First and the last time flying with US Airways.

First and the last time flying with US Airways.?
I was taking a flight from Austin, TX to San Francisco, CA. The flight from Austin was delayed on the runway for about half an hour. When connecting flight in Phoenix, I was running for about 10 minutes to the gate and just to be informed that the plane was gone??!!! They gave me a seat on the next flight to SF next to an emergency door. I arrived in SF three hours late. Imagine this is a business trip and the meeting takes place an hour after your arrival. It will screw up your business.
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I have flown with them once before to Chicago, and they were awful. Somehow I didn't check my bags in time even though I was an hour early... I tried to get a flight back to Jacksonville, FL, they didn't have one till the morning. I told them I'd fly to Orlando or even Tampa, they said they had nothing. I found out from ANOTHER AIRLINE that Airways had a flight to Orlando later that night that wasn't full. I tried to get that flight, they said I was too late...??? I took the morning flight, and the guy had the nerve to put on my ticket to get security checked...WOWZA.
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Well.........think of it this way........if the aircraft was delayed there was a reason........it would much rather be late then hit the earth in a aluminum can going 600 mph....that would reall screw up your business...........
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Why would you ever take a flight that would arrive in your destination city only an hour before an important meeting? Delays are common for a variety fo reasons..weather, mechanical problems. You should allow more leeway in your schedule. These kinds of things happen on all the airlines.
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Think about this for a second. Sure, it may be frustrating, but airline buisness is PLUMMETING because of 9/11. More then you think. Did you hear about how US Airways make a huge cutback? So now, when you're flying with them, you're pilot on one flight may be the same on another flight. And when that flight is late, when the pilot gets there, they won't wait for you. So yeah, its frustrating, but when you fly, you have to be prepared for delays. They almost ALWAYS happen.
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If you are going to change airlines every time you experience a delay, then you're going to eventually run out of airlines to choose from. As much as we don't want it to happen to us, airlines experience delays on a daily basis for all sorts of reasons. In your instance, US did everything it could for you (short of holding a flight so you could make a connection, which they won't do because it then inconveniences dozens of other people).
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Planning a meeting one hour after arriving on a flight is pretty poor planning. If you run your business that way you'll fail miserably.

question about flying to grand canyon

question about flying to grand canyon?
Ok well we are planning our summer vacation and considering the grand canyon. I went on orbitz.com and the only choices I was given to fly to was Yuma (YUM) flights Page (PGA) flights Phoenix (PHX) flights Kingman (IGM) flights Tucson (TUS) flights Flagstaff (FLG) flights Prescott (PRC) flights Bullhead City (IFP) flights Where do I want to land in Arizona so I am close to the national park where the grand canyon is in?
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Flagstaff is the closest. But it will be a small airport. Many people fly into Las Vegas or Phoenix and drive from there.
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When we went to the Grand Canyon, we flew to Phoenix and drove north. It's not that long of a ride. Flagstaff is closer. The other towns are small.
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Tucson AZ is probably your best destination to get to the GC.
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Call /e-mail Scenic Airlines and get a flight out of basically Las Vegas LAS The reason that I said basically is b/c although Scenic will provide transport from LAS they actually fly out of Boulder City http://www.scenic.com/ http://www.airnav.com/airport/KGCN It's pointless to fly FLG >GCN because it's about a 90 minute drive and you can't rent a car at GCN anyway Because of the expense involved and the minimal time savings of the PHX>FLG flight most Northern AZ locals just drive the 2.5 hrs Enjoy the Park
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If you do decide to fly to the grand canyon, Flagstaff Pulliam airport is the closest. But it is small, the only commercial airline company that i can think of that lands there is Horizon. You can find their website under Alaskaair.com. They also have a budget and a hertz there. The drive to the Grand Canyon from Flagstaff is 1 1/2 hours. An even smaller airport is in Tusayan which is 10 minutes south of the Grand Canyon. It only caters to one airline that come in from Las Vegas only. The flight from Vegas is 1 hour. The company is called Scenic. But once you get to the Grand Canyon there are no rental places. And there is no way to rent a car at the Grand Canyon. But if you plan just to stay at the Grand Canyon and fly back with Scenic to Vegas you will be fine, there are taxis to get you to your hotel and shuttles buses to transport you around the park.

Flight from Memphis TN, to Phoenix, Arizona

Flight from Memphis TN, to Phoenix, Arizona?
About how long would it take? sorry if im clueless, ive never flown before :/
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about 3 hours unless it's not non-stop
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The shortest scheduled nonstop flights are 3 hours and 6 minutes (Northwest) and 3 hrs, 29 min (USAir). The shortest duration with connection is 4 hrs, 40 min with American Airlines via Dallas.

Any good/cheap websites to buy plane tickets

Any good/cheap websites to buy plane tickets?
Im 13 and Im going to Fort Lauderdale Florida alone over summer, and my mom won't buy the ticket because it cost over 300 dollars! Its a flight from Phoenix (phx)- Fort Lauderdale.
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too bad we cant help you you never gave us the dates of your flight i did see southwest had some flights but it came to $404 including tax but i might have the wrong dates since you never said what dates you want to fly
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www.skyscanner.com is a great website but I'm not sure you'll have any luck getting a plane ticket for less than $300! I assume it's roundtrip?
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I checked prices through July and August and the cheapest fare was $290. Better start mowing lawns or babysitting or whatever else it is that one does in Phoenix to make a few hundred bucks