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Ongoing Flight Woes and One Good Thing
Mar. 13th, 2021 06:37 pmY’all, I just want to be able to go home this summer. I had some issues with flights on United and ended up cancelling them when no one could/would help. They insisted that an hour was enough time to make a connecting flight in Houston, and while I might be able to run, it’s impossible to get checked bags transferred. Oh, and United now charges for the privilege of picking your seat, charges for each checked bag, and doesn’t allow a carry on, only a personal item like a backpack or purse. So fuck United.
I rebooked through Delta (on Travelocity, which has served me well in the past) only to be notified that my connecting flight from Amsterdam to Salt Lake City has been cancelled. I was rebooked into Atlanta but no other connections were made to get me to Salt Lake or my final destination in Twin Falls. I called KLM, which operates that flight and, according to the email I got notifying me of the change, made the cancellation, but I was told Delta had to change it. I called Delta, got put in a two and a half hour queue, only to be told that since I booked through Travelocity, they had to change it. I called Travelocity, only to get a message that they weren’t accepting calls for flights more than ten days out and was hung up on.
Y’all.
There is nothing I can do right now. It will be their responsibility to fix it, but as the kind Delta agent explained, the change was made by a computer and only when they saw the cancelled leg, not to the whole flight. I know there are limited flight schedules, and it’s even worse getting in and out of Belarus. There are very limited options even in the best of times.
So I just have to wait, which is making me extremely anxious, and I have basically three months of anxiety to get through. I know it hardly bears repeating, but I am so ready for this fucking pandemic to be over. I’m frustrated that I didn’t have a choice, really, to come here — the choice was to accept a transfer or be unemployed. I am also grateful to NOT be in China, no matter how much I miss my friends, because it’s much harder to get in and out now that they currently have 3 week mandatory quarantines (in hotels you do not get to choose, and based on my friends’ experiences with that, the quality of hotel was VERY iffy). I can also see that the admin at my old school is in shambles, so I am grateful that I don’t have to deal with that job bullshit on top of being stuck somewhere.
The one bright spot I have right now is that I will be getting vaccinated, with my first dose on Tuesday. Current travel regulations in the US only strongly recommend 10 day self isolation when coming into the country, and the CDC guidelines for those who are vaccinated mean I could have a relatively normal time if and when I get home. Of course, Idaho is one of those places with the idiotic anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers and general fuckwittery Republican bullshit, so I wouldn’t be going to restaurants and movies at all, nor will I go unmasked to the grocery store. I’ll be staying put with the dogs and sewing and playing with my niece and nephew.
I know, I know, I know that times are hard and I’m not the only one having a hard time, but it’s just particularly hard right now.
I rebooked through Delta (on Travelocity, which has served me well in the past) only to be notified that my connecting flight from Amsterdam to Salt Lake City has been cancelled. I was rebooked into Atlanta but no other connections were made to get me to Salt Lake or my final destination in Twin Falls. I called KLM, which operates that flight and, according to the email I got notifying me of the change, made the cancellation, but I was told Delta had to change it. I called Delta, got put in a two and a half hour queue, only to be told that since I booked through Travelocity, they had to change it. I called Travelocity, only to get a message that they weren’t accepting calls for flights more than ten days out and was hung up on.
Y’all.
There is nothing I can do right now. It will be their responsibility to fix it, but as the kind Delta agent explained, the change was made by a computer and only when they saw the cancelled leg, not to the whole flight. I know there are limited flight schedules, and it’s even worse getting in and out of Belarus. There are very limited options even in the best of times.
So I just have to wait, which is making me extremely anxious, and I have basically three months of anxiety to get through. I know it hardly bears repeating, but I am so ready for this fucking pandemic to be over. I’m frustrated that I didn’t have a choice, really, to come here — the choice was to accept a transfer or be unemployed. I am also grateful to NOT be in China, no matter how much I miss my friends, because it’s much harder to get in and out now that they currently have 3 week mandatory quarantines (in hotels you do not get to choose, and based on my friends’ experiences with that, the quality of hotel was VERY iffy). I can also see that the admin at my old school is in shambles, so I am grateful that I don’t have to deal with that job bullshit on top of being stuck somewhere.
The one bright spot I have right now is that I will be getting vaccinated, with my first dose on Tuesday. Current travel regulations in the US only strongly recommend 10 day self isolation when coming into the country, and the CDC guidelines for those who are vaccinated mean I could have a relatively normal time if and when I get home. Of course, Idaho is one of those places with the idiotic anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers and general fuckwittery Republican bullshit, so I wouldn’t be going to restaurants and movies at all, nor will I go unmasked to the grocery store. I’ll be staying put with the dogs and sewing and playing with my niece and nephew.
I know, I know, I know that times are hard and I’m not the only one having a hard time, but it’s just particularly hard right now.
