United Airlines did the same to me. Blamed late takeoff on bad weather, but weather was gorgeous that day in SW USA. Resulted in a number of rebookings as well. Was a business trip, so I thankfully did not bear the financial brunt.
Learned that United airlines is not to be trusted. Not viable, in your terms.
In my (dated) experience with united, they have a fanstasy-land flight schedule they sell tickets for, then cancel flights that aren’t full “due to weather”, and rebook you on an inferior flight.
This way, they never have to pay people when they get bumped for overbooking.
Anyway, I haven’t done business with them for a decade for this exact reason. Maybe it’s different now.
I have over a million miles on United and flew them almost exclusively for over a decade with dozens of flights a year at peak. Not my experience FWIW.
They say the phrase, “acts of god,” and are magically off the hook, according to them. So “bad weather” may be offered on a still, 80 degree sunny day. What are ya gonna do, sue, for maybe $1000?
A vile organization. When they later dragged a paying customer out, I was not surprised.
> Learned that United airlines is not to be trusted. Not viable, in your terms.
So what are we advising u/casenmgreen, travel by horse-drawn carriage? Anyone know whether those are viable means of transport for a time-boxed holiday?!
Learned that United airlines is not to be trusted. Not viable, in your terms.