Comments on: Finding the real reason for delays http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/14/finding-the-real-reason-for-delays/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:28:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mark Ashley http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/14/finding-the-real-reason-for-delays/comment-page-1/#comment-16951 Mark Ashley Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:26:16 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/14/finding-the-real-reason-for-delays/#comment-16951 Very nice. :) Very nice. :)

]]> By: Marilyn Terrell http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/14/finding-the-real-reason-for-delays/comment-page-1/#comment-16932 Marilyn Terrell Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:45:15 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/14/finding-the-real-reason-for-delays/#comment-16932 The Onion offers an infographic on the real reasons for flight delays, including this one: "Pilot not exactly in a hurry to get to Buffalo" http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/record_flight_delays The Onion offers an infographic on the real reasons for flight delays, including this one: “Pilot not exactly in a hurry to get to Buffalo”
http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/record_flight_delays

]]> By: Monica Bhattacharya http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/14/finding-the-real-reason-for-delays/comment-page-1/#comment-16905 Monica Bhattacharya Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:10:33 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/14/finding-the-real-reason-for-delays/#comment-16905 Wow. Previously I did not know about either airline cargo sites or multiple city routing, so both both your and Global Dreams' reasoning make sense. Perhaps it will help the airline companies and agents to avoid irate customers if they simply trained their front line agents to explain this to the passengers, or for the airline websites to indicate this information. If it makes sense, most people are reasonable! Thanks for the information Mark! -Monica <a href="http://savvytourist.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">www.savvytourist.blogspot.com</a> Wow. Previously I did not know about either airline cargo sites or multiple city routing, so both both your and Global Dreams’ reasoning make sense. Perhaps it will help the airline companies and agents to avoid irate customers if they simply trained their front line agents to explain this to the passengers, or for the airline websites to indicate this information. If it makes sense, most people are reasonable! Thanks for the information Mark!

-Monica

http://www.savvytourist.blogspot.com

]]> By: GlobalDreams http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/14/finding-the-real-reason-for-delays/comment-page-1/#comment-16872 GlobalDreams Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:04:18 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/14/finding-the-real-reason-for-delays/#comment-16872 Sometimes finding the reason YOUR flight is delayed is not as easy as it sounds. The public does not have access to the airlines routing computer system. Lets say you are to take a flight from Salt Lake City to Minneapolis which has been delayed 1 hour. So, here you are in SLC on a beautiful fall evening and you just spoke to your buddy in MSP who says the weather is perfect and the airline is claiming your flight is delayed because of weather. LIARS! Despite what you may think the delay is not caused by SLC or MSP weather the delay is caused by SFO weather. WHAT?!?! Let me explain... The aircraft which will be used to take you to MSP has had a busy day it is scheduled for 5 flights and a routing that looks like this: SEA-SFO-LAX-LAS-SLC-MSP. Because of fog this morning the aircraft endured a 2 hour weather/ATC delay out of SEA which made it late to LAX, LAS and finally to SLC. Unfortunately, because you don't have access to the airlines routing system you will not know that in fact the cause of the delay is weather just not weather where you are or where you are going. Sometimes finding the reason YOUR flight is delayed is not as easy as it sounds. The public does not have access to the airlines routing computer system. Lets say you are to take a flight from Salt Lake City to Minneapolis which has been delayed 1 hour. So, here you are in SLC on a beautiful fall evening and you just spoke to your buddy in MSP who says the weather is perfect and the airline is claiming your flight is delayed because of weather. LIARS! Despite what you may think the delay is not caused by SLC or MSP weather the delay is caused by SFO weather. WHAT?!?! Let me explain… The aircraft which will be used to take you to MSP has had a busy day it is scheduled for 5 flights and a routing that looks like this: SEA-SFO-LAX-LAS-SLC-MSP. Because of fog this morning the aircraft endured a 2 hour weather/ATC delay out of SEA which made it late to LAX, LAS and finally to SLC. Unfortunately, because you don’t have access to the airlines routing system you will not know that in fact the cause of the delay is weather just not weather where you are or where you are going.

]]> By: Mark Ashley http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/14/finding-the-real-reason-for-delays/comment-page-1/#comment-16868 Mark Ashley Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:00:14 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/14/finding-the-real-reason-for-delays/#comment-16868 Hitting the print-screen button doesn't mean generating a paper copy, wiseguy. :) Revise it to "hit print-screen, open Paint or PhotoShop, Paste, Save-As "real reason for delay.jpg"... But yeah, show the agent what you have. But keep a copy in case you need to continue the fight later. Hitting the print-screen button doesn’t mean generating a paper copy, wiseguy. :)

Revise it to “hit print-screen, open Paint or PhotoShop, Paste, Save-As “real reason for delay.jpg”…

But yeah, show the agent what you have. But keep a copy in case you need to continue the fight later.

]]> By: Tyler Colman (a.k.a. Dr. Vino) http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/14/finding-the-real-reason-for-delays/comment-page-1/#comment-16867 Tyler Colman (a.k.a. Dr. Vino) Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:56:49 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/14/finding-the-real-reason-for-delays/#comment-16867 "If it’s not weather, print-screen, then start negotiating with the gate agent." OK, James Bond, I'll have Q be sure to include a micro printer and some 8.5 x 11 paper in my carry-on! Maybe simply showing the agent the screen would be enough? Or simply telling them that you have different info? Very good tips in the post though! “If it’s not weather, print-screen, then start negotiating with the gate agent.”

OK, James Bond, I’ll have Q be sure to include a micro printer and some 8.5 x 11 paper in my carry-on!

Maybe simply showing the agent the screen would be enough? Or simply telling them that you have different info?

Very good tips in the post though!

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