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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
[Re: jazzgal]
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Linda--Best wishes! Flying is such a joy these days!! Not..
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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You might want to look into flying out of SEA. Direct to CLT to SXM. I can't stand flying Horizon, which is what the PDX - SEA leg is.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Flying anywhere is becoming a total unreliable event which is REALLY sad. Our Toulouse to Amsterdam flight in a few weeks was changed to a 20 minute connection.....major DUH!
...and it's not airline specific at all
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
[Re: irish1223]
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That is not good, cancelling Delta to Atlanta, as that is their best route to SXM.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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American just changed our November return flight from an overnight in Charlotte to same day! Hoping it holds.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Maybe we will finally get to connect on SXM island instead of in Rhode Island for once.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Pat,
I hope so! Travel date: October 31 - November 9.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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We’re due to arrive on 11/4 - sounds doable but first I have to bite the bullet and buy my tickets. 😊😊
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Last week canceled our PHL to CLT flight, now going thru MIA to SXM Oct 31. It is still good and while earlier than before more breathing room between flights now. Better than canceling. Best
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Hello Linda, We were in the same boat you're in with our AA flights this time last year. Cancelled and changed our flights, arrivals after our connection had departed, etc., so we took the refund option and booked a much more expensive flight on Delta. AA restored our old flights on the original days with the CLT connections we like best about 2 or 3 weeks later. We were out a pretty good chunk of change, but it allowed us to keep all our typical island arrival arrangements and length of stay, as well as lessen the "what will they do next" anxiety.
"We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came." ~ John F. Kennedy
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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gomer--best wishes with your new flight arrangements. Delta is not immune to flight changes either, as someone else in this thread has already attested. Travel in general is a crap shoot these days.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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road--IF you can find something else that works, you could cancel and get your money back.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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2nd flight change from Delta-- changed Nov return flight from Tuesday to Monday.. Now changed same flight from Monday to Sunday- 2 days shaved off vacation ...ugh
I'm in the same boat. First, they changed our outbound flight. The connection in Atlanta was going to leave THE DAY BEFORE we get to Atlanta...lol While I pondered that issue they changed our return flight to THREE DAYS earlier. Now I'm super angry and looking at lots of $$ to rebook with another carrier. And as everyone is pointing out, that will be a crapshoot as well.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Leona--sorry to hear that. I know that this is supposed to be a very special trip. Hope it works out for you.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Call them, they will work with you and my suggestion is always add more days, never less. I just went through this coming back from SXM in Dec, they had us on a bad option where we would have spent the night in Miami with a 5:15am flight. Got it all switched, with patience, and actuall got flights we originally wanted but were not an option unless we paid a lot more. 2nd flight change from Delta-- changed Nov return flight from Tuesday to Monday.. Now changed same flight from Monday to Sunday- 2 days shaved off vacation ...ugh
I'm in the same boat. First, they changed our outbound flight. The connection in Atlanta was going to leave THE DAY BEFORE we get to Atlanta...lol While I pondered that issue they changed our return flight to THREE DAYS earlier. Now I'm super angry and looking at lots of $$ to rebook with another carrier. And as everyone is pointing out, that will be a crapshoot as well.
I prefer the Isle seat
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Honestly, unless you're DRIVING, these days, travelling is a crap shoot.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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We just booked our flights today for Nov. 4-15 on AA through CLT. From what I'm reading here, looks like I'll be doing flight check duty! Fingers and toes crossed all goes well. We normally do Delta but their flights are twice if not more than AA. Sooooooooooo.....time will tell!
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Was just checking on my flights for late November again, and found that AA had actually added some options for DTW-SXM for Saturdays...the usual CLT and MIA connections, but now also a connection through DFW. One would think the additional demand created by the cruises home porting in SXM would not only drive some capacity, but make the airlines want to prioritize those flights with the complications missing the boat causes. The cruise industry swings a big stick, millions of butts in seats. Of course, just speculation on my part.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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gomer--I don't think the flight through DFW is "new". I think they added it a year or two ago, but only on Saturday (and possibly Sunday?)
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Right Carol..that's what I remember. But when I booked flights for this year's trip they weren't there..and only one option through both CLT and MIA. Now there are 6 different options to get you there same day, and that's just AA. 2 flights from each connection city is a bit more reassuring. And 2 of the options get you there a bit after 2pm, which can make a ton of difference getting through the arrival process. Getting to BSV, drop the luggage and to the beach in time for a few cocktails and a sunset is really a bonus.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Happened to me also arrive in Atlanta on 7 Nov and connecting flite was changed to 6 Nov.....WTF cancelled the entire flite and rebooked with JB at a minimal cost
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Happened to me also arrive in Atlanta on 7 Nov and connecting flite was changed to 6 Nov.....WTF cancelled the entire flite and rebooked with JB at a minimal cost Delta did that to me. My connecting flight left the day before I get to Miami...lol And now they've changed my return flight to three days earlier. This won't work AT ALL. Looking at other airlines, the $$ difference is insanity. Double the original fares. We may cancel.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Leona--sorry to hear this. Hope you are able to get something worked out.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Leona--sorry to hear this. Hope you are able to get something worked out. Amazingly the condo hasn't cashed the check. So, if I can get out of that I will. Portugal or Turkey look interesting.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Isn't this the place with the zero cancellation policy?? Rut-roh...
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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We just came back month ago from spending 3 days in Istanbul Turkey and it was amazing, definitely worth a visit.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Scuba--yes, that's what I would do also..
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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We just came back month ago from spending 3 days in Istanbul Turkey and it was amazing, definitely worth a visit. I could totally derail this thread asking you questions! lol...But I'll post it in the "other" section. No airline issues, changes, or cancelations with your trip? We are looking at Atalya on the Med.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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It's been my experience that they would prefer NOT to have to give you money back, so they would probably eat the extra cost. Either Saturday or Sunday should be pretty full, so hopefully no changes from here on out. But I guess Saturday would have less chances of changes.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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I was booked on AA outbound with an overnight in MIA. I recently noticed there was a redeye available which I don't think was on the schedule when I originally booked. I called AA to try to change to the redeye to avoid overnighting in MIA. The agent said it would cost $2K additional! I declined after telling the clerk I had never before been charged anything additional for changing a flight. A few days ago I was checking on my flights, and my outbound had been changed to the redeye! I hadn't received any notification from AA about a change. I know they often "forget" to tell you about changes; in this case, however, I think the agent realized the error of her ways and changed it after we hung up. I still had to make seat assignments, which I don't normally have to do if AA does a change. I cancelled my MIA hotel and hope the redeye doesn't get changed. It's through LAX, which isn't my preferred routing, but it avoids a hotel, which is a plus. Happy camper.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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When is your trip, at times they have lie flats from LAX to MIA on the redeye. I try to get those flights but rarely can I get them either way with out paying big bucks.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Change fee no, but change of fare yes. Unless they have a schedule change that is significant enough to allow a change then fare matters less.
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Re: Double check your AA flights for November
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Change fee no, but change of fare yes. Unless they have a schedule change that is significant enough to allow a change then fare matters less. Correct.
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