I'm confused, as I think the first post is a bit misleading. Your flight was cancelled because of the WEATHER, right? Like many other flights around the country. Because you were flying out of a small airport, it then took more than 1 day for Airtran to book you on another flight.
That is weather, it happens, and it is why everyone should buy trip insurance.
The same thing happened to us on United, out of O'Hare. Huge airline, huge airport. Nothing the airlines can do about bad summer storms. Thankfully as I was in the wedding, I'd planned ahead and was trying to travel 2 days ahead of time (I did arrive in time, but about 30 hours after I intended)
Airtran does tend to shift times on their flights out of some markets, but this was a WEATHER issue. Would you have rather that they flew in unsafe weather?
Likewise, would you have blamed the airlines for the volcano disruption earlier this year?
I also don't tend to understand the Airtran complaints in general - I suspect their changes don't differ all that month from the majors. Also, Airtran in many cases is the ONLY airline offering direct MCO flights out of smaller markets.
That is weather, it happens, and it is why everyone should buy trip insurance.
The same thing happened to us on United, out of O'Hare. Huge airline, huge airport. Nothing the airlines can do about bad summer storms. Thankfully as I was in the wedding, I'd planned ahead and was trying to travel 2 days ahead of time (I did arrive in time, but about 30 hours after I intended)
Airtran does tend to shift times on their flights out of some markets, but this was a WEATHER issue. Would you have rather that they flew in unsafe weather?
Likewise, would you have blamed the airlines for the volcano disruption earlier this year?
I also don't tend to understand the Airtran complaints in general - I suspect their changes don't differ all that month from the majors. Also, Airtran in many cases is the ONLY airline offering direct MCO flights out of smaller markets.