The original post: /r/travel by /u/Careful_Way_1 on 2024-12-22 19:33:31.

I was supposed to fly home for Christmas yesterday, and it was an 8 am Alaska Airlines flight, meaning that I woke up at around 5:30 to make sure that I was on time. It got delayed multiple times, until it was cancelled about 3 hours later due to “maintenance issues” on the plane. Went back home, got all ready for my rescheduled flight this morning at 9 am (woke up at 6:30 and was exhausted) - only to find it was again delayed. It went from 10 am, to 11, to 12, then finally 3 pm. Ended up cancelling that flight with Alaska and rebooked with Delta. I’ve been sitting here for the past 3 hours waiting to board at 4:30, and I’ve begun to feel depressed at wasting the past two days like this. Anyone have any airport stories where they thought they’d never escape?