Anyone else stuck abroad for Xmas?

0verblood

I was supposed to fly from Belgium to Ireland on Tuesday, just checked myself into the airport hotel, bored as sh!te. My Xmas dinner is a packet of crisps and a fag.

Vorsprung

0verblood wrote: »

I was supposed to fly from Belgium to Ireland on Tuesday, just checked myself into the airport hotel, bored as sh!te. My Xmas dinner is a packet of crisps and a fag.

Shouldn't be too boring if you've got some company






Hail Mary, full of grace....

Degag

0verblood wrote: »

I was supposed to fly from Belgium to Ireland on Tuesday, just checked myself into the airport hotel, bored as sh!te. My Xmas dinner is a packet of crisps and a fag.

Yeah, in Ireland! Florida FTW.

TanG411

I genuinely felt very sorry for those who couldn't make it home for Christmas. Whether they were coming to Ireland or leaving.

Enjoy yourself the best you can, Overblood.

Degag

0verblood wrote: »

I was supposed to fly from Belgium to Ireland on Tuesday, just checked myself into the airport hotel, bored as sh!te. My Xmas dinner is a packet of crisps and a fag.

Cheese and Onion or Salt and Vinegar btw?

0verblood

Peperoni.

At least the hotel has BBC on the tellyvision, watching Madagascar now.

And as one of the people you saw on the news trying to get out of an airport, (Chareleroi) I can confirm that Ryanair are a load of wanking cunts. I know the snow is not their fault, but they gave us absolutely no information whatsoever, the airport didn't even have one Ryanair representative there. We were treated like sh!te, they didn't give us food or accomodation. I slept on the cold concrete floor for 3 days waiting for flights or information.

One flight to Ireland actually left yesterday with a lot of empty seats, we tried to get on it, including two women with a load of little kids, but they wouldn't let us on as we hadn't registered for some stand by boarding reservation bull****, which you can only do from the ticket desks, which had been closed all day. So we watched the plane take off on Xmas eve with empty seats that we could have been on if Ryanair or the staff at the checkin desk actually gave a ****. Ryanair cunts.

The feckin Red Cross came to the airport to give us soup and tea and blankets!

MagicMarker

Do hookers deliver?

Outkast_IRE

0verblood wrote: »

Peperoni.

At least the hotel has BBC on the tellyvision, watching Madagascar now.

And as one of the people you saw on the news trying to get out of an airport, I can confirm that Ryanair are a load of wanking cunts. I know the snow is not their fault, but they gave us absolutely no information whatsoever, the airport didn't even have one Ryanair representative there. We were treated like sh!te, they didn't give us food or accomodation. I slept on the cold concrete floor for 3 days waiting for flights or information.

The feckin Red Cross came to the airport to give us soup and tea and blankets!

Well thats the problem with ryanair isnt it , they are grand when everthing goes well but as soon as the **** hits the fan they are the worst shower to be flying with, i refuse to fly with them i would rather pay the extra few quid to a decent airline.

mikom

0verblood wrote: »

Anyone else stuck abroad for Xmas?.

I was stuck up a broad last night, if that helps.

Hank_Jones

0verblood wrote: »

Peperoni.

At least the hotel has BBC on the tellyvision, watching Madagascar now.

And as one of the people you saw on the news trying to get out of an airport, I can confirm that Ryanair are a load of wanking cunts. I know the snow is not their fault, but they gave us absolutely no information whatsoever, the airport didn't even have one Ryanair representative there. We were treated like sh!te, they didn't give us food or accomodation. I slept on the cold concrete floor for 3 days waiting for flights or information.

The feckin Red Cross came to the airport to give us soup and tea and blankets!

O'Leary saved another few quid there, score!

orourkeda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bJvAU3RZWU

rossie1977

3 days?? why didn't you get the eurolines at brussels

Jagera

I have had 2 consecutive flights cancelled. Supposed to fly out on 23rd, then 24th.

I had arranged all of our kids (three of them) presents to be in Dublin, so we are stuck here with nothing.

The kids were informed that santa will rearrange his delivery to 27th when we are now rebooked.

I reminded the kids that a lot of families are worse off than us, and that they were still getting something, just a little later. so they went to bed happy and expecting a quiet Christmas.

We did, however, fake a letter from santa saying he knows our flight was delayed and he'll bring the presents on 27th. He did leave some small stuff down in our cellar (stuff we had in our baggage anyway). So as they woke up expecting nothing, they were feckin delighted to get the letter and some unexpected presents.

we are happy that we are all safe and sound.

alphaLaura

I'm stuck abroad... By choice!

Spending Christmas in Palm Beach

ejmaztec

alphaLaura wrote: »

I'm stuck abroad... By choice!

Spending Christmas in Palm Beach

I'd rather be stuck in Cork.:P

0verblood

rossie1977 wrote: »

3 days?? why didn't you get the eurolines at brussels

The only euroline ticket available for december is the 27th, I booked it, and that's what I'm waiting for. The reason I stayed in the airport is because of the possibility of getting a stand by seat on another flight. I got one eventually, got as far as the boarding gate... I could see the fcuking plane out the window, then it was cancelled.

rossie1977

rossie1977 wrote: »

3 days?? why didn't you get the eurolines at brussels

You think nobody else thought of that? I met people in Brussels airport who had been there for 3 or 4 days. Apparently everything (Eurolines, Eurostar) was booked up. Like 0verblood said, people were being told they'd definitely be leaving in the next few hours, then being disappointed again. I was lucky enough to get one of the last flights out before the real chaos started. Glad I chose to fly Aer Lingus on this occasion.

Auldloon

Yeah Aer Arann flight cancelled from Edinburgh to Galway on the 23rd. Next available was 26th which was when I was due to come back so gave up. Was very disappointed at the time but have had a lovely xmas with herself and her family here in Scotland.
Aer Arann provided food vouchers and offered hotels to any that needed them.
Got 2 more flights on the 28th so hope these go ok...3 weeks Cape Town beach life

cabot

Its not the end of the world, at least you guys were somewhere warm. My family drove to Ireland from Bristol, and have had no heating since they arrived the Wednesday before Christmas. At -16 temperatures in Athlone.