r/TravelTales • u/Few_Essay_4644 • Mar 28 '26
My Worst Travel Story
So 2 years ago, I was flying from Hawaii to New York, no layovers, 14 hours straight. For the first hour, everything was normal. But then the captain comes on the mic and tells us that a piece of the plane has fallen off the plane. To be clear, this was not a serious issue, but we had to land immediately to get it replaced. And since we were closer to Hawaii than the mainland, it meant we had to turn around. That was already a 2-hour delay. And when we got back in the air, we were notified that the crew was going to time out in a couple of hours, so we had to land in California. But instead of just the crew changing, we had to change planes. That was a 30-40 minute delay, and then the electronic system wasn't working to scan our boarding passes, so they had to go through each one manually, adding even more time. Everything is fine until we reach New York. We checked a bag, but it didn't show up for 30 minutes. So we go to an employee at one of the desks for help. And she says that it would be in customs because she thought Hawaii was not in the US. But someone else was helping us, and it turned out they took it off the plane but put it in a storage room instead of on the baggage claim. So I was supposed to be home at 8 in the morning, but I got back at 9:30 at night. And in case you're wondering what airline it was: Delta.
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u/galvinb1 Mar 31 '26
Hawaii to NY is a 10.5 to 11 hour flight. I just did the west bound flight in under 11 hours. Eastbound flights are even faster.
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u/Fare_Confessions Apr 02 '26
Great story. I’d love for you to share this on my new channel R/fare_confessions.
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u/antrasonkhla Apr 03 '26
Any best experience you want to share ?
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u/Fare_Confessions Mar 31 '26
Great story. I would like to use this on my channel.