In the Spirit of Christmas

Wednesday, December 26, 2012
So my Hot MIL has been visiting us from Ohio for the holidays. It was a fairly short visit, and she was supposed to return home today. Unfortunately, the Dayton area is expecting 10 inches of snow today, and her flight was cancelled. These things happen - you do the best you can with what you get.

We tried to rebook her on Southwest, who indicated that not only could they not get her out before Saturday, they also would not give her a voucher to book an earlier flight on another airline so she could return to work in a timely manner. Merry Christmas!

So the Smart Man went to Expedia to find a flight for tomorrow. He found something on United Airlines for a semi-reasonable price, but when he hit the "book it" button to purchase the ticket, the service popped up with "Oh, we're sorry, the cost of this ticket has been increased by 300%." Merry Christmas!

It's no secret I think the airline industry is an incestuous cesspool of human misery that desperately needs to be re-regulated (even if that means significantly higher fares). But this really was beyond the pale. A three hundred percent markup from one minute to the next? Really?

Fuck you, United Airlines. Fuck you very much.

2 comments:

mom in northern said...

Aren't they on your shit list anyway? Hope the boss is inderstanding...

Janiece said...

Mom, pretty much EVERY airline is on my shit list at this point. The entire industry is just a hot mess.