I just wish I got a chance to spend an entire night at an Airport. Don’t all of us just dream about doing this?
Well at least Jet Airways likes to think so, especially for passengers traveling from Chennai to Bangalore in the evenings. I’ve taken that flight of theirs couple of times(obviously I was out of options), and they’ve never missed their mark. The flight is supposed to take off at the xh day of the month in the evening and always ends up taking off on the x+1th day in the morning. Stuck at the Airport for 3 hours? These guys know how to make it worse, by fooling you.
It all starts with a normal delay announcement, so you wait for some time, anf then you wait a little longer, thinking they might call for boarding and when you run out of patience and ask the counter guy - he flight has been delayed by another 30 minutes. After a few "30 minutes" episodes when people start swarming he counter, you hear an announcement welcoming the flight to Chennai as its coming from somewhere else. It has been just two minutes and you receive an SMS stating that the flight is delayed by another hour as it took off late from the previous airport and haven’t landed yet.
Then the counter guy tries to fool you again by showing another flight just landing and the list goes on. You end up saying what would you have done if you didn’t get a chance to spend this time at Airport. Better yet, you wonder why in the world did you buy that ticket?
A true experience folks, as of right now.
BE AWARE. Watch the movie "The Terminal", don’t buy a Jet Airways ticket instead.