what would you do if you missed a flight?

Oh dear, poor lady! I travel quite often and so far I have never missed my flight and until I find myself in that position (which I sincerely hope will not happen) I'm not sure what I would do. Wait for the next one I guess. Did she think the plane she missed was going to turn tound and come and pick her up if she carried on a bit longer with her 'show'?

I have seen this video before. Gee, do you think she over reacted just a tad? I don't fly all that often and each time I do I wonder how people manage to miss flights. I guess it does happen to the best of us and something tells me that carrying on like the woman in the video will do nothing to resolve the issue. If it happened to me I would more than likely be upset but I would console myself by having a little cry in the ladies toilets, then I would organize the next flight, make the necessary calls and find the nearest bar and wait!

I have never missed a flight thank goodness. If I were in her shoes I would not have reacted as badly as that. I would not have cried or blamed others. I didn't read the article but if it was her own fault than she only has herself to blame.

I saw this video some time back, and I have never been in this situation, nor do I plan to. The only way would be because of an acident, then you would have a case for another flight, but losing your cool is not the way to go.

lol =D I read about that news in the papers, and i find that she's actually more than over reacting.. lol =D I mean, she has already missed her flight, and why must she be behaving in that way?? Crying and shouting, getting so worked up that she's sitting on the floor like a little kid?? lol =D It's kinda stupid to me.. Moreover, it's her own fault, and she should blame herself first rather than other ple, for others dunno which is her flight.. lol =D If it was me, i will definitely not react in such a way as it's so embarassing.. haha

I have never missed my flight so far. I try to prepare every thing within 2 hours before departure. If I miss a flight, then I will try to negotiate with the airline agent in the airport to give a next-flight ticket with some extra payment.

it is never a good step to take, that is, to be blaming others for one's undoing. i missed my flight, too, just last first day of december last year. it was bad that it happened. i inquired at the desk of the airline i was booked with, as to what would i do since, they will no longer let me in that plane. i was not that late. the plane was still there as it was 30 minutes yet until the plane leaves. it just so happened that per regulations, check in time is no less than an hour before departure. by the way, this regulation is in force because, of the fear that terrorists have implanted in the hearts of airport administrators. to make that long story short, i got booked for the next flight. i took a new ticket, after having paid for the penalties. well, too bad, i almost paid twice the amount. they are really discouraging things like this to be happening.

I can only blame my luck. Afterall, I will know if I am the direct cause of my missing the flight. However, if I had missed the flight due to some other reasons, I will surely reason out with the airport admininstrator. Definitely I would not cry and make a scene of myself. I would just share the incident to a reporter - that would do the job nicely.

Video Title: A woman missed her flight at the boarding gate HKIA. Running Time: 3:13 minutes. Current Viewers: 5,158,962 Ratings Received: 6,841 with Text Comments: 18,781 Tragic Moment: From 0:29 To 1:32/3:13 TRAGIC MOMENT ~ ROFC(Rolling On Floor Crying) Normally, we used ROFL(Rolling On Floor Laughing) but for that video and the event that had happened specifically in that period of time, I used my own abbreviation for ROFC...LOL!. I don't know what to comment, actually. Because she is a women expressing her doleful feeling without caring her good personality looking while on descent dressing and her maturity status that should be compare to her age. POOR AIRPORT SECURITY I didn't noticed in that video, any airport security staff or staffs managed, handled and controlled the despair situation happening at that location. Quite a shameful incident and showed poor security management carried out by the relevant party in one airport. Really tarnished that airport management reputation, especially, when we do talking about one famous city like Hong Kong City. MY RELATED TRUE LIFE EXPERIENCE What else?. I accepted my own weakness for being late in making entry in the specific boarding time and understood the service rendered by airport management, I mean the rules and regulations. I am ready to pay the delay charge with my extra pocket money that will be incurred for my next re-boarding. It had happened three (3) times, so far. Hopes no more in future, because not only have to pay delay charge added to my valid flight ticket, but, it also effects my car parking charge which normally I left my car parked at the airport parking bay.

I have missed a flight before and it really wasn't our fault! There was eight people in all that missed that flight because they printed the wrong time on the tickets. We were all P%$#ed!! We ended up having to pay more and taking another flight then we had to pay for a rental car because our car was at another airport, which we couldn't get a flight to that airport for another week!! Everyone of us that missed that flight called the airlines and complained. They didn't even aploigize for their mistake and all they offered us was $50 off of our next flight. We told them they were crazy, It costed us way more than that to pay for another flight and a rental car. we told them we were never going to take their flight again if they didn't reimburse us for their mistake. She said they couldn't do that we should have been there earlier. We were there early and we sat there and waited in the terminal where we were supose to be. We were not happy at all!

Hello my friend victorywp Ji, It is a natural phenomena to blame others, for none of others fault. In my case, after my marriage, I have never been late any places for anything, as my Hubby is very strict person and would give lot of thinking to make the event successful. He will be on the spot at laest one hour befor scedule and would never miss. But, the lady might be having an urgent work so she felt and burst out. There are two types of blaming. You assign all of the responsibility for some event to someone or something other than yourself. You not only assigns all of the responsibility for something to someone or something else, but you also condemn and criticize the source of the problem. With this second, more intense form of blaming there is a sense that the other person has intentionally harmed you or has been terribly unfair. Blaming usually is accompanied by unrealistic should/must rules and magnification. May god bless you and have a great time.

I was traveling to Las Vegas and was delayed in Atlanta(no big surprise there), we missed our connecting flight in Dallas. Delta wanted to put us up in a hotel for the night and send us in the morning. I told them that would not work because I was paying $200 for a room in Las Vegas and unless they were ready to compensate me for my room they needed to figure something out. They put me on an American flight and got us there about 2 hours later than original time. I think if you stay calm you get better results than just causing a scene.

This woman is WHACKED!! I have missed airplanes before and though I am agitated, I am agitated at myself and no one else because I am the one that caused me to miss the plane in the first place! So I sit down and wait until the next flight, if it is a few hours and if it is not until the next day I go to a hotel that is located very close to the airport and go back in time for my next flight. And Needless to say the first thing I do is contact someone If I am to be picked up and if not then I don't worry about it! I missed a flight to go home from Los Angeles to Amsterdam 2 years ago so I waited in the airport for the next flight which was 6 hours later, that gave me plenty of time to check in and get my ticket etc. and of course call and tell Hubby to pick me up 6 hours later than expected. Then once I was in Holland on vacation and missed a flight to go home to Los Angeles and the exact same thing happened, I waited for about 6 hours for the next flight and contacted my ride. And this one you will think I am lying but I swear I am not! On my honeymoon, in Reno, Nevada, I missed not one, not two, not three, not four, not five but Six flights to go home to Los Angeles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fortunately no one was going to pick us up so we didn't have to worry about that and the next flight wasn't until about 11:00 the next morning so we went across the street and checked into the hotel, had dinner, gambled a bit, got up the next morning and had breakfast and made Sure we were at the airport in time for the 7th flight!!! There is really nothing you can do and if the plane has already left then why throw a fit like this woman? They are Definitely not going to turn around and pick you up! Be my luck they would call the men in the white coats and have me admitted for being Nuts! And wouldn't you just Love to be on a plane with someone like that??? :0 ;)

Oh my, she was screaming, crying like crazy. I wonder who's fault was it really. If she missed it because of her fault, then why react so much like that, looks like it's the end of the world. I pity her, i would be sad if i miss my own flight, but no to the extent that i have to roll over the floor and cry like a baby. At first, i was laughing at her how she rolled down the carpeted floor and people are trying to calm her down. Me and hubby travel by plane, but we make sure we leave two or three hours ahead of time so that we don't miss our flight. It will be a nightmare to both of us we do get lazy to get going. Better be ready when your traveling, you don't know if there will be traffic right.

I have missed a flight or two in the past. Many times there is nothing you can do about it so there is no point in throwing a fit. I have always just looked to see if the airline could get me on another flight or if I could catch a flight on another airline.

I saw this video previously when it first came out. Thank goodness I have not missed a flight before, or any connecting flight for that matter. But if I did, I won't be like this lady, creating such a scene. I am not the panicky or emotional type. I will probably make some noise, but take it calmly on the whole. I guess for this lady, missing that flight must have meant a lot to her. She might have over-reacted to many people, but we don't really know her real situation or repercussion of her missed flight.

I did miss a flight, through no fault of my own, twice. The first time my sister and I were traveling and had a connecting flight in Atlanta. We would have made it if one of two things had been different... our first flight did not run late or the connecting flight was not on the other side of this huge airport. We literally RAN as fast as we could and JUST missed it. Luckily, they got us on another flight, an hour later. That was not too bad. Now the second one was in Italy. We were flying from Palermo, Sicily, to Rome to connect to Naples. Our flight was delayed and we could not get a connecting flight for EIGHT HOURS!! Not so bad if it was just us but we also had my 13-month old granddaughter with us. Without her, we would have found a corner and slept, but you can't do that with a little one and feel safe. We did not want to leave the airport just in case we had a problem getting past security again, and it can happen. It made us late for the car that was picking us up, costing us about 100 extra Euros on the car and then late to our resort where, once again, we had to pay late fees. On top of that, two of my cousin's bags were lost and he did not get them back until 4 days later. He had to buy clothes and had stuff stolen, too. Would I make a scene? No, and both were NOT our faults. Therefore, if it was MY fault, I would be even less inclined to open my mouth and look like a fool.

I would probably go the the airlines desk to explain what happened and ask if I could get another flight.

I wouldn't behave like that that's for sure. I would have been very upset, but I never show emotion anyway so no one would have even known. I would probably go see what I could do to get another flight. It sucks for sure, but the embarrassment this woman is going to experience is going to be far worse.

lol.. 'besides what she did'? i dont think i'd make a scene in a public place to start with. but missing a flt cos you are late at the boarding gate must take some daftness, i suppose. can u imagine the number of announcements they would have mde to get her to board that flight before it finally took off, delaying the rest of the passengers on it? well, if i do find myself being in that situation (maybe cos i fainted in the ladies room? cos i got bitten by the duty-free-shopping bug and lost track of time.. duh!) i'd first ask what are my options, will get atleast a part refund from the airline. can i board their next flt to the same destination if they have a spare seat. i'd request to see their airline's airport manager, tell him about my plight, and hope that kindness prevails on him.. and he does something to help. lol. i'd exhaust my resources, but wont return home without an option from the airline!