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Home » Chicago » United got me home from Chicago…but it took some arm twisting!
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United got me home from Chicago…but it took some arm twisting!

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 23, 2010 Leave a Comment

Hello from Honolulu. Turns out I made it home last night. It took some wrangling, but I got rebooked in First Class from Chicago to LAX and made it home about two hours later than planned. This was after being told there was no way I could make it back to the west coast that day because “every flight” was sold-out.

The flight was wonderful—excellent dinner and tremendous service—but the evening was dampened by another UA baggage screw-up. I rarely check bags and last night again showed me why I don’t.

I was scheduled to fly from SDF-ORD-SFO-BUR yesterday, but my ORD-SFO flight was cancelled and with storms approaching Chicago, UA preemptively cancelled many flights.

With my new flight not leaving till 1830, I had nearly a five hour layover in Chicago. As soon as I arrived, I had an agent put a note in the baggage system to re-tag the three bags I had checked. She assured me five hours would be more than enough time to locate the bags and even “guaranteed” the bags would arrive with me at LAX.

They didn’t. Thankfully, they went to Burbank and by the time I got to BUR, the flight from SFO they were on had just landed and moments later the bags popped out.

I know how hard it must be to locate a needle in a haystack, so I am not going to complain to UA about this incident, but I do think five hours was more than enough time to find our bag. And whenever an agent tells you that you must travel with your checked bags, just laugh.

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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