Air Canada Sucks! Typical HGirl travel Drama

HGirl left Quebec on Thursday for NYC. She anticipated a stress free journey because her flights up had been so pleasant. But, as Big C said, “I expect HGirl to have travel drama every other trip.” Thanks Big C.

Everything started off ok. Hgirl got on an earlier flight to Montreal, and her flight from Montreal to Toronto went fine (never mind that she had two plane changes to get from Quebec to NYC – how crazy is that?).

Then Toronto. The plane loads and all is well. About 30 minutes after loading, the passengers are told that LaGuardia has a ground control in effect. To make a long story short, HGirl was stuck on the tarmac for almost 4 hours. And they kept shutting off the entertainment system when they thought we were going to take off, so she never got to finish her movie (Wild Hogs – very little choice, so no judgments please). Anyways, after 4 hours, Air Canada gave up. Apparently there was bad weather in NYC.

So HGirl gets a hotel room at 50% off (that’s it because it was a nature issue). She can only get on the 930 am flight. The Air Canada staff were completely unhelpful. Someone was supposed to meet us in baggage claim. No one showed. One of the desk flks screamed at an irate passenger.

Fast forward to the morning. HGirl tries to get on an earlier flight, but they are all full. They load up again, but are again delayed. Some lady passed out unconscious and delayed the flight.

Air Canada sucks.

Summary:
Hours delayed: 18
Times through Canadian border control: 2
Times through US customs: 2
Extra passport stamps: 1 (Canada wouldn’t give another one)
Additional expense: $100 (room + dinner)