How many things can I do to fill the time to hold off finishing my taxes?  Lots ( Read more... )

Mmm... now I want a pina colada...
You Are Spring Break
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againstathorn 's birthday!   Happy Birthday!!! 

By popular demand!  I will post the recipe as I learned it from a lovely Filipino exhange student in Spokane WA, and then I will post my vegan adaptation ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday Ms. Terani!!!!!!  Dance your cute butt off tonight!!!!

Can anyone tell me why I'm not able to create a link to LJ users in Rich text mode anymore?

This should have posted.... so, sorry if it's out there twice...

I hear that the US national average personal income is $40,000.  According to Wikipedia as a full time working woman (although with my hodgepodge of jobs I know I'm not the average full time worker, but I get 40 hours in a week) it's even higher.

I have *never* made that much money ( Read more... )

 I am happy to report that my letters to the FTA and Better Business Bureau did more than document an awful time in many people's lives.

I received a very polite, incredibly apologetic letter with travel vouchers.  :)

May everyone in similar straights have their issues resolved accordingly...

I've answered part of my question thanks to the e-mail response from the US Department of Transportation.  According to "Fly-Rights A Consumer Guide to Air Travel" an airline is not required to endorse travel on a different airline due to cancellations, even when a big chunk of the problem is SWA's negligence - not having functioning equipment and ( Read more... )

Call the US Dept. of Transportation at 202-366-2220 or send them an e-mail.

File complaints with the Better Business Bureau.

Now I'm on hold with SWA.  Their customer relations phone number, 214-792-4223 Mon - Fri, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm CT, doesn't take messages.  If I can't get a hold of a manager through 1800-I FLY SWA, I'll wait until the morning when ( Read more... )

There is something VERY wrong when an airline has 3.5 days of canceled flights, and other airlines are getting flights successfully out of Portland OR.  Ergo my query that I am searching, does SWA have to get their passengers on the first flight out despite what airline that is?

Anyone with information, please come forward.  I'm searching around and ( Read more... )