JG wrote:
> On Jan 1, 9:48 pm, jakdedert
bellsouth.net> wrote:>> ...it may help others:
>>
>> "The New York State Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights would require air
>> carriers serving passengers in the State of New York to provide the
>> following whenever passengers have left the gate and are delayed for
>> more than three hours:
>
> You seem to have a lot of bad luck in your travels. I can't say I
> travel a lot -- it's all relative -- but in the past few years I've
> been on more than a dozen flight segments (here I must pause to knock
> on wood) and I don't think I've had the first even minor problem. No
> lost luggage, no delays due to weather or anything else. I can think
> of a couple or more times that I've ever had significant problems. As
> with many things in life, I suspect those things come in waves and it
> just hasn't hit me yet.
Not my fault, certainly. I just go where they tell me (although I've
instructed the secretary to *never* book me on the last flight of the
day again). I might get a menu of two or three different itineraries,
but even that's usually limited as to carrier.
OTOH, I've done a fair amount of traveling last year and a half: Vegas
(2x), Orlando, Miami, Hartford (2x), Chicago (2x), Dallas, Hershey...and
probably one or two I don't recall right now...eight or ten different
aircraft types...many carriers (American, United, US Air, Delta,
Southwest, Northwest...some regionals). Many flights included
connections (like the last flight from Vegas, I had to hub through
Charlotte to get HERE).
If all goes as planned this year, I'll probably get back to most of
those, and perhaps a few more. That's not to say I actually 'see' those
cities. Mostly I'm stuck in a hotel/convention center, not unlike
Opryland. Last July I spent a full week at the Doral golf resort near
the South Beach, but I only caught a glimpse of the ocean through the
window on the opposite side of the aircraft on departure. I don't golf,
and wouldn't have had time anyway.
jak
>
> I did have a bit of fun driving back from Mexico a few weeks ago.
> My first experience with la mordida. Two transitos on bicycles pulled
> me over for cutting into the line of cars headed for the US border
> crossing. I didn't know it was against the law to cut in line, and I
> didn't know where the end of the line was anyway. There were no signs
> to either effect. Anyway, after several minutes of discussion, during
> which they asked to see my driver's license (and held on to it), they
> allowed as how they could settle the issue right there rather than
> take me across town to wait for judge and pay a $50 fine. They would
> accept $40 cash. The only problem was that all I had was a ten an
> hundred dollar bill. No prob. One of the cops took my hundred and
> biked off around the corner and returned with change. They gave me
> all of my money back -- 5 twenties -- and then coached me on how to
> palm two of the twenties back (so that no one would see the
> transaction).
>
> I was upset at first, then really kind of mad about corruption in
> Mexico, but finally I just figured it was about the only way they know
> how to do business there and it was a cheap price for the rights to
> the story.
I had some similar experiences in Europe...mostly
Italy/Austria...Eastern Bloc, when it existed.
jak
