Yesterday was a bad day to oversleep - SFO

Yesterday was a bad day to oversleep

Ben Schlappig — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:04:38 +0000

So I was supposed to mileage run yesterday. I was actually really, really looking forward to my mileage run because for the first time ever it was a same day trip with no redeye involved. My routing was Tampa to Chicago at 6:45AM, then Chicago to San Francisco at 10AM, then San Francisco to Washington…

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Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:31:16 +0000

How did you get the route for $45? Was it like $245 and using a $200 certificate or something? I live in Tampa too, 3.5 minutes from the airport though :)

Brian — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:38:04 +0000

I'm with Eric. While it's a bummer that you missed the flight, the real story here is how you got a 6k mile itinerary for $45. Wow!

sjs — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:04:09 +0000

Need I remind you about the incident at the Continental DO?

Dan — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:59:08 +0000

Coins, Some readers would say that you're a rookie. Tsk Tsk. Reminds me of a story that took place in TPA. Remember all the IAD snow a few weeks ago? Lots of folks were told they couldn't re-book their TPA/IAD flight for 2 days. Gate agents gave folks confirmed flights 2 days in to the future. Well, the late afternoon TPA/IAD flight was going (and it did), and it went out with a couple of empty seats. Those 2 day out people should have hung around the airport, because they would have flown. I would have shown up at the airport late, and let everthing play out.

LiveAndLetsFly — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:37:30 +0000

It happens to the best of us. (and me too! ;)) I overslept and missed a HKG-LHR NZ flight in 2008 and had to pay the difference in fare to travel the next day!

Pat — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:31:25 +0000

I use the three diferent tones on my iPhone for my alarm. The first is the initial time I "should" get up (leisurely getting ready to go), the second is the "have to get up" (no goofing off getting ready to go) and the third is the "you must head out the door" alarm (you'd better be putting your shoes on to go out the door). It has worked for me for years. I missed a flight once because of oversleeping years ago. I imagine that most people who fly frequently have had it happen once.

Elizabeth (LizzyDragon84) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:28:59 +0000

Awwww, bummer you overslept and missed the bumpfest. As someone who normally gets up around 3:30am every day, my alarm clock tricks include using two separate alarms and putting both of them out of reach of the bed so I have to get up and turn them off. Works for me most of the time, unless I forget to set them the night before.

Scott — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:24:32 +0000

My first United "oversleep" was at the 775,000 mark! Actually it was a crappy LAX Parking shuttle which made me 5 minutes past the 45 minute easy-checkin rule, making me wait 10 minutes in the 1K line only to see them close the jetbridge...

hobo13 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:26:54 +0000

Take heart -- you might still get that apology email! This is United after all!