I have been keeping track of my flights in 2014 using an on-line site called flightdiary.net. I can track flights, airports, time in the air, aircraft and seats. Click on the map to see where I have flown this year.
Delayed and Cancelled Flights
I was down in Champaign, Illinois this past week for work. I had flights booked from Toronto to Chicago to Champaign for the Monday. My 8:00 flight on United was delayed almost 3 hours due to unavailability of a flight crew, the plane was there, but the previous nights flight was also delayed and therefore they had to wait for the crew to get their required rest.
I had to re-book my connecting flight through our corporate travel centre, in April we switched to a new supplier and they are still working out their growing pains, which results in long periods of being on hold. I managed to re-book for 13:10 out of Chicago.
The cartoon above was pretty spot on. I got to my gate and it said we would be boarding in x number of minutes, well that time passed and they made an announcement they were waiting for the flight to land. A storm had gone through the O’Hare area and there were delays. Eventually they came on and said the flight to Champaign was cancelled. It was a smaller regional jet and due to the time it was holding to land it probably had to turn around due to low fuel. I got in line to re-book, I had a seat on the 18:45 flight to Champaign…the next day…Tuesday! Champaign is about a 3 hour drive from Chicago, so I headed to the car rentals. I managed to rent a vehicle, got to Champaign for my meetings and cancelled my flights to and from Champaign.
Day 13: Heading Home
Our last day in Newfoundland started like our first with the sun shining and temperatures in the 20’s. We headed out to the airport and the Maple Leaf Lounge for some lunch. Claudia waiting for the soup to be ready.
Angela playing her DS.
A Canadian North plane heading for Winnipeg.
At times Gillian seemed to be more excited about the lounge than the trip.
Our plane arriving on time.
Our flight today.
Gillian and Angela on the plane. Angela had the devil child sitting behind her.
We arrived back in Toronto on time, our bags were slow coming out, but it did allow us to watch the news that the Royal baby had arrived. We used the valet Park’N Fly on this trip and that worked out well. After dinner we headed out to Carolyn and Danny’s to pick up Chloe. She was as excited to see us as we were to see her. A big shout out to Carolyn, Danny, Alex and Emi for looking after Chloe. I’ll do a trip summary and post some more videos that we took over the two weeks. Thanks for following along on our epic adventure.
Day 1: I’se the B’y…
We began our epic (?) vacation today heading for The Rock. It was an early start, heading to Pearson for our 6:30 am flight. Here are the girls in the Maple Leaf Lounge.
We flew to St John’s via a connection in Halifax.
Then it was a long drive to Deer Lake for the night. The girls in the back of the van after leaving Clarenville for a lunch break.
An interactive Google Map of our drive on Day 1. A. St John’s B. Deer Lake