Beware of Irene!!!

[MmeLeota]

Glad to hear that Len and his family are home safely!

[yodiwan1]

I just saw a post from Len on Facebook about 10 minutes ago. They are home safely but still without power
I charge my phone in the car when the power is out...there are ways of dealing with outages and technology, they just aren't as convenient is all...

Len Update: His power went on 2 minutes after arriving home!! he posted it on facebook!!!! With a little bit of imagination and pixie dust anything is possible!!!

[MmeLeota]

I just saw a post from Len on Facebook about 10 minutes ago. They are home safely but still without power
I charge my phone in the car when the power is out...there are ways of dealing with outages and technology, they just aren't as convenient is all...

Len Update: His power went on 2 minutes after arriving home!! he posted it on facebook!!!! With a little bit of imagination and pixie dust anything is possible!!!

Wow! How amazing! Two Subbers arrive home to find that they are without power, and within minutes of their return, both have power restored!
Hopefully there is no water damage to your home Len.

[Len90]

Thanks for the concern guys. The iPhone was charged completely at the airport and kept off throughout the flight home. Our house ended up being the only one on the block to not have any water in the basement. We are extremely lucky for that.

[MmeLeota]

Thanks for the concern guys. The iPhone was charged completely at the airport and kept off throughout the flight home. Our house ended up being the only one on the block to not have any water in the basement. We are extremely lucky for that.

Someone was watching out for you and your family!!!! What a miracle!!!!

[Amy]

I just saw a post from Len on Facebook about 10 minutes ago. They are home safely but still without power
I charge my phone in the car when the power is out...there are ways of dealing with outages and technology, they just aren't as convenient is all...

Len Update: His power went on 2 minutes after arriving home!! he posted it on facebook!!!! With a little bit of imagination and pixie dust anything is possible!!!

Wow! How amazing! Two Subbers arrive home to find that they are without power, and within minutes of their return, both have power restored!
Hopefully there is no water damage to your home Len.

That is very cool isn't it?!

Thanks for the concern guys. The iPhone was charged completely at the airport and kept off throughout the flight home. Our house ended up being the only one on the block to not have any water in the basement. We are extremely lucky for that.

Someone was watching out for you and your family!!!! What a miracle!!!!

Yay!!!

[Mousekedude]

I'm telling you guys...!! It was all our prayers and pixie dust at work!!! So happy for you, Len!!! Hoping all gets back to normal A.S.A.P!

[mindflipper]

Len90: Considering your utility hasn't had much past experience with post-hurricane damage and recovery, it sounds like they had very good turnaround time on restoring power. I'm very impressed...

[boilerbabe]

Welcome home Len and family!!!!

[Brian845]

So my wife got an email from Continental reminding us to check in for our flight on Saturday (September 3rd). Apparently they automatically rebooked us after our flight was cancelled for a flight nearly a week later! Staying another week at Disney would have been nice, but I don't think I'd have enough vacation time left this year (nor enough money to afford the additional stay!). We called Continental up and informed them that since we'd been home for 5 days, we wouldn't be on the flight, and they kindly agreed to refund half the fare.

[Amy]

So my wife got an email from Continental reminding us to check in for our flight on Saturday (September 3rd). Apparently they automatically rebooked us after our flight was cancelled for a flight nearly a week later! Staying another week at Disney would have been nice, but I don't think I'd have enough vacation time left this year (nor enough money to afford the additional stay!). We called Continental up and informed them that since we'd been home for 5 days, we wouldn't be on the flight, and they kindly agreed to refund half the fare.

That's nice that you get some of the money back. Hopefully it is more than enough to cover the cost of the rental car that you had to drive home!

[mindflipper]

Indeed, that's rare of an airline to be nice to give back a partial refund like that! I'm shocked!

[Len90]

I'm actually quite disappointed in Continental Airlines. I know some friends of ours were staying at the BC and had a flight with Continental on Sunday the 28th. Once their flight got cancelled they couldn't get through to the airline for days. Finally mid-week they were able to reach the airline and found out that they could fly the following weekend but they would all be flying different flights and connect through different cities. They ended up driving back. With jetBlue we were able to get everyone on the Thursday morning flight and never had an issue with contacting them. They always took calls during the storm and the longest hold time I ever expereienced was 25 minutes. They were waiving all fees and if you saw a seat open up earlier to just book it and then call 1-800-jet-blue and they will refund you the money. Secondly, if you chose to find another way home they were refunding you 100% of what you had originally paid for your airfare. My point, I'd call Continental and fight for the rest of your money.

As for the additional stay, Disney was amazing at working to accommodate all of their guests. Did you happen to take out the Disney trip insurance? We did and appearantly it will cover up to a certain amount of dollars per person for hotel stay as a result of the interruption from the hurricane.

[mindflipper]

Yep, I've learned to get trip insurance no matter what. You never know what will come out of the blue to ruin things...

[Mousekedude]

I'm actually quite disappointed in Continental Airlines. I know some friends of ours were staying at the BC and had a flight with Continental on Sunday the 28th. Once their flight got cancelled they couldn't get through to the airline for days. Finally mid-week they were able to reach the airline and found out that they could fly the following weekend but they would all be flying different flights and connect through different cities. They ended up driving back. With jetBlue we were able to get everyone on the Thursday morning flight and never had an issue with contacting them. They always took calls during the storm and the longest hold time I ever expereienced was 25 minutes. They were waiving all fees and if you saw a seat open up earlier to just book it and then call 1-800-jet-blue and they will refund you the money. Secondly, if you chose to find another way home they were refunding you 100% of what you had originally paid for your airfare. My point, I'd call Continental and fight for the rest of your money.

As for the additional stay, Disney was amazing at working to accommodate all of their guests. Did you happen to take out the Disney trip insurance? We did and appearantly it will cover up to a certain amount of dollars per person for hotel stay as a result of the interruption from the hurricane.

I totally understand where you're coming from, but I have to stand up and defend Continental. They are a huge airline compared to Jetblue, so obviously they would have more limitations than Jetblue would have, strictly based on logistics... I mean, can you imagine how many flights they have to work out compared to Jetblue..?? It's not even a close comparison!!! So I would cut Continental some slack, if I were you. They've always done well by us, and we've never had any complaints... and my sweetie has traveled all over the world with them...literally. I don't think Jetblue can say the same. No offense to anyone, I just think we need to be fair in our judgements of the airlines based on the scope of their operations...