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The Felders spent the last days of their family vacation at the Newark Liberty Airport campsite. How it happened, told the New York Post.
“I had to spend $143 on five blankets,” Shalis Felder said. “The only reason we were able to secure cribs was because someone saw my kids on the floor.”
The Felders’ United Airlines flight was scheduled to fly June 26 to Charleston, South Carolina. Instead, they were caught up in a flight cancellation chaos that brought misery to tens of thousands of passengers.
Nearly 7,000 flights were canceled and 35,000 delays occurred in the US this week, with Newark and Chicago O’Hare hit hardest.
Shalice spent $150 on just one dinner for her family of five and another $40 on coffee.
“United Airlines misled us into believing we were going to board a flight at some point this evening,” she explained her decision to ask at the airport for what was happening.
They would have stayed in Newark on June 30 if they had not paid another $1,063 out of their own pocket for a flight to Charleston from Philadelphia on June 29.
Expenses have been rising all week for people who are stranded.
“We ran out of diapers and had to buy them at the airport,” said Arnisha Keitt, who is also stuck in Newark. “Seven diapers cost $18.”
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The Keitt family, who were on vacation with their one-year-old grandson, received meal vouchers from United. But most of them were for the Houston airport, where United tried to redirect them, not Newark, where they were stuck.
“We had to split the portion because we needed to use funds wisely and make sure our grandson was eating enough,” Keitt explained. She estimated their three-day saga cost $2,300.
This included a $780 Uber ride from Newark to Baltimore where they were finally able to catch a flight home to South Carolina, a $50 Uber trip to Walmart to buy a new $169 car seat because their luggage was missing.
They wanted to rent a car, but there were no free ones.
Event planner Kristan Burba of Jackson, Wyoming, is stuck in Denver for three days while her husband is in Newark.
She spent $336 on food and $412 on essentials because they didn’t have luggage.
“On top of that, I paid $145 for an Uber to and from our hotel. In total, it turned out $ 980 for two nights, because I would not put my children to sleep at the airport, ”said Kristan.
New Yorker Sonia Hendrix was only offered $50 of Delta travel credit for her surprise stopover in Orlando that stretched out to several days.
She spent $925 over four days, including $57 for a 15-minute massage at the XpresSpa at the airport and $225 for a change of clothes. Sonya lost what she estimated to be $12,000 in billable hours.
“It was a complete nightmare,” she said. “I felt like I was in hell, surrounded by Disney World visitors.”
Airlines say the worst is behind them and are doing everything they can to get passengers and their luggage on their way.
A spokesman for United, who has been hardest hit by the delays and cancellations, said: “Our customer service staff at the airport are working tirelessly to deliver luggage and board flights.”
A JetBlue representative explained the reason for the delays – they were ground stops introduced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) due to weather. He assured: “We are working to get passengers to where they are going as soon as possible.”
Delta said it only had 6 canceled flights out of 4,900 scheduled for June 29th.
One passenger stressed that at least Delta was generous with Biscoff cookies.
“A nice employee gave me three packages and I was very grateful,” said delayed passenger Kimberly Dawn Neumann.
She was “starving” and called her ordeal “torture”. The fellow traveler said they should be handing out shots instead.
Other travelers exchanged planes for trains. Erica Bates brought her aunt and uncle, Sheri and Danny Delaupe, from New Orleans to her son’s graduation in Westchester.
“Their JetBlue flight home to New Orleans was canceled on Sunday and Monday,” Bates said. “They were told they couldn’t leave until Friday.”
Since there were no rental cars available, they chose Amtrak.
Thirty-one hours – but they got home. Such a trip cost them $1173.20.
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Passengers stuck at Newark airport for days
The Felders spent the last days of their family vacation at the Newark Liberty Airport campsite. How it happened, told the New York Post.
“I had to spend $143 on five blankets,” Shalis Felder said. “The only reason we were able to secure cribs was because someone saw my kids on the floor.”
The Felders’ United Airlines flight was scheduled to fly June 26 to Charleston, South Carolina. Instead, they were caught up in a flight cancellation chaos that brought misery to tens of thousands of passengers.
Nearly 7,000 flights were canceled and 35,000 delays occurred in the US this week, with Newark and Chicago O’Hare hit hardest.
Shalice spent $150 on just one dinner for her family of five and another $40 on coffee.
“United Airlines misled us into believing we were going to board a flight at some point this evening,” she explained her decision to ask at the airport for what was happening.
They would have stayed in Newark on June 30 if they had not paid another $1,063 out of their own pocket for a flight to Charleston from Philadelphia on June 29.
Expenses have been rising all week for people who are stranded.
“We ran out of diapers and had to buy them at the airport,” said Arnisha Keitt, who is also stuck in Newark. “Seven diapers cost $18.”
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The Keitt family, who were on vacation with their one-year-old grandson, received meal vouchers from United. But most of them were for the Houston airport, where United tried to redirect them, not Newark, where they were stuck.
“We had to split the portion because we needed to use funds wisely and make sure our grandson was eating enough,” Keitt explained. She estimated their three-day saga cost $2,300.
This included a $780 Uber ride from Newark to Baltimore where they were finally able to catch a flight home to South Carolina, a $50 Uber trip to Walmart to buy a new $169 car seat because their luggage was missing.
They wanted to rent a car, but there were no free ones.
Event planner Kristan Burba of Jackson, Wyoming, is stuck in Denver for three days while her husband is in Newark.
She spent $336 on food and $412 on essentials because they didn’t have luggage.
“On top of that, I paid $145 for an Uber to and from our hotel. In total, it turned out $ 980 for two nights, because I would not put my children to sleep at the airport, ”said Kristan.
New Yorker Sonia Hendrix was only offered $50 of Delta travel credit for her surprise stopover in Orlando that stretched out to several days.
She spent $925 over four days, including $57 for a 15-minute massage at the XpresSpa at the airport and $225 for a change of clothes. Sonya lost what she estimated to be $12,000 in billable hours.
“It was a complete nightmare,” she said. “I felt like I was in hell, surrounded by Disney World visitors.”
Airlines say the worst is behind them and are doing everything they can to get passengers and their luggage on their way.
A spokesman for United, who has been hardest hit by the delays and cancellations, said: “Our customer service staff at the airport are working tirelessly to deliver luggage and board flights.”
A JetBlue representative explained the reason for the delays – they were ground stops introduced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) due to weather. He assured: “We are working to get passengers to where they are going as soon as possible.”
Delta said it only had 6 canceled flights out of 4,900 scheduled for June 29th.
One passenger stressed that at least Delta was generous with Biscoff cookies.
“A nice employee gave me three packages and I was very grateful,” said delayed passenger Kimberly Dawn Neumann.
She was “starving” and called her ordeal “torture”. The fellow traveler said they should be handing out shots instead.
Other travelers exchanged planes for trains. Erica Bates brought her aunt and uncle, Sheri and Danny Delaupe, from New Orleans to her son’s graduation in Westchester.
“Their JetBlue flight home to New Orleans was canceled on Sunday and Monday,” Bates said. “They were told they couldn’t leave until Friday.”
Since there were no rental cars available, they chose Amtrak.
Thirty-one hours – but they got home. Such a trip cost them $1173.20.
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