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Canceled / Delayed / Overbooked From yellow flag to red flag - STL to DC canceled June 6 2010

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Jun 7, 2010, 12:42 AM

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Agreed. Some friends have suggested it may mean that the flight wasn't full enough.

And an update to my original posting: it turns out I was put on an AA flight to DC at 7:40 PM on June 7th, not 7:40 AM, as I had heard. The error may well have been mine, but nonetheless the fact that AA couldn't get me out until more than 24 hours after my original flight at 12:20 pm on June 6 is even worse.

I canceled the entire thing. I'm not one to get too ticked off too easily when dealing with companies, but this really inconvenienced not just me, but my partner as well. Not to mention every other passenger on the flight!

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