather in Chicago not SW.
I think Pete is probably wishing he drove from Chicago to Detriot. He would have been there hours ago instead of just arriving.