Airplanes, Airport and Transportation: Today, I checked into my flight early. The kiosk asked me if...

By Anonymous - 14/12/2009 18:08 - United States

Today, I checked into my flight early. The kiosk asked me if I wanted an earlier flight for $50. Awesome. I swiped my card then continued to the next screen where I was informed my new flight was delayed to the same time as my original flight. FML

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By melyeah - 02/03/2013 14:14 - Australia - Sydney

Today, to avoid a massive delay on our scheduled flight at the airport, we were generously moved to an earlier flight home. An hour later, our new flight had been cancelled and they told us we'd be stuck at the airport overnight. Our original flight took off fine. FML

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By dJ21 - 15/12/2009 09:23 - Guam

Today, I was at the airport getting ready to go to Hawaii. The guy at the counter said my flight was delayed. It turns out that the flight that was delayed was a flight going to Miami. My flight left at the regular time, and my luggage was on it, because I checked in the night before. FML

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By Phantommajik - 10/05/2011 16:08 - United States

Today, I was stuck at the airport overnight waiting for my flight for about 5 hours. I then went and looked at the departures board. It said that my flight had already departed. FML

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By Aric - 08/10/2020 05:01

Today, I arrived at the airport two and a half hours early because I was expecting it to be busy. The line was long but I had plenty of time, until a woman complained about a fee for checked bags. I was next in line, and still managed to miss my flight because the woman caused such a big scene. FML

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By whenlifeisalemon - 09/01/2016 23:19 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I waited patiently in the airport as my flight was repeatedly delayed. After 5 long hours I approached one of the attendees to discover that the plane had left 5 minutes ago. FML

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By stk - 19/12/2016 12:56 - United States - Aurora

Today, I woke up at 3am to catch my flight back home, only to realize that my flight was pushed back 14 hours. FML

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By budadepressed - 18/07/2016 21:22 - United States - Burnsville

Today, due to a scheduling error, I spent an entire day and night in an airport, over 30 hours in total. Just as I arrived at the gate, I was informed that my flight had been delayed for another 2 hours. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/03/2011 05:38 - United Kingdom

Today, before setting off on my train journey I checked my booking. The (non-refundable) return date was a week later than I intended, and after buying a new ticket online, I was informed that I would be able to collect it in 2 hours. I leave in an hour. I'll have to pay three times to come home. FML

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Run run run

By mad flyer - 21/02/2010 05:47 - France

Today, after my first flight landed late, I burned out my lungs sprinting full speed for 10 minutes to catch my next flight. The gate number on my ticket was wrong. It had been changed to one right next to where I had originally pulled up to. FML

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Wait and see

By me. - 18/06/2011 23:54 - United States

Today, I was on a flight home. I wasn't going to arrive until midnight, so I was offered an earlier flight that got back at ten. I got to baggage claims and it turned out they lost my bag. I sat there for 2 hours. The people on my original flight left for home before I did. FML

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riku3220 2

Monday 14 December 2009 23:38

You should be able to get your money back. There's no way airlines can be that heartless.

xenomorph 0

Monday 14 December 2009 23:38

$50 well spent in this recession.

Comments

jayemdoubleyou 1

Tuesday 15 December 2009 3:39

That blows.

beenit09 0

Tuesday 15 December 2009 3:40

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Analogy 0

Tuesday 15 December 2009 3:44

You do know that you can just fly standby for free, right? As long as you've got a ticket for the same destination and the plane has an open seat, you can get yourself on an earlier flight by just walking up to the gate and putting yourself on the standby list. That was my trick back when I was doing a lot of business travel and I finished up my work with the client more quickly than expected. If the earlier flight didn't have a seat free, no biggy, that's what airport wifi is for.

RuralNinja 0

Tuesday 15 December 2009 6:42

Thats why I hate airlines. They aren't above anything when it comes to making a dollar.

RuralNinja 0

Tuesday 15 December 2009 6:45

Stupid FML, that was supposed to reply to reply to #13.

raven_of_azarath 34

Wednesday 23 August 2017 7:19

The only problem with that is if there's never any free seats. When my grandma died, we flew to Wales (her home country) to spread her ashes. My aunt ended up not making it because she were flying standby and never got a seat.

fml1358 0

Tuesday 15 December 2009 3:46

dude seriously $50 is actually a lot just to get an earlier flight because really sometimes it isn't to bad to just hang out in an airport and relax a little and maybe talk to some friends before your flight or maybe even just get a drink and if you have your laptop do some stuff on your laptop. but seriously it's never really worth $50 just to get an earlier flight. and also you should've checked what time the flight is at because a lot of the tine airports will try to do that to people because they want to make money and they will probably try to do it any way they can. that was just stupid on your part

razz122 5

Tuesday 15 December 2009 4:21

So it was still cheaper.

LilaBear 1

Tuesday 15 December 2009 9:16

I thought that at first too, but I think the OP means it was an EXTRA $50 to get onto the earlier flight.

Ninjaface 0

Tuesday 15 December 2009 6:37

Darn it, why does the new FML app not let you add things to your favorites list!? This is one of the most hilarious ones I've read in a while.

LilaBear 1

Tuesday 15 December 2009 9:14

I wouldn't fork out an extra $50 for a different flight just coz it was earlier. I'd wait the extra two/four/six hours or whatever. It's not like you had anything better to do seeing as you turned up so early.

nouie 0

Tuesday 15 December 2009 14:40

Stop being a whiny bitch about it. Next time wait. :)

givinupthefight 0

Tuesday 15 December 2009 16:57

Always do this at the counter, not the self-service kiosk. Chances are if the earlier flight was delayed, so was your original flight. I've gotten them to bump me to the earlier flight delayed to my original time, and wave the fee for the same reason.