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FlounderingFruitcake · 03/04/2023 14:44

I don’t think that cheap flights have anything to do with it. Our last flight was long haul with BA, in business class so cost a bomb, was delayed by 8 hours, then cancelled, we had to sort our own hotel at 1am with 2 kids, then we got the joy of flying economy on a convoluted connecting itinerary with American Airlines which was further delayed when all boarding gates got closed due to some nutter making a break for it through security, and we eventually got home something like 30 hours later than planned. Now that’s a delay and a half. Oh and they lost half the luggage on the first flight and the rest on the second. At least the compensation was so good it was almost a free trip 🤣

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Mooshamoo · 03/04/2023 14:45

Thanks guys for talking to me on here. It has lessened my annoyance a bit. I can laugh about it a bit now.

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Lcb123 · 03/04/2023 14:45

Annoying but nothing you can do. Find a quiet corner and use the time for interview prep

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Mooshamoo · 03/04/2023 14:46

MandyMotherOfBrian · 03/04/2023 14:41

Mate, that is nothing. I was once delayed fourteen hours on a Cork to Stansted flight. I could have driven it quicker. By the time the flight actually went I’d bought every Clinique product they sold in the shop, eaten about three meals there and lost the will to live.

14 hours! Wow!

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BarbaraofSeville · 03/04/2023 14:48

Mooshamoo · 03/04/2023 14:44

"Not sure how you didn't notice it when first looking at the board. "

Eh because they hadn't announced the delay at all, when I first looked at the board.

When I arrived at the airport, I checked the board , it said that the flight was leaving on time.

When I got through security, I checked the board again. It still said the flight was leaving at the correct time, and to proceed to the gate.

It was only after I walked to the gate, that they put up on the board that the flight was delayed.

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That happened to us coming back from Barcelona once. We had time to sit out in the sun landside and then decided to go through security.

During that 10 minute window, our flight somehow found a 2 hour delay, which if we'd known about, we'd have stayed landside and had another beer at the very pleasant outdoor terrace area, especially as it then turned into a 5 hour delay, which we spent most of in a hot and crowded terminal building.

MandyMotherOfBrian · 03/04/2023 14:48

Yep, Ryan Air. Plane buggered and they didn’t have another one available til a flight came in from Stansted later in the day.

heldinadream · 03/04/2023 14:51

Bristol's fabulous. I lived there for over 20 years and now live just outside and still go into Bristol frequently. Obviously I don't know everything about it, but got any questions? Will help pass the time, too.

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Mooshamoo · 03/04/2023 14:51

BarbaraofSeville · 03/04/2023 14:43

I've flown out of Dublin airport a couple of times and I do remember that long long walk. Isn't there signs that tell you that there is no catering at the end so if you want a coffee, get one before you start along the long long walk?

I also remember on one of my trips to Dublin that I wanted to go on Ryanair not Aer Lingus because the flight time was slightly better or some other reason I don't remember, but my employer said something like 'we don't use Ryanair' for unspecified reasons - I've used them many times and it's always been fine. And in my case, it was the Aer Lingus flight I was on that was delayed, making me late for the conference I was attending, and the Ryanair one went on time. I think that is both of us being caught in the law of sod.

It could be worse, you could be on the overnight ferry in rough seas.

Good luck with the job interview.

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Thank you!

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Mooshamoo · 03/04/2023 14:52

heldinadream · 03/04/2023 14:51

Bristol's fabulous. I lived there for over 20 years and now live just outside and still go into Bristol frequently. Obviously I don't know everything about it, but got any questions? Will help pass the time, too.

Ooh yeah thank you! What would you recommend that I go to see? I'll just be there this afternoon and evening

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Mooshamoo · 03/04/2023 14:52

MandyMotherOfBrian · 03/04/2023 14:48

Yep, Ryan Air. Plane buggered and they didn’t have another one available til a flight came in from Stansted later in the day.

Haha. I just overheard a man say on his phone here to someone

"It's ryanair. So far so bad".

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Mooshamoo · 03/04/2023 14:56

Wtfisthis1 · 03/04/2023 14:38

Get a grip. Two hours is hardly the end of the world. Honestly don’t know how you can complain about this!!

2 hours is not too long in the grand scheme of things . But it is for me when I only have such a short amount of time in bristol. And because I was really looking forward to my day in. Bristol.

I will only be in Bristol today. Have to go back to Ireland tomorrow. I work full-time so I never have many days to fly to England, so this will be my first trip in England in over a year. I was really looking forward to a day looking around Bristol. If I was coming for a couple of weeks the delay wouldn't really impact me. But I only have one day in Bristol so the delay has really annoyed me. I thought I had planned my time out well.

That is why this has stressed me out. Anyway what can I do. I have to get on with it.

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Grimchmas · 03/04/2023 15:00

I would 100% find the biggest filthiest cream cake or chips or whatever junk food I fancied and enjoy every morsel, and tell myself that the stupidly long walk balances it out 😂

heldinadream · 03/04/2023 15:00

Mooshamoo · 03/04/2023 14:52

Ooh yeah thank you! What would you recommend that I go to see? I'll just be there this afternoon and evening

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Whereabouts will you be? Top recommendation if you're in the centre would be go hang out in the Watershed, Arts centre cinema/cafe/bar. Great ambiance (food variable, especially since pandemic, but we forgive them). Any good area-wise?

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Mooshamoo · 03/04/2023 15:01

heldinadream · 03/04/2023 15:00

Whereabouts will you be? Top recommendation if you're in the centre would be go hang out in the Watershed, Arts centre cinema/cafe/bar. Great ambiance (food variable, especially since pandemic, but we forgive them). Any good area-wise?

Watershed | Cultural cinema, talent development and creative technology in Bristol

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Yes I will be right in the centre. I'm really looking forward to seeing Bristol now. It'll be my first time there. I'll make the most of my couple of hours there. I'll have a good walk round the centre.

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heldinadream · 03/04/2023 15:02

heldinadream · 03/04/2023 15:00

Whereabouts will you be? Top recommendation if you're in the centre would be go hang out in the Watershed, Arts centre cinema/cafe/bar. Great ambiance (food variable, especially since pandemic, but we forgive them). Any good area-wise?

Watershed | Cultural cinema, talent development and creative technology in Bristol

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BUT if you eat there DO NOT order the beetroot gratin, I'm still disappointed in that weeks later...

AndiOliversFan · 03/04/2023 15:03

Is the job in Bristol, so you’d need to move your family there if you get it? If so, I can see why you wanted a bit of extra time to explore.

declutteringmymind · 03/04/2023 15:04

What are the rules on delays? Are you entitled to any subsistence?

I would use the opportunity to get some steps in or relax with a book/magazine and a G&T.

heldinadream · 03/04/2023 15:05

@Mooshamoo If you've got time and get there soon enough St Nick's market first. Then head to Watershed for your evening meal and soak up Bristol atmosphere. About ten/fifteen minutes walk apart. Or you can eat at St Nick's but most of it closes 5-ish (there might be some bits open later).

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tired17 · 03/04/2023 15:07

From experience Dublin to Bristol is always delayed no matter who you fly with 🤷‍♀️.

I've done that journey many times, not sure it's ever been on time

IAmInMeHoop · 03/04/2023 15:08

Mooshamoo · 03/04/2023 14:20

Is there anything worse than a delayed flight. I'm flying from Dublin to Bristol.

After checking in, I walked the very, very long walkway in Dublin airport to get to my gate. It's a very long walkway to get there. I feel like walking from one end of my town to the other end is quicker than walking from one end of Dublin airport to the other end. When I arrived at my gate it said that the flight is delayed by 2 hours. And now someone has said that it might be delayed longer

I had to walk the very very long way back to the café area, (seriously Dublin airport is massive, ) to get back to a cafe to sit down and have a coffee.

I am coming over to the UK for a job interview and I had given myself time to have a look around the city, the day before my interview. Now I'll be rushed and have very little time to look around the city when I get there.

Surely it should be easier than this to get from Ireland to England. I just feel so annoyed. I hate flight delays. How do you deal with the annoyance when it happens

It's not that long, and there are bars and cafes at each end, as well as in the middle.

I find getting over myself and having a drink at the bar that is not any walk away at all helps.

marshmallowsforbreakfast · 03/04/2023 15:13

It's not that long a walk, there's loads of places along the way for snacks and shopping etc. just enjoy it!

notimagain · 03/04/2023 15:19

@Mooshamoo

For info it looks (from one of the tracking sites) like "your" aircraft is a busy little bee today.

FWIW amongst other things today it's doing a double DUB-BRS return this PM, and left DUB about an hour late on the first of those sectors...

Hopefully your delay won't extend to two hours - fingers crossed

AwaaFaeHom · 03/04/2023 15:19

"is there anything worse than a delayed flight"

Uhh - yes. Try a 24 hour delay while actually on a ferry in rough weather.

Sitting at an airport for a couple of hours is a holiday in comparison!

I hope you manage to see a bit of the city while you are there though. It does suck when things don't go to plan.

luckylavender · 03/04/2023 15:23

Mooshamoo · 03/04/2023 14:20

Is there anything worse than a delayed flight. I'm flying from Dublin to Bristol.

After checking in, I walked the very, very long walkway in Dublin airport to get to my gate. It's a very long walkway to get there. I feel like walking from one end of my town to the other end is quicker than walking from one end of Dublin airport to the other end. When I arrived at my gate it said that the flight is delayed by 2 hours. And now someone has said that it might be delayed longer

I had to walk the very very long way back to the café area, (seriously Dublin airport is massive, ) to get back to a cafe to sit down and have a coffee.

I am coming over to the UK for a job interview and I had given myself time to have a look around the city, the day before my interview. Now I'll be rushed and have very little time to look around the city when I get there.

Surely it should be easier than this to get from Ireland to England. I just feel so annoyed. I hate flight delays. How do you deal with the annoyance when it happens

2 hours is nothing

mast0650 · 03/04/2023 15:26

I don't mind that much. At least if not with kids. Extra time sitting around relaxing with a good book!