United Airlines

I've always had problems with Delta, but never with any others. That changed yesterday. I was to fly from OKC to DEN to SFO in time for my brother's 8th grade graduation in SJ at 7:30. My flight from OKC to DEN was delayed, but I still made it to the gate 15 minutes before my flight to SFO was supposd to leave.

You only need to be there 10 minutes early, so I had 5 minutes. Or so I thought. Nobody was at the gate. When I was finally able to flag someone down, I was informed that the flight was overbooked and there were no more seats available, so they couldn't let me on. That's so wrong. Imagine if other kinds of businesses could get away with some of the things airlines do.

Fortunately, I was able to get on the next flight. It arrived a little late, but I was still able to make it to the graduation with 2 minutes to spare. Many congratulations to my brother! I'm very proud of him. Next year he'll be a Leigh Longhorn like I was.

posted by Matt @ 3:35 PM