Our Air France Drama

Dan · November 15, 2006

At least your pilot managed to stop on the runway. See pic below from Toronto. Aug 2005. Now that's an Air France drama LOL. No one died btw.

Mebert · November 15, 2006

zebra,

I'm sorry about your bad experience with Air France. Sometimes those unexpected layovers can be a real pain in the neck. Sometimes, if one has the time and the proper meds on hand it can be interesting.

I'm glad you're back in one piece with your luggage intact.

Joanandjoe · November 16, 2006

We're sorry that your flight home was messed up by "Air Chance". We've learned a few things over the years, including the following:

absolutely essential medicine goes into Joan's purse.

medicine that is important, but not essential, is carried in a toiletries kit that can be pulled from a carryon if necessary.

To that we'd add that absolutely essential liquids should, if possible, be put into containers that are small enough to be allowed in carry on bags, even if that means having a coopy of the prescription handy.

We're glad you made it home safely even without being able to take your meds.

SMB · November 16, 2006

Love the "Air Chance" comment!

The wife and I swore off AF when coming back from Paris in 2002. When they ripped my ticket going from Atlanta to Paris, they ripped the return stub also. I did not find this out until looking at the tickets at the end of the trip. When we got to the airport, I was told (even though I had my electronic receipt) that b/c the paper ticket was issued, there was no way to fix the problem. I was told I would need to by an $1100 one-way ticket to fly home. After MUCH screaming, they finally HAND WROTE me a paper ticket to get on the plane. It looked as fake as could be. Well, by then, the flight was leaving and they had already sold my seat. So we had to stay in Paris another night - all at our expense. The next day, I presented the "fake" ticket and was told I could not use it. The had to call the ticket agents from the previous day to confirm. Only made it on the flight 10 minutes before take-off. Needless to say, I do not get on the plane anymore with triple-checking my tickets.

SMB