Now you know that I have made it to Freelanta but you don't know how I made it. So let's rewind
Usually it is super cold and in few days it is going to snow heavily
In Atlanta with just minor snowfall they shut down schools but even in heavy snowfall they don't do here
I accidentally chose the way on Google maps where we have to pay Toll Tax. and this is a new car without EZpass so they will be sending the toll fee by mail
I was shocked as you have to stop in India to pay Toll but not the case here
Change of plan we came to Flushing instead of Jackson Heights due my flight in few hours
But the South Asian Community over here is super big too. 4 Temples in just 2 to 3 blocks here.
A lot of home here are owned by Indians
I think bigger community is in Jackson Heights but this street is very famous
I just got to know that we are crossing the JFK AIrport to go to Azmain's home but if I had known I would have brought the baggage with me
I am not sure if we can make it or not. Let's hope for the best
Reached Airport flight leaves in 45 mins. No idea what's gonna happen. Lets hope for the best
We will only find out in the Airport if I will be spending this night in New York or in Atlanta
Yes I have missed my flight. I wanted to know how it feels when you miss a flight for the first time. To be honest it feels sad.
I told them that I am 5 mins late. My flgiht is at 3:16pm
I told you guys before that it is at 3 pm. I lied so that I can keep extra time in Airport
Also helps motivating others to be on time. But still I missed it
They told me that they closed the Baggage Check-in 1 hour ago that is at 2:16 pm. I was there around 2:21 pm still they didn't let me
Just because of those 5 mins they didn't accept it.
They said if you want to go without baggage then you can go otherwise No cuz check-in for my flight is closed.
Then I called them to make sure wondering it would be possible in $50 to $100 I can get a new Flight
They replied saying that they will charge me $275
The girl next to me who was late got a new flight for free cuz she booked her flight in the last 24 hours and delta has free cancellations in 24 hours so she cancelled previous and got new one free
I booked mine in October so it wasn't possible. I bought insurance for every flight except this one.
The flight that I thought I will never miss being in US and I missed that itself
My friend told me that for most of the flights the baggage check-in closes 45 min prior. But JFK is an exception
So it was just those 5 mins that screwed me up
I don't know why Flights and Airports are taking revenge from. In the last few days I have take 10+ flights and all have been late.
Also Amritsar to Delhi was 45 mins late and this one I took 2 hours late and landed 2 hours late as well
They took more than Rs. 500 that is Rs. 20,000 from me and still didn't land on time
I was thinking that it must be a big huge loss as I missed my flight. But that's not true.
I just saw that the flight i missed reached after the flight i took
So my flight was 2 hours and the other was around 5 hours late because of Tornado and Hurricane warning in Ohio region so they had to take a different route
I asked them why they didn't let me check-in even thought my flight departed late
They said rules are rules if you are 1 min late then also they can't let you check-in
After emailing them a couple of times they let gave me around 5000 sky miles worth $50 so I can get my next flight to Atlanta maybe free of cost
So its okay it wasn't that much Loss.
Worst Part: JFK is rare Airport where baggage check-in closes 1 hour prior to the flight instead of 45 mins
But still I benefitted as I would have been stuck in the plane for 6 hours otherwise