Zoom... Maybe I just have bad luck, but I used those guys twice (to london and back), with no problems. Good prices, plane didn't feel like it was going to disintegrate during take-off...
So I used them a third time. A 3 hours before I was to depart, they called me to tell me that there would be a delay. 24 hours. I asked them if they would compensate me for losing my ryanair flight from london to rome and the answer was of course no. OK. I kinda understand. If I wanted, I could have a fre hotel room in Calgary that night. I declined that because I have plenty of places to stay in Calgary. Guess I'm just a nice guy.
Last week I flew Zoom back here to calgary. The incident a year ago was nothing to hold a grudge over, right?
My flight originated from gatwick, stopped in glasgow, then on to calgary.
In glasgow, we loaded up more passengers, then hit the runway where we sat for a couple minutes before the pilot announced that we would be returning to the terminal for a "minor repair to a not-so-important air conditioning valve" "20 minutes, no longer".
2 hours later, the pilot comes on the intercom to say that he'd give us an update in another half hour.
An hour later he tells us we can get off the plane and wait in the lounge.
Two hours later they issued us 5 pound vouchers to use at the restaurant (a sandwich was 3 pounds, beer was also 3 pounds). Thanks Zoom!
two more hours go by and they announce that we are going to be staying in glasgow for the night at the holiday inn across the street, we should all get our bags and go eat free dinner in our free hotel! Don't forget to be back in the airport by 5AM because "WE ARE DEPARTING AT 7"!
It took over an hour for the ****ing suitcases to come down the carousel. It is now 9 pm and people are crabby and hungry. But wait! Now we get to line up for our hotel rooms! Weee!!!
OK, up to this point, people are staying cool. It sucks, but complaining doesn't solve anything...
Finish eating dinner and decided to pull an all nighter so that I can just sleep throught the plane ride. (since I read my book and magazine while waiting for 8 hours that day.....)
430 rolls around and I'm out of the shower and repacking my suitcase. Get out of the room and head to the elevator........ Elevator door opens and whaddyaknow! A paper taped inside that tells us that we aren't departing until 10 now. Gee, too bad I left my ****ing key inside my hotel room. Too bad that I'm all showered and in the elevator. Guess it was too much to ask that they slip something under the door? Maybe people would have seen it on their way to the bathroom and gone back to sleep?
ok, interupted. Gotta finish this saga a little later. And oh, it gets much better...
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