SACRAMENTO — Nationwide, 1000’s of flight cancellations on Sunday left vacationers spending Christmas day caught on the airport.
A number of flyers stated they spent 4 to eight hours at their gates and extra time working to retrieve their checked baggage as soon as their flights had been canceled.
Bulletins over the intercom instructed vacationers on the place to retrieve their checked baggage. A sea of unclaimed baggage grew all through the day, with paper indicators indicating which cities the luggage had been supposed for.
Daniel Williams was ready in line for hours after an unsuccessful day of journey. He deliberate to go to his daughter for Christmas. As an alternative, he watched her open presents on FaceTime. Now, there are roadblocks as he tries to search out one other flight out.
“We will must schedule it for just a few weeks or a month out. Simply because logistically we solely had a few days, all the tickets are gone,” Williams stated.
Standing behind him in line was Jeremy Duez, whose household had been making an attempt to make it out to Disneyland. However, somewhat than driving Splash Mountain, he stood within the misplaced baggage line for over two hours.
A number of vacationers, just like the Valadez household, opted for an additional mode of transportation to get to their vacation spot. Nevertheless, when the Valadezes’ realized their authentic journey plan wouldn’t work out, they hit the street.
“Our second flight bought canceled, so now we have to drive 14 hours to Idaho,” Vinny Valadez stated.
In the meantime, others determined to name it quits and spend Christmas outdoors the airport’s partitions.
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