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Mammoth Mountain Travel Nightmare

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somburd
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Just went on a trip to mammoth and man... let me tell you all how much I hate United Airlines. ( + advice if you ever plan on going).

- MSP --> DEN: Plane has to fix a "backup generator" while the plane sat there overnight. FAA clears it two hours later. Me and the homies tried to plan early by getting our re-route figured out. United separates us on wack flights.

- (originally DEN --> BIH) NOW -- DEN --> SFO: 1 of my homies gets stuck in Denver for a night. Rest take flight to SFO and stay there. They gave us 2 meal vouchers and free hotel just outside airport (ASK CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR MORE AND THEY WILL GIVE IT TO YOU).

- SFO --> BIH: Fuel truck backs up into plane wing. 2 hour repair. Pray I don't die in the air.

- We make it to bishop airport after missing 2 days of skiing.

- Our ski bags all got lost. What the fuaaaack.

- Buy expensive shit and rentals in mammoth. $500+ tab.

- Ask United to get shit figured out. Bags get delivered at 11pm at night by unknown bus service.

- We get one day of skiing in and are gassed so our filming plan was ruined. Wasted a fresh session with the hvx...

TLDR: United sucks. Mammoth is hard to get to if you are not in state.

ADVICE:
- SAVE ALL RECEIPTS IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU. United will refund your bags and ticket. The rest of the purchases you have to fight for or take it to legality.
- Make sure you hassle customer service. I hate being a karen, but this is the only time I will literally try and force a billion, or trillion dollar company that gets tax breaks from the gov, to give me money back. You have to fight for something that was out of your control
- Mammoth is fun but go during weekdays and end it with a Saturday. Gotta catch the low lines then the parties. This shit is not cheap, save some money and go (im sure u all know this but it's general rule of thumb, I mean it's CA).

Thanks for letting me rant NS.
Feb 13 2023 11:40PM
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theabortionator
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Sparknotes: Airlines are fucking up these days, skiing on weekends is bad
Feb 14 2023 2:02AM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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Wow backing the truck up into the plane wing is unbelievable. I hope that guy got fired. That could damage the plane wing and both the wing and the truck are loaded with jet fuel.
Feb 14 2023 10:28AM
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r00kie
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This is the third bad story on United I have heard in the last couple of weeks. Probably a good thing they have limited service out of Boise. Delta all the way.
Feb 14 2023 10:54AM
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myguy
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As someone who lives in Mammoth you roll the fucking dice and fly to Reno, or just such it up and goto LAX. You'll fucking die flying into Bishop one day. United be trying to plunge planes into the Pacific on Hawaii flights, while they ritually murder dogs on board. You think they give a fuck about
Bishop?
Feb 14 2023 9:02PM
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SlitherySnake
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r00kieThis is the third bad story on United I have heard in the last couple of weeks. Probably a good thing they have limited service out of Boise. Delta all the way.


delta the goat but also southwest is nice if you’re taking a lot of stuff cuz two free checked bags

but fuck the line system for southwest that shit is so dumb
Feb 14 2023 10:46PM
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SmokedGouda
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This sounds like the script for a 25 minute youtube vlog titled "Family Ski Trip Cancelled :(: Our Plane Almost Crashed OMG"
Feb 14 2023 10:57PM
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somburd
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SmokedGoudaThis sounds like the script for a 25 minute youtube vlog titled "Family Ski Trip Cancelled :(: Our Plane Almost Crashed OMG"


“They forgot the water on the plane! OMG!”
Feb 14 2023 10:58PM
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C.R.E.A.M
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Mammoth is not a mountain I would fly to, personally. In the future consider flying direct into a larger airport and renting a car to drive in. I live in OC and drive to mammoth regularly, it's a pretty straightforward shot. I can also recommend John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana (SNA) low key the best airport to fly in and out of in Southern Cal. Good luck recovering some cash.
Feb 14 2023 11:48PM
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jakeordie
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myguyAs someone who lives in Mammoth you roll the fucking dice and fly to Reno

That's the protip. RNO is cake, rent a car and don't drop a dime in Mammoth. Tryna fly into Mammoth or Bishop is a non-stop return ticket back home.
Feb 14 2023 11:48PM
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Non_State_Actor
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SlitherySnakedelta the goat but also southwest is nice if you’re taking a lot of stuff cuz two free checked bags

but fuck the line system for southwest that shit is so dumb


Did you watch Southwest over the holidays? They had a blizzard and Southwest basically didn't run any flights anywhere for like two weeks, one of the biggest shit shows in modern commercial aviation.
Feb 14 2023 11:50PM
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SlitherySnake
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mystery3Did you watch Southwest over the holidays? They had a blizzard and Southwest basically didn't run any flights anywhere for like two weeks, one of the biggest shit shows in modern commercial aviation.


yeah i got fucked over by it once and then again when there was the FAA outage that threw off the entire country for a couple days
Feb 15 2023 10:58AM
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Non_State_Actor
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SlitherySnakeyeah i got fucked over by it once and then again when there was the FAA outage that threw off the entire country for a couple days


Yeah air travel sucks sometimes. I pretty much just fly whatever is cheapest. I grew up flying standby as the child of airline employees so pretty much anything is more convenient than some of those trips.
Feb 15 2023 11:18AM
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