Iberia Airlines suck

Due to fly out Saturday at noon. Told to check in on one line then diverted into another long ass line and in the end we failed to check-in on time. They told us that they would reschedule us for a flight the next day, 24 hours later. Needless to say, we were pissed and gave anyone and everyone we talked to an earful. We were shuffled form one line to another and after standing in line at 4 stations and after 6 hours, enought was enough. We were beaten...they may have won this battle, but I assure you, they did not win the war.

We were essentially given the run-around. On top of that, we discovered that nearly a dozen other people could not get on board do to over-booking. These people were given a place to stay, transportation, food, and 800 bucks as an apology....for us, JACK SHIT. In other words, even if we had checked in, we would not have been offered a seat. Even when we had the names of these people they had over-booked, they refused to admit they over-booked! No help with accomodations, transportation, or even a frickin apology. They pointed out a pay phone and told us to find a place to stay on our own. So we did....though dejected, defeated, and exhausted, we refused to let this ruin our incredible vacation and decided to take the Metro into Madrid for one last night of fun...and thats what we did...a nice meal, a nice walk, a couple of drinks, and some late night shopping.

So there we were again the next day. We checked in 3 hours early, got to the gate, and our flight was delayed 4 hours!! We missed our connecting flight at Chicago!! AA told us they would put us in a hoted overnight given the lack of seats on any flights to the bay area but we stood firm and refused. They managed to get one of us a first class ticket to SFO and placed my wife on standby. After another 4 hours of waiting at O-Hare, some anxious moments on standby, we finally got on board. I got first class, which rocked BTW, and my wife got economy. I had my dinner sent to her and I managed to get 1 hour of sleep. BTW, she sat accross form Shariff Abdur Rahim, 6-10 NBA small forward standout!...very cool.

We got in at after 11:00 pm, picked up our checked bags and had to literally run to BART to catch their last train to the east bay...and I mean RAN to catch that train BTW...thanks to the Discoursers wife re. BART info...we would have missed it if not for her heads-up.

So after our 50 hour ordeal, we finally got home to 2 super happy little cats.

I have supreme jet-lag and am at work on 5 hours of sleep.

I'll be uploading and adding some pics to my last several Spain blogs. Check it out soon.