Don't Fly Northwest Part I

First of all let me say that I am an idiot to fly with an expired driver's liscense but being that I really wanted to see my family I decided to take the risk. I mean what could happen?

Well let me outline my traveling situation to all those who will be traveling for christmas, learn from my mistakes and take head lest you fall into the trap of Northwest Airlines


I have only flown Northwest once before and even then there was drama and I ended up getting a free ticket from that well this time i guess they weren't so charitable.

Thursday:
I was originally supposed to fly out of NY at 9:05am on thursday morning.
I had a flight re-scheduled for Thursday morning by northwest at 11 am. I was excited because I got to spend thanksgiving with my sisters. Well just when I was getting into the car to head to the airport, Orbitz gives me a call and let's me know that they flight was cancelled and changed to 3 in the afternoon. I think wow that sucks! So baby and I end up spending the rest of the time at his parents house while I keep glancing at the clock. I mean I really wanted to see my family

Well around 1:00 we head to the airport and get stuck in traffic. I hate NY traffic so I am calling Northwest to see if there is anything wrong or going to be wrong with my new flight and they wouldn't pick up. I was so frustrated. I got to the airport at 3:30 obviously late and the next flight out wasn't till friday morning. You know I was pissed off. I wanted to cry. I mean my family was having thanksgiving dinner and I was stuck in New York. NO offense to baby but I just wanted to see my crazy ass sisters. I mean I had hung out with D and T and thier whole family the previous week and well the bond they had made me miss my sisters even more so I was mad eager to see the crazy lot of them. And just being in New York was hard enough.

By friday I was ready to roll I got to the airport on time and then the lady wouldn't let me confirm my ticket because I had an expired driver's lsicense. but the day before they had re-booked me with my expired liscense. I was getting anxious. Finally they allowed me to check in when I presented previous liscenses, a social security card, and a school i.d. Then it was off to the gate. Because I had an expired liscense I was put to the side and almost missed my flight. Finally a TSA agent allowed me through when they realized I wasn't a terrorist. I was so nervous the whole time. I can't wait till things clear up really!

So instead of the original direct flight I had scheduled I was put on a transfer flight from NY to Detroit.

Now the plot thickens.

My flight from detroit was scheduled to leave at 9:56. It got cancelled and then re-scheduled for 10:11 then got cancelled and I got rebooked on another flight leaving at 1:15. I decided at this point to take matters into my own hands. There was no way I was going to fly into Indianapolis in the dead of night. I had missed black friday, and I had missed hanging out with my siblings on thursday so I headed to customer service. The rude lady at the back of the booth had the audacity to tell me that since my flight was already rebooked for 1:15 if I cancelled then I woudln't get a refund since detroit wasn't my point of origin. Oh and I didn't get compensated for my time wasted. I was pissed off now.

As I was walking by I saw a flight boarding for Indianapolis (this was around 11:45) I asked if I could fly standby and after waiting for a while, I was finally able to get on the 12:05 flight and made it to my family

Well things get worse but because this blog is already long, I'll blog it tomorrow.