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From: mkg@whuxle.UUCP (Marsh Gosnell)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: UNITED cancelations
Message-ID: <488@whuxle.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Jun-84 09:20:55 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 27 09:20:55 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 28-Jun-84 05:26:43 EDT
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I was stuck in Baltimore several years ago.  The flight I was
taking to JFK was finally cancelled due to equipment problems
(I could see the plane out the window and could see the
mechanics fooling with the engines for several hours).  The
airline was nice to us (free phone call and dinner) and said
we could either take another airline (didn't do me any good
because I'd miss my connection) or wait for the next flight
(about 4 hours later).

An hour or so later, I was suprised to find the later flight
cancelled also!  I inquired and found out that the plane for
the original flight was supposed to return to Baltimore and
be the plane for the later flight!  Anyone not knowing about
the earlier cancellation and the reuse of the plane would
have been wondering why (and grumbling) also.
  Marsh Gosnell   whuxle!mkg