Things that have happened since we boarded our first flight at 5:30am:
Worldwide IT glitch delayed our flight for two hours
Immediately yelled at to replane as fast as possible to get out before a snowstorm
Sat at the gate for 30 minutes
Defrosting liquid applied to plane (this required the air conditioning to be turned off)
Pilot was given a new route which required additional fuel
Returned to the gate for refueling (several people gave up on the flight altogether at this point)
Connecting flights automatically rescheduled (my fiancee’s for 5pm today, mine for 7am the next day)
Several hours into the flight were informed that we would be landing in Miami instead of Dallas, because Texas airport are all full after the morning’s chaos
Fifteen minutes later were informed that we were important enough to be allowed into Texas and would be landing in Dallas after all
Circled Dallas for an additional hour
Arrived in Dallas, 10 hours after boarding our first flight
Secured tickets on the 5pm flight to our final destination (this required a trip to the help desk to print boarding passes because the app wouldn’t let us check in)
Went to terminal D for our flight
Returned to terminal A after a gate change
Several half hour delays because of a lack of flight crew
Second flight cancelled at 7pm
Now scheduled at 7am tomorrow
