stranded @ Schipol
Does this LOOK like Cape Town to you?

It began with a frantic call from Delta on Friday afternoon asking me if I could get to JFK right away, because my 6 pm flight to Amsterdam was 3 hours late and they wanted to get me on the 4:20. I made it, and got to Amsterdam in plenty of time for my connection...not that I needed to worry.
After 4 hours on the plane they finally cancelled the flight. Not because of snow (which thwarted hundreds of other travellers) but because the left engine failed.

I don't fault KLM for the bad engine, but their lines of communication need substantial work. It took them an entire hour to get a gateway opened for us so we could get off the plane, two more hours to direct us to the hotel voucher line, and we didn't get to the hotel till after 5 pm. (The flight was to have left at 10 am.) The telephone vouchers they gave us to call and rebook ourselves ran out while we were on hold. And wouldn't it have been nice if they'd given us the KLM password for internet access while we were waiting?

5 Comments:
I hope not. Safe travels and enjoy SA when you get there!
Ugh! I hope the rest of your travels go smoothly.
Strength. May Air Namibia be a 'warm African greeting'.
May the travails of travel make your arrival even sweeter.
Oh, geez, I'm so sorry - that sort of travel is kind of like a mysterious ailment. (Luckily, arriving is the antidote.) Have an even more wonderful time.
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