No Direct Flights?

I wasn't too happy when I got the call from AA few minutes ago. I paid top
dollars to get on direct flight from Pittsburgh to Dallas. That flight would
leave first thing in the morning, 7am, I got the called few minutes ago and
was told that my flight was cancelled and they won't say the real reason
behind all this. Now, I am being forced to fly to New York before I can get
to Dallas. Refund or at least some of it? They simply laughed it off! I feel
that I am being treated as prisoner, NO FREEDOM! This is one of those
reasons that I have to consider owning a plane.

Anyway, any thought about Airlines' current operation? Do you think they
cancel on purpose to save bucks because of few seats?
Time for me to hit the sack since I have to get up in few hours.
Toks Desalu
PP-ASEL
"Dyin' to Soar"

Do you feel better now?



"Toks Desalu" wrote in message
news:1ftJg.8857$pX3.465@trnddc07...
|I wasn't too happy when I got the call from AA few minutes
ago. I paid top
| dollars to get on direct flight from Pittsburgh to Dallas.
That flight would
| leave first thing in the morning, 7am, I got the called
few minutes ago and
| was told that my flight was cancelled and they won't say
the real reason
| behind all this. Now, I am being forced to fly to New York
before I can get
| to Dallas. Refund or at least some of it? They simply
laughed it off! I feel
| that I am being treated as prisoner, NO FREEDOM! This is
one of those
| reasons that I have to consider owning a plane.
|
| Anyway, any thought about Airlines' current operation? Do
you think they
| cancel on purpose to save bucks because of few seats?
| Time for me to hit the sack since I have to get up in few
hours.
| Toks Desalu
| PP-ASEL
| "Dyin' to Soar"
|
|

"Toks Desalu" wrote in message
news:1ftJg.8857$pX3.465@trnddc07...
[...]
Anyway, any thought about Airlines' current operation? Do you think they
cancel on purpose to save bucks because of few seats?

What I want to know is what's so hard about posting these airline rants to
alt.airlines or rec.travel.air or any of the other MUCH more appropriate
newsgroups?

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:15:08 -0700, "Peter Duniho"
wrote:
What I want to know is what's so hard about posting these airline rants to
alt.airlines or rec.travel.air or any of the other MUCH more appropriate
newsgroups?

Nawh, alt.idiots...

"Peter Duniho" wrote

What I want to know is what's so hard about posting these airline rants to
alt.airlines or rec.travel.air or any of the other MUCH more appropriate
newsgroups?

Because he is a "member" of this group, with frequent good contributions,
and he is not a member of the other groups you mentioned?

Geeze, Pete! Find something more worthwhile to post off topic, like you
usually do.
--
Jim in NC

"Toks Desalu" wrote in message

I wasn't too happy when I got the call from AA few minutes ago. I paid top
dollars to get on direct flight from Pittsburgh to Dallas. That flight
would
leave first thing in the morning, 7am, I got the called few minutes ago
and
was told that my flight was cancelled and they won't say the real reason
behind all this.

1. Do you KNOW the real reason for the cancellation? If not, then how do
you know that they're not being truthful with you?

2. If you're going to minimize disappointments when flying, you have to
learn the language of aviation. I deal with business travellers on a daily
basis, hardened road warriors who manage to maintain their ignorance, and
repeatedly get highly ****ed when their "direct" flight stops enroute. If
you ask for the right thing, you'll often get it.

Care to share the "secret" with us? I am sure that most of us would love to
hear it.

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
. ..

"Toks Desalu" wrote in message

I wasn't too happy when I got the call from AA few minutes ago. I paid
top
dollars to get on direct flight from Pittsburgh to Dallas. That flight
would
leave first thing in the morning, 7am, I got the called few minutes ago
and
was told that my flight was cancelled and they won't say the real reason
behind all this.

1. Do you KNOW the real reason for the cancellation? If not, then how do
you know that they're not being truthful with you?

2. If you're going to minimize disappointments when flying, you have to
learn the language of aviation. I deal with business travellers on a
daily
basis, hardened road warriors who manage to maintain their ignorance, and
repeatedly get highly ****ed when their "direct" flight stops enroute. If
you ask for the right thing, you'll often get it.

In article vAyJg.8030$p23.4879@trnddc04,
"Toks Desalu" wrote:

Care to share the "secret" with us? I am sure that most of us would love to
hear it.

I believe the term is "non-stop"

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

"Bob Noel" wrote in message

I believe the term is "non-stop"


Right. A direct flight goes from A to X, but may have multiple stops in
between. The "direct" term applies to the fact that passengers going to X
can take this flight all the way from A to X without changing planes. In
most (but not all) cases, the airline flight number of the flight also
remains the same.

A non-stop flight goes from A to X with no intermediate stops. After
takeoff from A, your next scheduled landing is at X.

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
...

"Bob Noel" wrote in message

I believe the term is "non-stop"


Right. A direct flight goes from A to X, but may have multiple stops in
between. The "direct" term applies to the fact that passengers going to X
can take this flight all the way from A to X without changing planes. In
most (but not all) cases, the airline flight number of the flight also
remains the same.

A non-stop flight goes from A to X with no intermediate stops. After
takeoff from A, your next scheduled landing is at X.


This reminds me of the time when I was a CS agent for a small airline,
Scheduled Skyways. I believe it was an AA CS agent that got into a bit of a
tiff with a passenger that had been bumped from one of their DFW - BNA
(Nashville) flights.

Skyways was a commuter that had a flight that flew DFW-ELD-LIT-MEM-BNA with
a Metroliner. It was never meant to be a DFW - BNA 99% of the passengers on
the flight only flew 1 leg.

Well when this guy got bumped he really ****ed off the AA agent and he
demanded a direct flight. She gave him one. He wasn't happy when he got to
ELD I heard that only the threat of arrest calmed him down in MEM.