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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 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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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 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 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 Gw - 28/10/2009 19:03 - United States

Today, my fiancée and I were going on our honeymoon. Our flight was delayed by two hours. It landed when our connecting flight to St. Lucia was taking off. The airline said they were holding the flight for us, so we sprinted from D gate to A, in time to watch the plane pull away. 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 theleague - 09/10/2010 04:15 - United States

Today, when I arrived at the airport for my international flight there was no record of my ticket in the system. Turns out the flight was yesterday. 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 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 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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noype 0

Tuesday 15 December 2009 22:05

The plane would not have left with your luggage. Airlines are required to remove checked luggage from the plane if someone does not show up for their flight and board the plane. It's a security issue.

mikrav 0

Tuesday 15 December 2009 21:34

And you didn't bother to check flight schedules yourself?

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giosthename 0

Wednesday 16 December 2009 1:23

Sure seems to be an influx of airline fmls lately.

JamesGray 0

Wednesday 16 December 2009 1:28

Wow, I'd think you could make the airline cover your expenses in some way if it was human error on their part.. Then again, they do seem to just liking effing with people. So in that case, really FYL.

letitbe56 0

Wednesday 16 December 2009 1:37

They totally owe you a refund on your ticket, or at least a voucher for something AWESOME and a free first class flight to Hawaii. Airlines get away with the shittiest customer service.

LilaBear 1

Wednesday 16 December 2009 5:35

That's screwed, but weren't you paying attention to the announcements over the loudspeakers, like "flight QA453, boarding at Gate 9"?? And you weren't checking the screens which have the same info on them?

AlicaKate 0

Wednesday 16 December 2009 7:18

Well sometimes the gates COULD be in different sections of the airport. I forget where but some airport I've been to, you have to actually EXIT the concourse and re-enter another building for the other gates. And there's like 4 different buildings.

free2speak 14

Thursday 17 December 2009 4:08

That's careless on OPs part in so many ways. I say you deserve it. Usually, the boarding pass will state the time and gate of the checkout. If you are in that building (say terminal A), as frequent flier, I know they announce boarding of the flight. Then they announce that departure gate will close in blah blah minutes. Then they announce the name of the missing passengers at least two or three times. How can the OP ignore all those tv's that display arrivals and departures timings, ignore the boarding calls, ignore their name on the loudspeaker. I say YDI. Also, flights will take your luggage to the destination if the person boarded the first flight but missed the connecting flight.