{"id":410,"date":"2015-12-30T22:55:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T22:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetravelingmillennial.com\/?p=410"},"modified":"2016-02-21T00:10:33","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T00:10:33","slug":"stranded-in-ord-chicago-until-3am-on-christmas-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/2015\/12\/30\/stranded-in-ord-chicago-until-3am-on-christmas-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranded in ORD (Chicago) Until 3am on Christmas: Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I <a href=\"http:\/\/thetravelingmillennial.com\/stranded-in-ord-until-3a-on-christmas\/\">previously wrote about the unfortunate start to my Christmas vacation<\/a> when my flight from Chicago to Detroit was delayed until 3 a.m. on Christmas. \u00a0That was a bummer but\u00a0I certainly did not have it as bad as the folks who wanted\u00a0to fly to Little Rock-their flight was canceled around\u00a01 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetravelingmillennial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ORD.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-411\"><img data-attachment-id=\"411\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/ord\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/ORD.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-5100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1451001731&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ORD\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/ORD-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/ORD.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-411 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/ORD.jpg\" alt=\"ORD\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/ORD.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/ORD-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>ORD&#8217;s holiday decorations were pretty awesome.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetravelingmillennial.com\/stranded-in-ord-until-3a-on-christmas\/\">In the last post<\/a>, I mentioned that the Exec. Plat. member who sat next to me at the gate received 4,000 redeemable miles from American Airlines as compensation for the delayed flight. \u00a0This morning I called American Airlines with the goal of also receiving 4,000 redeemable miles as compensation. \u00a0After 20 minutes of phone calls and two dropped calls (those were probably my fault), the nice American Airlines Platinum Customer Service Representative said she could offer 8,000 miles as compensation. \u00a0I, of course, contained my excitement, accepted the compensation, thanked her for looking into the matter, and hung up the phone. \u00a0Shortly thereafter, 8,000 miles posted to my account.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetravelingmillennial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ORD-AC.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-412\"><img data-attachment-id=\"412\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/ord-ac\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/ORD-AC.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-5100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1451001501&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ORD AC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/ORD-AC-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/ORD-AC.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-412 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/ORD-AC.jpg\" alt=\"ORD AC\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/ORD-AC.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/ORD-AC-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Even ORD&#8217;s Admirals Club had a small Christmas tree.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This brings up two interesting issues. \u00a0First, always call customer service to complain for delays, seat bumps (I was moved once to &#8220;redistribute weight on the plane&#8221;), broken planes (bathrooms, trays, etc), and canceled flights. \u00a0Elite members are probably going to have an easier time requesting compensation, but it never hurts to ask.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second, why did I receive twice the number of miles as the Exec. Plat. lady who clearly had a higher elite status than me?<\/strong>\u00a0 I think it has to do with the fact that American kept pushing back the delay time. \u00a0When she called, the flight was likely only delayed by an hour or two. \u00a0When I called, the customer service representative could see that the flight was delayed by four hours, one hour of which was caused by a delay in refueling the airplane once it landed. \u00a0This leads me to believe that American truely compensates folks based on the level of inconvenience, not based on their elite status or the price paid for the plane ticket (as I suspected). \u00a0Well done American Airlines. \u00a0I value 8,000 miles at approximately $160 since I can redeem 40,000 miles for a round-trip flight to Europe (~$800) on an\u00a0airline\u00a0other than <a href=\"http:\/\/thetravelingmillennial.com\/wow-airlines-whats-it-like-to-fly-to-europe-for-99\/\">WOW (WOW offers $99 flights to Europe)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Overall I&#8217;m satisfied with how American Airlines&#8217;s customer service representatives handled the issue and I feel fully compensated for the inconvenience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I previously wrote about the unfortunate start to my Christmas vacation when my flight from Chicago to Detroit was delayed until 3 a.m. on Christmas. \u00a0That was a bummer but\u00a0I certainly did not have it as bad as the folks who wanted\u00a0to fly to Little Rock-their flight was canceled around\u00a01 a.m. ORD&#8217;s holiday decorations were pretty awesome. In the last post, I mentioned that the Exec. Plat. member who sat next to me at the gate received 4,000 redeemable miles from American Airlines as compensation for the delayed flight. \u00a0This morning I called American Airlines with the goal of also&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5,31],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stranded in ORD (Chicago) Until 3am on Christmas: Part 2 &ndash; The Traveling Millennial<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/2015\/12\/30\/stranded-in-ord-chicago-until-3am-on-christmas-part-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stranded in ORD (Chicago) Until 3am on Christmas: Part 2 &ndash; The Traveling Millennial\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I previously wrote about the unfortunate start to my Christmas vacation when my flight from Chicago to Detroit was delayed until 3 a.m. on Christmas. \u00a0That was a bummer but\u00a0I certainly did not have it as bad as the folks who wanted\u00a0to fly to Little Rock-their flight was canceled around\u00a01 a.m. ORD&#8217;s holiday decorations were pretty awesome. 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