tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304636801774028050.post1595233886833749473..comments2023-06-23T18:54:27.520-04:00Comments on The Thrifty Gypsy's Travels : How To Miss a Flight in 3 Easy Steps (Rebooking Fees Guaranteed!)Katrina Elisabethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15083877882755665975noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304636801774028050.post-27598686914139778582015-09-28T14:24:03.452-04:002015-09-28T14:24:03.452-04:00Holy cow!!! Yes, I would be traumatized, too! That...Holy cow!!! Yes, I would be traumatized, too! That scenario is the stuff of nightmares, and yes, although the high rebooking fees were hard to swallow (especially with the doctor bills and a baby due in three months), we definitely know it could've been a LOT worse, like missing a transatlantic/transcontinental flight. Katrina Elisabethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083877882755665975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304636801774028050.post-16554321453852922952015-09-28T06:56:55.499-04:002015-09-28T06:56:55.499-04:00You have my sympathy. At least you were in your ho...You have my sympathy. At least you were in your home country though. We missed a flight in Egypt once. Like you we arrived just in time to see it take off. Like you it wasn't our fault. Our connecting flight to Cairo from Aswan had unbeknown to us been cancelled. By the time we arrived in Cairo our international flight to Rome was taxiing down the runway. It was one of the worst travel experiences we have ever had - just awful and made many times worse by Egypt Air. Egypt Air kept offering to help us out, wasted our time for hours and then just dumped us saying it wasn't their responsibility. They didn't even offer to help us find a hotel for the night. It was Thursday evening and most businesses had shut down by the time we realised we were on our own. Friday is the holy day in Egypt and nothing is open. To make matters worse the Haj was on and Cairo airport was jam packed with fat, middle-aged men wearing nothing but white towels. Do I sound a bit traumatised - it was almost ten years ago and I still shudder when I think about it.The Travelling Lindfieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913037078617574735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304636801774028050.post-29516248598570305822015-09-25T02:53:49.859-04:002015-09-25T02:53:49.859-04:00I'm so sorry you have experienced all that! I ...I'm so sorry you have experienced all that! I have never missed a flight. And hope this will never happen to me. But I did stop a train once, for 10 minutes, to wait for my friend ;) Luckily, the train drive could understand the situation ;) And I know what it means to get stuck on German autobahn! For hours! And on a long drive :/ Not what you could wish for.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323867394687276426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304636801774028050.post-4615119883597106832015-09-24T17:06:20.692-04:002015-09-24T17:06:20.692-04:00Brutal! Glad you eventually got home okay, but tho...Brutal! Glad you eventually got home okay, but those fees....ahhhhh I weep with you!!!Swagshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536665298453982608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304636801774028050.post-53947952220285920622015-09-24T08:54:14.898-04:002015-09-24T08:54:14.898-04:00The first time we went form Hamburg to KL we hit d...The first time we went form Hamburg to KL we hit dead stop traffic too, it's the worst, I'm sorry this happened to you.Diana L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14966865954942838440noreply@blogger.com