Not gonna lie, my partner and I have the type of relationship that if he was moving that slow, I would’ve left before him and made the flight haha.
Funny how whenever we do indeed travel together we’ve never missed a train or flight. What a concept!
A friend got all the way to Dulles with her husband and 2 kids and the husband left his passport at home. She and the 2 kids went to Denmark on the original flight and he had to drive home and back the next day with his passport and new flight.
We live 3 hours from Dulles on a good day.
Oh yes, no questions I would've for sure gotten on the flight alone! I certainly wouldn't have driven 3 hours back home when I could be halfway to Denmark instead, ha. Now that is one thing that my partner never forgets. He always has his passport and green card with him.
Post by turkturkleton on Mar 30, 2021 19:18:32 GMT -5
I've never missed a flight, but I once showed up a day early. We were overseas, and we'd written the wrong date on our itinerary. This was back in the dark ages before everything was eletronic and phones got emails, so we had no idea until we showed up at the airport and got our tickets printed.
My household has an ongoing disagreement about whether it's your fault for missing a connection due to the first flight being late. I maintain that if you only give yourself a half hour of time in between, then it's still your fault because you have unrealistic expectations for air travel. If your plane is hours behind or gets cancelled altogether, then you can blame the airline.
I've never missed a flight, but I once showed up a day early. We were overseas, and we'd written the wrong date on our itinerary. This was back in the dark ages before everything was eletronic and phones got emails, so we had no idea until we showed up at the airport and got our tickets printed.
My household has an ongoing disagreement about whether it's your fault for missing a connection due to the first flight being late. I maintain that if you only give yourself a half hour of time in between, then it's still your fault because you have unrealistic expectations for air travel. If your plane is hours behind or gets cancelled altogether, then you can blame the airline.
I think it depends on the connection. Like if Southwest gives you that option from point a to point b (like a one stop flight) then it’s not your fault. If you book leg 1 and leg 2 separately then it can be your fault.
I have missed two flights. Both out of JFK. The first was a flight to Peru. We encountered so much traffic, made a wrong turn when we were almost at the airport, and hadn’t checked in online. I think if we had checked in online we would have been able to make it to the gate in time. That cost about $1000 in fees for the tickets and a rental car to return home for out rebooked flight 24 hours later.
The second was a flight to Portland. I was still on maternity leave with my youngest and I had underestimated how much time it would take to mobilize. We also picked up my daughter from daycare and she had an accident so we raced home to ditch that bag in the garage because I couldn’t stomach putting it in my luggage, leaving it in the car, or throwing out her daycare lovey.. We waited forever to check in our bags and by the time we got to the counter it was too late to check them. I tried going through security by myself with both kids and taking the red eye solo, but ended up missing the flight. I was not all that disappointed about that as I have no idea how I would have managed solo. I had the diaper bag, a carry on, two car seats, a stroller, a 2 month old and a 3 year old. I still remember the kindness of strangers while I was trying to get all of that scanned and through security. An angel of a customer service rep was able to book us for a morning flight the next day at no additional cost.
My husband would prefer never to fly out of JFK again, but we can frequently get direct flights for a much cheaper cost so we keep doing it. We have made many for flights than we’ve missed!
Hell no. I arrive at the airport approximately 6 months early for my flight. Don’t you have to pay to rebook if you miss? I would be so stressed.
😂😂😂😂
this is my dad. He lives about 30 minutes from the airport. He routinely makes my mom leave the house like 5 hours early because TRAFFIC! BAGGAGE CHECK! SECURITY! Then he likes to get mad because when they inevitably get thru security 4 hours before their flight leaves, my mom will buy expensive airport snacks and drinks to pass time 😆
I tease all in good fun. Because I definitely get to the airport way early (learned from my dad, ha). But it’s saved us (half way to the airport my H realized he forgot his wallet and had to turn around) so I just chuckle with my mom when she tells me the stories.
Hell no. I arrive at the airport approximately 6 months early for my flight. Don’t you have to pay to rebook if you miss? I would be so stressed.
😂😂😂😂
this is my dad. He lives about 30 minutes from the airport. He routinely makes my mom leave the house like 5 hours early because TRAFFIC! BAGGAGE CHECK! SECURITY! Then he likes to get mad because when they inevitably get thru security 4 hours before their flight leaves, my mom will buy expensive airport snacks and drinks to pass time 😆
I tease all in good fun. Because I definitely get to the airport way early (learned from my dad, ha). But it’s saved us (half way to the airport my H realized he forgot his wallet and had to turn around) so I just chuckle with my mom when she tells me the stories.
Yesssss!!!! Vacation begins the moment I arrive at the airport and I load UP on snacks at the airport. H is like “why didn’t you just bring gummy worms? Why buy them here and pay $20 for them?!”
Bc I’m on vacation now, stupid. I wasn’t on vacation before. It makes perfect sense.
I've never missed a flight, but I once showed up a day early. We were overseas, and we'd written the wrong date on our itinerary. This was back in the dark ages before everything was eletronic and phones got emails, so we had no idea until we showed up at the airport and got our tickets printed.
My household has an ongoing disagreement about whether it's your fault for missing a connection due to the first flight being late. I maintain that if you only give yourself a half hour of time in between, then it's still your fault because you have unrealistic expectations for air travel. If your plane is hours behind or gets cancelled altogether, then you can blame the airline.
I think it depends on the connection. Like if Southwest gives you that option from point a to point b (like a one stop flight) then it’s not your fault. If you book leg 1 and leg 2 separately then it can be your fault.
Hmm, I've never only been given one option for the second flight when I've booked a route with a stop. That seems like a weird choice for the airline to make. I would probably just pick a different ticket in that scenario.
Post by lightbulbsun on Mar 30, 2021 20:46:37 GMT -5
I missed a train once. I was coming home from studying abroad in the UK, and I was taking the train to London and staying with my friend a couple of days before my flight home. I was completely broke at that point. Like, my money would last me to the airport and that's it. I took a cab to the train station but there was so much traffic and I missed the train. I was so stressed out that I just started crying, and I think I really alarmed the cabbie. Before I left I had dropped the keys to my dorm in a slot and I couldn't get them back. I ended up staying on a friend's couch that night and borrowing money from them so I could get a train the next day (I did pay them back!). It was so stressful, plus I was really sad that I was going home, but also happy. It was a lot of emotions, lol.
ETA: I used to commute by train and I missed trains home sometimes, but they're just commuter trains which ran every 15-30 minutes.
this is my dad. He lives about 30 minutes from the airport. He routinely makes my mom leave the house like 5 hours early because TRAFFIC! BAGGAGE CHECK! SECURITY! Then he likes to get mad because when they inevitably get thru security 4 hours before their flight leaves, my mom will buy expensive airport snacks and drinks to pass time 😆
I tease all in good fun. Because I definitely get to the airport way early (learned from my dad, ha). But it’s saved us (half way to the airport my H realized he forgot his wallet and had to turn around) so I just chuckle with my mom when she tells me the stories.
Yesssss!!!! Vacation begins the moment I arrive at the airport and I load UP on snacks at the airport. H is like “why didn’t you just bring gummy worms? Why buy them here and pay $20 for them?!”
Bc I’m on vacation now, stupid. I wasn’t on vacation before. It makes perfect sense.
I also like to arrive about 6 months early when flying in the US. They make security 1000% percent more diffuclt than it needs to be, especially for domestic flights. I do usually bring my own snacks, but the last time I was there, TSA had decided that food needed to be removed from bags for the scanners, despite it being mentioned on none of the signs and not having been policy six month before. That was annoying.
Post by basilosaurus on Mar 30, 2021 20:55:14 GMT -5
Flight is definitely yes though no fault of my own. I answered for both even though I don't remember a train miss. Most of my train travel is show up and buy ticket so that's hard to miss. But in the interest of concept I assume I've missed as in I took something later than planned. I presume you're not counting when the line cancels trips. In japan that only happens in suicide situations. I've been late over 5 hours, sro.
You can add ferry to this. Not my fault, again, they cancelled 2 ferries so I had to stay an unplanned overnight. I'm an adept spontaneous traveler.
I will admit I was once drunk and traveling and tried to board my flight and they booked me for the next flight and kicked me off. Oh 20 years ago me. That probably counts as a yes. I'm very embarrassed of it. Thankfully it cost me nothing extra, just pride
Post by basilosaurus on Mar 30, 2021 21:11:13 GMT -5
Mom was a travel agent so I have many stories. But this was without mom and still pisses me off.
Lufthansa denver to frankfurt. I arrived to the airport 3 hours early. Had just quit job, was moving with stb fiancee husband, last trip single, or so I thought at the time (marry military and then try to change my mind).
I was in line to check in that whole time. Most of us were on the phone to the airline because it was not our fault they were pathetically slow. They ended up holding the plane for us. 3 hours should be enough.
Worse, I had a 12 he layover in dc on another trip. It was after a 19hr flight. I checked everything in for flight 3 of 4, uncle in law I'd not yet met picked me up, gave me a shower and bedroom to use. I slept, he made me dinner, we went back to the airport, and they told me I checked in late. Sir, 12 hours ahead is not late. So I'm jet lagged and angry. Hangry pales in comparison. You know damn well I made that flight.
Then there's the time I was held in Korea because on entry they screwed up the stamp. I of course didn't know. But at departure I got taken for extra screening. White girl didn't illegally cross dmz! I wasn't angry, and I had the time, but that could have been disastrous.
I was also held in nz for having the same name as a fugitive 30 years older (and yes I look young for my age), but a story for another day. All these were 100% not my fault. They make for a good memoir though.
No. Being late to anything is a huge anxiety trigger for me. I blame it on the fact that my mom was always late when I was growing up. I was always the last one to be picked up from any event and I HATED it.
Yesssss!!!! Vacation begins the moment I arrive at the airport and I load UP on snacks at the airport. H is like “why didn’t you just bring gummy worms? Why buy them here and pay $20 for them?!”
Bc I’m on vacation now, stupid. I wasn’t on vacation before. It makes perfect sense.
I also like to arrive about 6 months early when flying in the US. They make security 1000% percent more diffuclt than it needs to be, especially for domestic flights. I do usually bring my own snacks, but the last time I was there, TSA had decided that food needed to be removed from bags for the scanners, despite it being mentioned on none of the signs and not having been policy six month before. That was annoying.
When I was about 14 weeks pregnant I had to fly from Florida to London for my sister's wedding. I obviously loaded up on snacks for the for the flight and the woman who looked in my bag at security shamed me! She said "wow, somebody's hungry!" This was 8 years ago and I'm still pissed.
In any case, I've missed flights and trains for reasons both in and out of my own control.
Post by covergirl82 on Mar 31, 2021 13:54:15 GMT -5
I've only had one experience ever missing a flight... We were on our way home from Orlando and the FAA grounded all flights (for 4 hours) that used the Jacksonville control tower due to some issue. The flight was originally scheduled to depart around 5:30 and we couldn't get on another flight out that evening. Obviously we missed our connecting flight. We stayed overnight at the airport and then flew out the next day, late afternoon.
I almost missed a connecting flight out of O'Hare coming home from a work training/conference, but thankfully because it was the last flight out to the airport that night to my metro area, and considered a "regional commuter" flight, they routinely would hold the plane for a little while to ensure that as many passengers as possible got on the plane.
Hell no. I arrive at the airport approximately 6 months early for my flight. Don’t you have to pay to rebook if you miss? I would be so stressed.
No. Usually you just end up at the whim of standby availability.
And ditto others, I would be SO stressed if I missed a flight now. I hate being late to anything. The two times I missed them were when I was 18 and 22. It freaks me out just to think of it.
I feel like I have, but I can't remember any examples. So now I'm not sure whether I've repressed the memory, or if the feeling is from anxiety dreams about travel. I'm basically always late and missing some form of transportation or deadline in dreams.
I also like to arrive about 6 months early when flying in the US. They make security 1000% percent more diffuclt than it needs to be, especially for domestic flights. I do usually bring my own snacks, but the last time I was there, TSA had decided that food needed to be removed from bags for the scanners, despite it being mentioned on none of the signs and not having been policy six month before. That was annoying.
When I was about 14 weeks pregnant I had to fly from Florida to London for my sister's wedding. I obviously loaded up on snacks for the for the flight and the woman who looked in my bag at security shamed me! She said "wow, somebody's hungry!" This was 8 years ago and I'm still pissed.
In any case, I've missed flights and trains for reasons both in and out of my own control.
I would hold a grudge against that woman to my grave.
Post by pinkballoons on Mar 31, 2021 18:02:31 GMT -5
I missed a flight a few years ago. I was supposed to fly to see family over the holidays, but there was bad weather there, so my first flight (with one stop, no plane change) was canceled. I booked a later flight, this time with two plane changes, one at LAX, and the other in Dallas.
The connecting flight at LAX had a super tight turnaround, so I was really worried about that. I prepped the hell out of that flight. I wore comfortable shoes, packed light, and didn't check any bags. I studied the LAX maps and read up on an underground tunnel that could get me from gate to gate in much less time than if I went through the main part of the terminal. I was feeling prepared. After I boarded the flight to LAX, I somehow wound up with a mimosa, and I had a great feeling.
After we landed, I made it off the plane in record time, found the tunnel, and ran across the airport with a couple of minutes to spare. It was amazing... until I realized that my departure gate was a REMOTE gate, and I had only managed to run to the location for the shuttles. (No map I studied mentioned this. None of them.) The shuttle line was obnoxious so I definitely missed that flight. I dragged my defeated self to the ticket counter to see if I could get on the flight leaving hours later, only to find out that there was a seat on an earlier flight, that, of course, was boarding *right now.* So I took off running again, barely made this new flight, and had time to send a single text to update someone that I was on my way again. I managed to get to Dallas, and then my destination without any further issues.
I was strangely calm the entire time, probably because the only thing I could do was laugh at myself. The family I was visiting and DH were all stressed out on my behalf.
Post by mrsukyankee on Apr 1, 2021 10:55:53 GMT -5
Yes, flight. Small local airport, only one person for security and multiple flights at the same time. We were told originally to arrive 1 hour beforehand and it wasn't enough time. We had to fly out the next day and showed up 2 hours beforehand and made it but not with much time to spare.
Only slightly related. A few years ago, I drove 2 hours to catch a train into NYC. It was winter and very cold. Since I don’t usually drive in a coat, I didn’t notice that I forgot to put my coat in the car until I got to the train station. Ugh. I thought, ‘oh well, got to get on the train without a coat’. Turns out that between the train and subway, I did very little walking outdoors. *I did make my train*
I once made the last train out of London to my much older cousin’s house in the country. The doors closed behind me as I bent over hyperventilating. That was the scariest close-call of my life. It was midnight and I had no money for a hotel and could not fathom calling my cousin for a ride.
Yes, I was the lunatic American running through the Underground. I still feel shame.
This was probably 15 years ago now. I got to the airport in time. I had a carry on and was flying domestically. As I was checking in, an agent was convinced my or my SOs bag was too big for a carry on and he told us to check it. However, it was too late to get that bag on the plane. So the choice was to throw our stuff out and get on the plane or figure something else out. In retrospect, we should have put the bag in a storage and went on our way. We were young and dumb and ended up buying tickets for a later flight. I have literally no idea why we did what we did. It seemed like a very stressful situation at the time though. Flying is so unnecessarily stressful.
I did cut it very close one other time because I got stuck in traffic that I wasn't expecting.
The whole reason DH and I became a couple is because I missed a flight ❤️. It was a disastrous travel day, the airport was a nightmare to check bags and go through security. I got separated from my friends and even though I was in the security line the whole time, they managed to get lucky when a new line opened up and made it to the plane on time. They only realized I wasn’t there when they were last on the plane. I ran up as the doors were being shut and they didn’t let me on. Anyways, that led to me spending more time with DH without our friends around. We officially started dating a few weeks later. It was definitely serendipity since I never missed a flight before.
I’m always super early for flights and try to plan for every scenario. The only other flight I missed was about a year later on a tight international layover where the first flight was delayed and customs took a while. My friends and I ran up as they were closing the door on that flight, too.