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Welcome to Atlanta, home of CNN, Coca-Cola, and two very unhappy newlyweds.
It has been awhile since my last post, and before I get into the wedding stuff, I have to rant about our flight to Montreal first. After our honeymoon, Melanie and I went to Montreal for a second reception for her family that could not make it to the wedding. We left Dallas at 12:20, 16 August, and were to get into Montreal around 9:00 that same day.
Melanie passed the time writing thank you notes for the wedding gifts. Soon we heard an announcement that said due to storms in the Atlanta area, our flight was delayed.
So our flight was now leaving at 3:50. Well, it was delayed again. Once we boarded the plane, we were told that another delay was in effect. We finally left Dallas at 5:30. What I don't understand is that Melanie's mother left San Antonio around the same time we were to originally leave Dallas. She arrived in Atlanta on time. Unbeknownst to us, her Mrs. Charette purchased the seat next to Melanie and myself from Atlanta to Montreal.
As you can imagine, we missed our fligt to Montreal. Once we landed, Melanie and I went to see about the next flight. It was about 8:30 pm local time. The lady quickly got us new tickets for a flight that was leaving at 8:45 just a few gates down. We could not have been more lucky.
Notice anything odd about the ticket? Neither did I, however Melanie noticed that the ticket said, "8:45A". That's right, the flight left the next morning, 17 August. Needless to say, we were not happy. So we get in line to see what can be done. Much to our chagrin, there are no flights to Montreal on any other carriers until the next morning. We were told that we could recieve a hotel voucher and a meal voucher once we talked to somebody at the counter. However, once we got to the counter we were told that Delta does not provide hotel or meal vouchers for air traffic control delays. Instead we got this...
We get to pay a discounted rate of $51.50 at some hotel. Seeing as how somebody else mentioned a meal voucher, she gave us $7.00 a piece. Here is a copy of our reciept at a mediocre chinese restaurant.
If you look at our reciept, you will notice that we had enough to buy two meals and one soft drink. The meal vouchers could have also been used at the hotel had we wished, but we later found out there was no restaurant at the hotel, so it was good we used them at the food court. Here are some pics of us tired and angery in the food court.
Back to our encounter with the voucher lady; I asked her if we could have our luggage for our stay at the hotel. She told us that the luggage was to stay at the airport. Upset, I pointed out that we did not have a change of clothes, let alone a tooth brush. She went to another room, and came back with this...
This kit inluded a tooth brush, tooth paste, hair brush, deodorant, two q-tips, two cotton balls, and detergent. Notice the sentence inscribed on the kit, "Caring More About You." What a crock.
When we decided to catch the shuttle to the hotel, we could not find the shuttle to the exact Courtyard Hotel mentioned on our reduced rate coupon. We walked up and down the shuttle area and asked for help several times, yet still had no luck. We were instructed to catch the shuttle to an Econo Lodge as they would honor the coupon.
It turns out the Econo Lodge was about $10.00 bucks cheaper, and had a complementary breakfast. However, we soon realized that the free breakfast was nothing more than a box of Krispy Kremes purchased from the gas station across the street. After a night's sleep, we were no longer angry, but were tired, smelly, and ready to get the hell out of Atlanta.
I hate you Delta. I hope you go bankrupt.
It has been awhile since my last post, and before I get into the wedding stuff, I have to rant about our flight to Montreal first. After our honeymoon, Melanie and I went to Montreal for a second reception for her family that could not make it to the wedding. We left Dallas at 12:20, 16 August, and were to get into Montreal around 9:00 that same day.
Melanie passed the time writing thank you notes for the wedding gifts. Soon we heard an announcement that said due to storms in the Atlanta area, our flight was delayed.
So our flight was now leaving at 3:50. Well, it was delayed again. Once we boarded the plane, we were told that another delay was in effect. We finally left Dallas at 5:30. What I don't understand is that Melanie's mother left San Antonio around the same time we were to originally leave Dallas. She arrived in Atlanta on time. Unbeknownst to us, her Mrs. Charette purchased the seat next to Melanie and myself from Atlanta to Montreal.
As you can imagine, we missed our fligt to Montreal. Once we landed, Melanie and I went to see about the next flight. It was about 8:30 pm local time. The lady quickly got us new tickets for a flight that was leaving at 8:45 just a few gates down. We could not have been more lucky.
Notice anything odd about the ticket? Neither did I, however Melanie noticed that the ticket said, "8:45A". That's right, the flight left the next morning, 17 August. Needless to say, we were not happy. So we get in line to see what can be done. Much to our chagrin, there are no flights to Montreal on any other carriers until the next morning. We were told that we could recieve a hotel voucher and a meal voucher once we talked to somebody at the counter. However, once we got to the counter we were told that Delta does not provide hotel or meal vouchers for air traffic control delays. Instead we got this...
We get to pay a discounted rate of $51.50 at some hotel. Seeing as how somebody else mentioned a meal voucher, she gave us $7.00 a piece. Here is a copy of our reciept at a mediocre chinese restaurant.
If you look at our reciept, you will notice that we had enough to buy two meals and one soft drink. The meal vouchers could have also been used at the hotel had we wished, but we later found out there was no restaurant at the hotel, so it was good we used them at the food court. Here are some pics of us tired and angery in the food court.
Back to our encounter with the voucher lady; I asked her if we could have our luggage for our stay at the hotel. She told us that the luggage was to stay at the airport. Upset, I pointed out that we did not have a change of clothes, let alone a tooth brush. She went to another room, and came back with this...
This kit inluded a tooth brush, tooth paste, hair brush, deodorant, two q-tips, two cotton balls, and detergent. Notice the sentence inscribed on the kit, "Caring More About You." What a crock.
When we decided to catch the shuttle to the hotel, we could not find the shuttle to the exact Courtyard Hotel mentioned on our reduced rate coupon. We walked up and down the shuttle area and asked for help several times, yet still had no luck. We were instructed to catch the shuttle to an Econo Lodge as they would honor the coupon.
It turns out the Econo Lodge was about $10.00 bucks cheaper, and had a complementary breakfast. However, we soon realized that the free breakfast was nothing more than a box of Krispy Kremes purchased from the gas station across the street. After a night's sleep, we were no longer angry, but were tired, smelly, and ready to get the hell out of Atlanta.
I hate you Delta. I hope you go bankrupt.
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