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Jules:
That all sounds even more unlucky than Dons experience. We have only really had one delay and that was for 5 hours going out from Manchester. Thomsons gave us vouchers for about £3.00 each to get something to eat. Needless to say at an airport that does not go very far.

tonyco1:
Hi Jules - the biggest delay I had was waiting for you to come back on this site!! LOL
Nice to see you back - we are all ill here in London - not sure if a bad cold or the pig-flu!!
Should know pretty quickly now!!

I still think Don's experiences added up were worse in a way, but how unlucky was beth!!
Close call to judge who had more hassle!!

Colin:

--- Quote from: don on October 06, 2009, 11:54:28 PM ---Next year should see our hundredth foreign holiday (if you discount long weekends/city breaks). In total we have had 7 bad flights.Approximately 2.5% isn't too bad!!!! One was while in the Dominican Republic, one while in Mallorca, one in the Canaries but four concerning Corfu... three this year!!! Luckily only two affected outward journeys. Of the inward journeys three led to overnight stays after transfer to local hotels.
The four Corfu ones were all weather related, allegedly! Three were late season October flights. The one this June coincided with some meeting of world leaders!
Mallorca was the change over from winter to summer brochures and Airtours deciding to cancel the Manchester flight and put us on a Glasgow one! When we finally got a Manchester bound plane it had to land in Birmingham due to FOG!! Tristars allegedly couldn't be landed in bad visibility!
Dominican Republic was due to some poor person ramming the side of the plane in Luton while loading provisions! An extra day in 5*star all inclusive..... Yes we could live with that.
The Canaries......... That was bad.... We took off from Fuerteventura and made an emergency landing in Lanzarote. Can recommend the Arrecife Gran Hotel..... the suites were out of the world... REASON - the plane filled with smoke and sparks!


Anyone else like to share their travel problems?


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Our worst ever was Tenerife! I'd NEVER go back! 10 out of 14 days were cloudy, and on the way home we had an aborted take off....ie.....full bore down the runway, nose lifts off, then drops again, heavy braking, aircraft shaking like billy-oh, tight arses all around waiting for the inevatable 'crash', which never happened thank God! 28 hours later we arrived back at Newcastle Airport, I have to say that the hotel that we were (eventually) put up in.....(The Mediterranean Palace) was out of this world, I bet they don't know what hit them, after looking after a plane load of Irate Geordies!!

tonyco1:
Colin - it could have been worse, luckily Don was on another flight!! LOL

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