Delta fucked up my luggage.

It's not bad enough that Delta can't keep your luggage with you, to add insult to injury when my bag finally arrived today, it was totally fucked up.
Check the splintered hard plastic and the nicely bent-in frame. I reckon it's been driven over right across the middle or something. And for my trouble, I'm going to be lucky to see $50 for this. The girl at the luggage counter had the gall to ask why I'd put a carry-on in checked baggage. If the TSA Nazi's weren't limiting you to basically travelling in your underwear, I would have used it as carry-on. But you try and get anything in a carry-on that you'd need nowadays. You can't take liquids larger than 3oz and conveniently, nobody sells stuff like deodorant, toothpaste and shaving gel in sizes that small. So you have to check bags, then Delta can fuck them up, drive over them and lose them.

I will never fly Delta again.

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Anonymous said…
Pah! Never mind not flying Delta again, I've given up flying with every airline.

Why? Until they start treating fare-paying passengers like valued customers, rather than terrorists, none of them are getting any of my money.

There is no pleasure to be derived from flying anymore. Every trip to the airport is a stressful, dehumanising experience. Why do it?

I'll take any other form of transport instead.
03:51
Chris said…
Yeah - the slight issue there is that you kinda have to fly if you want to get anywhere far away or overseas - like Europe. It's a valiant idea to say "fuck the airlines" but there are trips you simply can't do without them. Especially if most of your travel is business.
10:16
Chris said…
Oh and one other thing - when was flying *ever* a pleasurable experience?
10:18
Anonymous said…
I am in the UK and 95% of my travel is for business - the Americas are about the only place I can't get to by train.

If I absolutely have to fly, the only way to go is by chartered aircraft.

This is an even more viable choice in the US and it's not that expensive, as long as you're not travelling alone. In fact, in some cases it's actually cheaper than the airlines.

I've had many happy flying experiences over the years.
- I've spent entire flights in the cockpit of trans-atlantic 747's as a guest of the crew.
- I've had various upgrades to Club/Business and First class.
- I've met some interesting people, a few of whom became good friends.
- I've been to some odd/unusual places around the world on odd/unusual aircraft.
- I've been on aircraft without going through a metal detector and through passport control without a passport and my word was good enough as proof of identity.

I lament the passing of the 'golden age'.
01:49
Chris said…
The fact that you're talking about free upgrades, chartered flights and such implies you're a pampered business traveller either very high up in the company management structure, or the CEO. For us peons who actually do the work that keeps the company in business, business class for business travel is something that simply doesn't happen. And airlines have never been particularly thrifty with "free" upgrades unless you've paid full-fare. I've been flying since 1970-something and don't ever remember a time where we didn't have metal detectors or need passports to travel.
As for chartered aircraft, it's a nice idea but have you actually looked at the cost? Unless you're flying at the very least 11 people, it's retardedly expensive. Even here in the US.
As for travelling by train, again it implies you're high enough up in the company that they don't mind how long it takes you to get somewhere. If I had the luxury of being able to take a couple of days to get somewhere by train, I'd jump at the chance, but sadly, in reality, peons are sent in cattle class to do stuff "right now".
08:19
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