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Amazon warns iOS Kindle app users to avoid latest update
If you're an Amazon Kindle for iOS app user, Amazon is warning you to avoid their latest update. Kelly Hodgkins from TUAW writes:
Apparently, a glitch in the update is erasing the user's entire book library from their iOS device.
Ouch. Since Amazon stores copies of every Kindle book you buy on the cloud, this is likely more annoying than annihilating, but it would absolutely interrupt your ability to keep reading on your iOS device, short term. Amazon is obviously aware of the issue, so a fix should be on its way. Until then, if you haven't updated already, stay clear.
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Amazon warns iOS Kindle app users to avoid latest update
Update is already live. Like you, I updated but hadn't relaunched. Update installed, everything is intact.
This burned me last night. Opened app, and it asked me to register again. Doing so wiped everything, and even created a new 'Kindle' with a new name and everything. Of course, the books were still in the cloud, but I had to go clean it all up in the "Manage my Kindle" section of Amazon.com.
Woops. Too late for me as well. They're right. All the books in my iPad on the Kindle app are gone. Fortunately they're still in the cloud so I can get them back. But one issue I didn't see listed is that I tried to download a sample of a book I was interested in getting, and I went through the whole procedure ending with the "sending book to you iPad" part. But the book sample didn't download. I tried 3 times and nothing. So what ever any of you do, don't download this update.
I fell for it. No big deal to re-download my eBooks from the cloud (aside unnecessary data consumption). What's horrible is that you loose all your sample books and I had plenty of. I will need to check which ones these were at Amazon's site. The more devices you have, the worse the problem with book samples. As RENÉ points out:..... STAY CLEAR !! I hope Amazon's update will help me recover automatically all this samples. It has an interest in doing so, since many of this I may wish to purchase in the future. At least I remember the next book.
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Lonnie Carter, president and CEO of Santee Cooper, has received the American Public Power Association's (APPA) Alex Radin Distinguished Service Award.
Carter received the honor at the Association's national conference in Nashville, Tenn. It is the highest award granted by the Association and is bestowed in recognition of exceptional leadership and dedication to public power.
In 2010-2011, Carter was chairman of the board of the American Public Power Association. He has spent his entire career at Santee Cooper; he joined the utility as an analyst in 1982, immediately after he graduated from The Citadel.
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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS -- AirTran WILL leave you behind, and WILL kick you off a flight due to the incompetence of the people they hire. Let me explain: I took a flight out from Boston, ended up in the TSA security line for 45 minutes before I got completely through, and that included having to cut 3/4ths of the line when I realized I was cutting it pretty close to departure time. Showed up at the gate 3 minutes late, they left without me. They NEVER paged me, they NEVER sent someone to see if I was stuck in security. They also departed BEFORE their departure time (I screenshot the flight information at the end of the night from my phone as proof).
Their staff had no interest in helping me upon realizing my flight left without me, and were genuinely uninterested in my situation. They offered no help, and basically told me, "too bad." They wouldn't even look at me when they talked to me - they were typing fast away at their computers. I left a BBB complaint about the incident and they are one of only two companies I've had to leave a complaint about that had no interest in making things right. They dismissed all my grievances to the matter and blamed me, under a guise of "we shut the doors 10 minutes before departure, as it's important that we get our passengers in the air as soon as we can and prevent delays."
Let me now explain to you how this is a complete farce. On the day of my rescheduled flights, on my connecting flight, a flight attendant managed to get her seat wet from rain (I've flown plenty where it's rained and never heard of this happening). After we pulled out from the gate, we sit for a couple minutes and we hear the captain announce the aforementioned issue, and that they'd have to pull back in so they got "replace the seat." I think to myself, replace the seat? Why don't they just put plastic trash bags over it, or towels or something?
What they ended up meaning by that is that they were going to get an AirTran representative to board the plane and tell, not ask - but tell, a coach passenger they had to deboard the plane and be put on stand by. Then they told, not ask, "told" a first class passenger they had to move back to the now empty coach seat. And the now vacant first class seat is where the flight attendant ended up sitting for the flight. If you make a complaint against them, they WILL lie about the details, and do what they can to not own up to their own mistakes.
They claimed in their response to my BBB complaint that they confirmed that they did page me - lies - I listened intently out of worry that I was starting to cut it close and it never happened. Heard plenty of other airlines paging other passengers to other flights. I rejected their response, made a rebuttal, they then reiterated what they said the first time for the most part, and closed the case out with no consequence.
Don't make the same mistake I did by flying with these guys. They gave me a bad experience the first time I flew with them 4 years ago, gave them another chance because the flight was that much cheaper, and I regret it. I lost more money in the day of work I lost in comparison to what I saved choosing them to fly with. Also keep in mind Southwest Airlines owns AirTran, so you may want to consider skipping them as well. You're a number to them. Well, this number is taking his business elsewhere. In fact I just booked a flight for next week and skipped over them despite seeing they had a cheaper flight in to where I was going. Not worth the risk.
I had never flown with AirTran before this flight, and will never fly with them again. The airline has a policy that prohibits more than one child being held on the laps of adults occupying the same row. This policy exists because there are only 4 oxygen masks on each row, and in the event of an emergency, there would not be enough for each passenger. I completely understand and appreciate this policy. However....
My mother and I booked a non-stop flight from Atlanta to San Francisco a month in advance. We were traveling with my two children (22 months and 8 months), who, because they were under two years old, could sit in our laps, saving us the cost of extra seats. AirTran has a policy that there must be at least one adult per child under two, which we understood, and in order to help each other with the babies during the flight, we paid an extra fee to reserve our seats ahead of time (since AirTran typically assigns seats at check in).
I called the airline several days before our flight to let them know that we were going to be traveling with two children under two. She said there was no need for me to call, that they would take care of things at check in. No mention of their policy.
At check in, we informed the lady helping us that we each had a baby who would be sitting on our laps. We showed her their birth certificates, she entered them into the system, and wrote the age of one baby on each of our boarding passes, which also showed our adjacent seat assignments. She asked if we had any car seats with us, and we told her no. She said we were good to go. No mention of their policy.
At the boarding gate, an employee stopped my mother and me (each of us holding a child), inquired about the age of the children (we offered to show him the birth certificates), at which time we pointed out that each child's age was written on the tickets (by your check-in employee). Our boarding passes, which he scrutinized, specified our adjacent seat numbers. No mention of their policy.
At the beginning of the flight, a male attendant stopped next to our row and asked if I had a baby in my lap, as she was nursing the baby and he could see only the baby's feet. I told him I did. My mother was sitting next to me with my 22-month old on my lap. No mistaking that there were two children on the same row. No mention of their policy. The children were on our laps, in plain view, the whole time. We had already been served drinks at least once. Another flight attendant looked directly at us to get our drink orders. Again, no mention of their policy.
About an hour into the flight, my mother asked an attendant to take her used cup. The attendant turned to let her know that she wasn't collecting trash at that time, and when she saw us holding the babies, she asked, "Have you had both babies with you the whole time?" We couldn't figure out why she was asking us that. My mother said, "Yes, we have." The attendant pointed at my son and asked, "Where was he before?" "On her lap," I said, pointing to my mother. "And where was she?" the attendant asked, pointing to my daughter. "In my lap," I replied.
"You can't have two lap babies on the same row," the attendant responded. This time we really were speechless. We just stared at her, completely at a loss. She repeated herself again, more loudly. I said, "No one told us that." She asked us whether no one had said anything at check in, and we said no. The attendant repeated a third time that we weren't allowed to have both babies on our laps in the same row. At this point, the attendant still had not told us WHY the children couldn't be on the same row, just that AirTran policy prohibited it.
The passenger next to me mistakenly thought the policy was because two children together might be noisy or disruptive, and tried to defend us by saying that he had been a teacher for 40 years and was used to being around children. At this, the attendant raised her voice and said "Sir, I don't care what you did for a living, all I'm saying is that these babies cannot sit in these seats." Still at a loss as to what we were supposed to do about the situation 35,000 feet in the air, the attendant FINALLY told us the reason for the policy. My mother told her she would be glad to move if she could find someone to change seats with her.
The man next to my mother stated that he was comfortable where he was and didn't feel like moving, and the flight attendant told him not to be rude to her, she was just doing her job. She also informed him that babies can't sit in aisle seats, so she turned to the woman sitting in the middle seat of the adjacent row and asked her to switch with my mother, saying that she was trying to keep my mother and me as close as possible. Someone across the aisle kindly agreed to do this. The remaining 4 hours of the flight were miserable for us because of this unnecessary treatment by the flight attendant.
Here's what the flight attendant should have POLITELY said to us, and what I hope she'll say if this happens to other passengers in the future: "I'm really sorry, but it seems the airline failed to mention that we have a
safety regulation that doesn't allow more than one child to sit on an adult's lap in the same row. This is because there are only 4 oxygen masks available in the event of an emergency, and right now there are 5 people in your row. I don't like to inconvenience you, but I'm going to have to ask around to see if someone can change seats with you. Do you have any questions for me?"
Instead, the flight attendant made my mother and me feel like criminals, never once expressed regret or concern that we had not been informed of the policy, or that we were being inconvenienced in any way. As a matter of fact, she offered the man next to my mother a refund for his ticket because he expressed exasperation with the whole incident! Outrageous!
OTTAWA, KANSAS -- Last year my SO and I took a wonderful vacation to Cancun and to try and save some money, we flew on AirTran. Getting there wasn't terrible but getting back.... Worst experience with any airline I have ever had. On the day we were scheduled to go home, we get to the airport to find our flight delayed. I was a bit frustrated but I figure it's a minor setback. Since Hurricane Karen was nearby, I figure it's probably due to that and we just have to wait. We do go to the ticket counter for our gate to see if there is any info on our flight and we hear this, "I don't know." 2 hours go by and no plane. We ask again and we hear "I don't know." This process drags on for eight hours.
Eight hours with no explanation for why our plane is delayed for that long. All we hear from the ticket agent when we ask is "I don't know." We are told of what happened when the plane finally arrives and as we are boarding the plane. Apparently they were shorthanded and there were a few maintenance issues and that's why it took eight hours. I do understand that delays like this can happen, it's frustrating but it is understandable. However, failing to inform passengers of a delay that can take up to several hours to fix and leave them essentially stranded at the airport is extremely poor customer service and there is no excuse for it. None.
I was furious that they chose not to inform us of this and made us wait in the airport for hours on end. Why would you not inform passengers of problems like this??? If they were upfront about it and told us about the delay and kept us updated, then this wouldn't have been an issue. Keeping passengers out of the loop is an issue! Long story short, we managed to get back in the US but we didn't make it home until the next day. I am never flying with AirTran again and have told my friends and family to avoid that airline like the plague.
AirTran Airways is one of the worst airlines I have ever booked with. On my flight to San Francisco from LaGuardia via Oregon on August 19, 2011, our plane taxied for 3 hrs (max allowed by law) before returning to the gate due to weather conditions in Oregon, which after deplaning for 30 min, was ultimately cancelled. In those 3 hours, they couldn't figure out how to reroute the plane that the storm eventually approached the NY metropolitan area. I proceeded to re-book my flight for the following Tuesday. According to the AirTran agent, the only flight available was from LGA to SFO via Atlanta with a 7-HOUR LAYOVER.
In the days between my cancelled Friday flight and my new reservation on Tuesday, I called the airlines daily to find out if I can get an earlier flight Tuesday morning with a shorter connection. The agent I spoke to on Sunday, who was very helpful, said I can attempt to fly standby early Tuesday morning and advised me to be at the airport an hour before the departing flight (LGA to SFO via Oregon). I called AirTran again Monday to see if any flights had opened up, and if I could fly standby. This time the agent said NO, all the flights were sold out.
He sounded irritated with me, and didn't even advise me to try to fly standby, nor did he even disclose to me any of the departing flights to SFO - just a flat out NO. He didn't care and wasn't interested in helping me in any way. Well, I followed the advice of the first agent I spoke to on the phone and showed up early at the airport in hopes I could score a standby flight. When I inquired at the front ticketing desk at LGA, the AirTran agent said, "No, I cannot put you on the standby flight to Milwaukee," (in contrast to what the first agent told me on the phone) because the reservation or connecting flight MUST BE identical.
So instead, she puts me on later connecting standby flight to Atlanta. Well, I decided to see another agent, but this time at the gate. He was super helpful and put me on standby for the next flight to SFO, which happened to be the connecting flight to Oregon. By this time, I realize how inconsistent AirTran is with customer service and rules regarding flight reservations. And it's absolutely frustrating. I get on the Oregon flight and personally thank the agent that helped me, and when I finally get to Oregon, and I think that after this whole ordeal I can finally make it home to San Francisco, our plane again is taxing on the runaway, this time a failure of the weather radar.
Of course, the captain says "it takes a few minutes to replace then we'll be on our way." 5 minutes later, he states the antenna failed and will take 2 hours to fix. AREN'T AIRLINES SUPPOSED TO DO MAINTENANCE CHECKS BEFORE DEPARTURE??? I finally make it so SFO with no problems afterward. With all said and done, the most pleasant aspect of AirTran is the stewardesses who were consistently friendly on each flight; however, it is not enough to choose AirTran again for my future travels.
I was booked on Dallas-Atlanta, Atlanta-Washington DC on Thursday Mar 11. Dallas-Atlanta Flt 100 at 6.20 am left on time but could not land in Atlanta on schedule due to weather. Even when we landed, it took AirTran about 20 minutes to provide us with a gate. Our connecting flight 186 to Washington DCA was to leave at 10 am. We got to the gate at 9.58 am and the flight had left! There was no staff at the gate.
We approached the Customer Center at Gate C16 and I tried to speak to them about my peculiar situation. I was going to take a Virgin Atlantic flight to London at Dulles airport for 6.55 pm. That was why I chose this connection. The Atlanta-DC flight to Reagan DCA was to arrive at 11.54 am and my flight to London was at Dulles for 6.55 pm so I had enough turnaround time if they had kept their end of the bargain.
What I experienced yesterday was a failure of customer service, period. The AirTran people just could not get themselves together due to the crisis caused by weather. The test of great customer service is in a crisis and AirTran failed woefully. Only one guy at gate C8 was composed enough to think (** is his name). He should get promoted to manager because he recognized peculiar situations and tried to fix each on its merit.
If I had gotten him earlier, we would have avoided the situation. Everyone in customer care Thursday Mar 11 were unhelpful, robotized, and sometimes downright rude! One Caucasian buffoon shouted me down and insisted I joined a queue of about 50 people with less urgent issues than mine. They wouldn't even listen. After waiting for about an hour, I finally got to talk to another who was more preoccupied in blaming me for choosing to fly out of 2 airports!
The trouble started when the connecting flight from Atlanta-DC left earlier than scheduled. We could not land in Atlanta on time because it rained. By the time we got to the gate of our connecting flight to DC at 10 am, there was no plane!
It was scheduled to leave at 10 am but when over 40 of us got to the gate at 9.58 am, the plane had left and there was no staff at the gate! AirTran could have held that flight when they knew the connecting flight was delayed. In fact, it took 20 mins for AirTran to provide us with a parking gate! So the delay was all their fault. I guess they didn't want to incur late fees so they passed the inconvenience to their customers!
Every attempt I made to get them to think outside the box just didn't yield. They were like programmed morons! "You missed the flight, we put you on the next one period!" The next flight was at 1.45 pm so I waited for 4 hrs. About 1 pm, AirTrash announced that this flight was delayed from New Orleans due to mechanical fault and would now leave at 3 pm! My flight to London was at Dulles for 6.55 pm and I still needed to go through security. Not to mention DC rush hour traffic from Reagan Memorial to Dulles.
About security; my Nigerian passport earned me instant 'suspected terrorist' status because I was taken aside, frisked and every item in my possession was checked for radioactive radiation - from my makeup, purse, phone, iPod, PC, shoes, bags, EVERYTHING! Even my hands! That takes about 25 minutes and a lot of embarrassment. No thanks to Mutallab for this humiliation but what can one do?
Anyway, back to AirTrash! ** was the ONLY one who recognized my urgency and took it up with the manager before they got me a business class seat on the earlier Atlanta-Baltimore BWI for 1.45 pm. We arrived at 4 pm and luggage took 30 mins, it's 1 hr, no traffic from BWI to Dulles so I would have arrived at 5.30 pm and Virgin gate closes at 6 pm.
All the way from Atlanta, I had been on the phone with the Virgin Atlantic customer service and they were excellent. I called Virgin 4 times and each representative was empathetic, helped me through possible options, even put a note on my reservation to alert check-in staff of my predicament. When it was obvious I could not make the flight, they called the airport to offload me because I already checked in online and advised me on the cheapest options I had.
Since I had no plans to stay in DC, I had no one to pick me. All my contacts in the area were not available. 1 was in BWI for 4 hrs before locating my dear cousin (thank God for family), a shuttle to her house (saved hotel), back to Dulles to try for a seat today, etc.
Planned my itinerary to get to Lagos Saturday morning to make my live show Bimbo-Sola Connect on Lagos Television and the burial of my auntie. AirTrash trashed all that. I can only hope for a connecting flight to Lagos in time to speak at World Consumer Rights Day Summit in Abuja on Monday. All because AirTran customer service staff didn't get the memo on thinking outside the box in resolving customer issues!
Last Sunday I was to return to Flint from Fort Myers, Florida. I tried to use the on-line check in service the night before, but could not check in for my flight. I tried for several hours with no luck. I tried again the next morning with still no luck.
With my flight scheduled to depart at 6:30 pm, I arrived at the airport at 4 pm. The agent at the counter looked at me and said "I have bad news. There is no way that you are going to get home tonight." When I asked why, he explained that the plane coming from D.C. had mechanical problems and would not arrive until 9 pm. That would mean I would miss my connecting flight in Atlanta, and it is the last flight for the day going from Atlanta to Flint.
When I asked him what my alternatives were, he said that the only thing I could do was come back the next day to take the same flight. That meant a 24-hour delay. I told him that was unacceptable and that he needed to work out something else. The only other option was to take my delayed flight to Atlanta, spend the night there and fly home the next day.
They did offer to put me up for the night in Atlanta, but here is where they added insult to injury. When we boarded the plane to go to Atlanta, the pilot came on the intercom and announced that due to the missed flight situation, everyone would receive a round trip ticket anywhere that AirTran flies. That announcement brought cheers from the passengers.
However, when I called the Customer Relations Dept to arrange for the ticket, I was told that it would only be a one-way ticket. The person informed me that the pilot was not authorized to make awards as compensation. It seems to me that he is an employee of the airlines, so when he speaks, he is speaking for the company.
What really is annoying is that they knew the plane was delayed and yet they couldn't send me an email at 2 pm to tell me that. They let me check out of my room, turn in my rental car, get to the airport, and then tell me. In fact, when I finally got to the boarding gate at 4:45 pm, they still had that flight posted as being on time and leaving at the scheduled time of 6:30 pm. They did not update the delay on any of the airport signage until after 5:30 pm. This is a very poorly run airline that does not communicate to its customers, or for that matter, its employees. I will avoid flying them at all costs in the future.
AIRtran Please see further information below, Have you been able to follow up?
Thank You,
Thank you for contacting AirTran Airways. As I previously advised, the complaint has been filed on your behalf. However, it will be handled internally, and any corrective action that is taken is not shared with the public. Therefore, you will not hear back with any updates on your complaint. I am sorry for any disappointment my response may cause.
Thank you for contacting AirTran Airways. Have a nice day.
Customer Relations Department
AirTran Airways
C****, After you have checked and verified that what I have stated is the case please email me with a resolution. And I do agree that this item did not pertain to the safety of the aircraft although it did pertain to the safety of your passengers, As I read your response I feel that Airtran or its employees did not or do not care above a minimum amount about my condition or the Dangerous condition I was placed in on this flight. I am truly disheartened by the Quote F A A regulations. If your flight attendant would have just taken the time to investigate the situation we would not be having this discussion. Thank you for your quick response I look forward to hearing further from Airtran or yourself. Have a Great day.
Thank you
In a message dated info@mail. airtran.com writes:
I am sorry to learn of your disappointment with AirTran Airways, however, we thank you for allowing us the opportunity to address your concerns.
AirTran Airways considers the safety of our valued customers and crew members as our top priority. There are many checks and balances performed by our maintenance crews, our cockpit crews as well as the airlines' operations control to prevent flight irregularities. However normal use can affect the function of any mechanical device.
In compliance with F. A.A. regulation, some maintenance issues are considered Air Worthy, meaning safe to fly with as the item does not pertain to the safety of flight or the aircraft operation. In this case, our maintenance department would make the needed adjustment as soon as possible and within a specified amount of time. Nevertheless, your comments have been forwarded for review.
All AirTran Airways aircraft are equipped with first aid kits. There certainly should have been a bandage available for you upon your request. This information has also been forwarded to make sure the aircraft is fully stocked with the appropriate safety equipment.
Your continued support is important to us. We hope to have an opportunity in the future to better serve you and regain your confidence in our airline.
Customer Relations Department
AirTran Airways
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COMMENTS First, I would like to say that my Family and I almost always fly Airtran. And my wife insists that we try to fly your airline first, also I have been a A+ member for several years. (*********) I recently flew with Airtran on J*** @*** Flight ** from LAX to BWI seat ** D. When we where seated on the plane I noticed that something had stuck me in the leg and when I checked my leg I noticed it was scratched/cut, I felt down under my seat and found a piece of metal sticking out from the bottom of the seat. since we where in flight I notified the flight attendant and asked if I could have 2 bandages one for my leg and another to put over this piece of metal sticking out under the seat. He said he would check, he came back and said that they had no bandages on the plane and that I should try to be careful and he would have the seat AT&T! ended to when we landed in Maryland. During the 4.5 hours I cut my leg several more times. It was impossible not to. Since I did not know what action to follow I contacted my Doctor and he said that I had a tetanus (sp) booster when I was in John Hopkins for my Chemo therapy 2 years earlier and to watch the cuts and see if they begin to become infected. He also told me to use a good antibiotic cream with the bandage. Currently I seam to be fine. It is very disheartening that this did not seam to mater and it was quite unsettling to me as I waited and checked my leg for an infection. I am concerned that someone could be seriously injured by this broken piece of metal and that the plane had no bandages. Please contact me Thank you,
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA -- On April 25, 2009, my family and I had flights booked through Expedia for flights from Minneapolis, MN to Orlando, Florida. Our flights booked on March 30th 2009 showed our entire round trip at about $200 per person. Upon check in at Minneapolis gates, we were told by AirTran employee that there was still $485 outstanding bill on our flights. We argued that the flights were paid for and we were told that we would not be able to board until we paid the outstanding balance. We did not have time to argue for we had cruise we were going on and could not take the chance of missing our flight and therefore missing the cruise.
I called Expedia right away and the representative told me "They have been doing this a lot lately. Just fax us your paperwork when you get back to Minneapolis and we will contact AirTran." Of course the AirTran Rep we spoke to blames Expedia for booking the flights incorrectly which I disagree with for I have an itemized receipt which shows our flights were paid in full. Also, when we were checking in at Minneapolis, we were told "Your bag is nice. Just make sure you don't over pack it or you'll be charged overweight fees."
Upon checking in at the Orlando Airport for our return flight to Minneapolis May 4th, the ticketing person, did not even greet us or make eye contact. She took out her tape measure and went to work at measuring our bags. She told us that "yes" the same "nice bag" is now not overweight but "oversized." She was the most unpleasant person to deal with and charged us extra $39 "oversize" bag fee. She left us standing at the check-in counter for 30 minutes, because of the argument I had with her and we almost missed our flight.
I still have not heard from Expedia regarding our refund. I will continue to pursue this matter with the BBB if Expedia does not respond by the end of the day May 15 2009. I just wanted to let the public know that the customer service with AirTran is the worst I have ever experience and they are making it their business to rip off other hard working people. They don't accept responsibility for their actions and it's always the customer's fault or problem.
I will NEVER fly AirTran again. I have been sharing my experiences with their company representatives/employees with my co-workers, family and friends and anyone else who will listen. Please take the time to read all the similar complaints against AirTran before booking your next flight.
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -- I recently flew from National Airport in Washington, DC to Denver, Colorado. Upon arriving at the terminal in DC I went to check in my two bags, a ski bag and one piece of rolling luggage. I was first told you did not accept ski bags, but I had read on your website before purchasing my ticket that you did in fact accept ski bags. So after waiting for a long period of time to see a supervisor I was told he could refund my ticket price and I would have to buy a ticket on another airline, which was a completely unacceptable solution as I was scheduled to be in Denver that day and a ticket purchased on such short notice would be exorbitantly priced.
After finally agreeing to check my bag with only five minutes left to board the flight, the supervising agent charged me over $200.00 to check my bags which I had no choice but to pay or miss my flight. As a result of this I ended up purchasing a return ticket on Southwest airlines one way for only $99.00 and they charged nothing for me to check my two bags. In addition to the baggage charges, the agent was nothing short of rude and really seemed to have no concern for me getting on the flight.
I am writing to you to let you know this type of treatment is what has caused many of us to travel less frequently or only on airlines such as Southwest who do not rape their customers. I find it amazing that certain airlines have seen fit to penalize their customers to make up for their own poor planning and business practices. As this was my first time flying AirTran I was hoping for a better experience, but having been charged nearly the price of the ticket in luggage charges, I do not anticipate flying with your airline again.
With the economy in its current state I would think it would be unwise to lose the customers who still desire to travel. I have several friends who resist flying at all, as it has become such a hassle and less than pleasurable experience. Anything you can do to reimburse my excessive luggage charges would go a long way in motivating me to try your airline again.
My opinion based upon experiences with AirTran: AirTran provides fairly low-priced air travel and was even on-time during most of my flights. Checking even 1 bag will cost you $15 more than what you're told the cost of the trip will be. If you want to talk with an AirTran representative when making your reservation, it will cost you another $15, and if you change your reservation after you make it, even if it is for a more expensive flight, it will cost you another $75 in addition to the extra ticket cost.
One experience with AirTran on 3/28/09 makes me suspect that AirTran representatives were, and continued to be less than truthful with their passengers, and I've learned that anytime someone is less than truthful, the buyer must beware. You be the judge: Flight 934 on 3/28/09 was scheduled for departure from Atlanta at 6:24 PM. All passengers were allowed to board the aircraft at approximately 7:35PM. After about ten minutes, the captain announced over the speakers that he had just been informed that the aircraft was down for maintenance, and that we must leave the aircraft.
He told us that there was another plane already "here" and that should walk to another gate to board it. When we arrived at the other gate, we discovered that the replacement plane was not there, and had not even landed. We were told by a gate agent that it was about to land. After waiting for about an additional hour, we were told by a gate agent that the replacement plane had run low on fuel while waiting to land, and was re-directed to another city for refueling, but that we should continue to wait for it to arrive in Atlanta.
Approximately one-half hour later, all passengers were told by a gate agent that the flight had been cancelled due to weather, and that the passengers were automatically booked on the next AirTran flight in the morning. We were referred to Atlanta hotels for overnight accommodations, at our cost, with no meal allowance or other compensation. I called AirTran "Customer Relations" on 4/07/09 and asked that they at least reimburse me for the cost of the hotel.
I was then informed that although maintenance personnel did board the plane that the passengers had originally boarded at 7:35 PM, it was "never down for maintenance", but instead was always cleared for flight. The "Customer Relations" representative insisted that the flight was cancelled due to weather, and that is why there was no compensation to the passengers. I asked the "Customer Relations" representative what time the passengers boarded the plane that had the maintenance issue, and she indicated that it was at about 7:35 PM. She also admitted that all of the passengers were required to leave the plane within a few minutes of boarding.
I then asked her what time the flight had been cancelled "due to weather", and she indicated that it was at about 9:10 PM. I asked her to explain why the passengers were made to wait for about one and one-half hours for another plane if the original plane was "never down for maintenance" but rather cleared for flight, and she continually brought up the weather conditions as the reason. I discovered that Delta Airlines did fly from Atlanta to my destination very shortly thereafter. I did note that some other airlines were cancelling flights due to weather.
When I got to my Atlanta hotel, I noticed guests using Delta vouchers to pay for rooms and meals. However, there was no compensation from AirTran. If you choose to fly AirTran, beware of the inconveniences and additional expenses that you may incur, and of AirTran's hardline approach to blaming mother nature for what may actually be their fault.


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Texas governor Rick Perry's Facebook page, tragically entitled Give Rick a Chance, is getting menstrual bombed, as dozens of women share their stories and ask his advice about PMS, birth control pills, hormone replacement and reproduction. Meanwhile, some supportive men have gotten in on the discussion.
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Report: NKorea fires 3 short-range missilesBy SAM KIM
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A South Korean man watches TV news reporting a missile launch conducted by North Korea on Saturday. The letters on the screen read, Fired three short-range guided missiles.SEOUL, South Korea North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.
The North fired two missiles Saturday morning and another in the afternoon, South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said by phone. He said the Norths intent was unclear. His ministry said it is watching North Korea carefully in case it conducts a provocation against South Korea.
In March, North Korea launched what appeared to be two KN-02 missiles off its east coast. Experts believe the country is trying to improve the range and accuracy of its arsenal.
North Korea recently withdrew two mid-range Musudan missiles believed to be capable of reaching Guam after moving them to its east coast earlier this year, U.S. officials said. The North is banned from testing ballistic missiles under U.N. Security Council resolutions.
Earlier this year, North Korea threatened nuclear strikes on Seoul and Washington because of annual U.S.-South Korean military drills and U.N. sanctions imposed over its third nuclear test in February. The drills ended late last month. This past month, the U.S. and South Korea ended another round of naval drills involving a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier off the east coast. North Korea calls such drills preparation to invade the North.
Analysts say the recent North Korean threats were partly an attempt to push Washington to agree to disarmament-for-aid talks.
This past week, Glyn Davies, the top U.S. envoy on North Korea, ended trips to South Korea, China and Japan. On Friday, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned from North Korea but didnt immediately give details of his talks with officials there.
On Monday, North Korean state media showed that the countrys hard-line defense minister had been replaced by a little-known army general. Outside analysts said it was part of leader Kim Jong Uns efforts to tighten his grip on the powerful military after his father Kim Jong Il died in December 2011.
The United States and Japan are participants in six-nation nuclear disarmament talks along with the Koreas, Russia and China. North Korea walked out of the talks in 2009 after the United Nations condemned it for a long-range rocket launch.
North Korea possesses an array of missiles. U.S. and South Korean officials do not believe the Norths claim that it has developed nuclear warheads small enough to place on a missile. Last week in Washington, South Korean President Park Geun-hye and President Barack Obama warned North Korea against further nuclear provocations.
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My brother Scott and his wife Kim delivered a beautiful new addition to the family on Friday June 18th. Lilah Willow was 8lbs, 2 ozs and 19 1/2 inches long. Kim is 35, this is her first baby. No problems during pregnancy (just like me). She went to the doctor Monday and her BP was 158/89 and her feet are starting to swell.
I almost died from my bout with PP PE, and am not sure how to keep her from freaking out, but I think she needs to go back to the doctor immediately. This brings back horrible memories for me, and I knwo that it may be other things, but I can't think of how to reiterate my story to her and make her go in.
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CBP Final Event Wrap Up
Held on 3 and 4 December this was the last stage of the CBP 2011. This is now the fifth year of the League since it started in 2007. There were 31 teams between the Open and Amateur divisions, and 178 games were held between the 2 days of the event. The weather was great and held out throughout the tournament.
Jungle Boyz, became the first 3 time League champions (2007, 2010 and 2011). Ninjas Black, was the amateur champion last year, and this year they finished in 3rd place in open division. Thank you to Dye for all support of the CBP 2011.
CBP 2012 dates are:
- 1st event 31 of March to 1st of April (Confirmed)
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Clearly, all is not well in this bath bucket! Most of us don't know what it's like to bathe in such a manner, but millions of children around the world are truly blessed to have clean water washing over them.
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Updated, Jan. 31, 7:18 p.m.
Columbia's capital campaign raised more than $6.1 billion, an Ivy League record for funds raised in a single campaign and the second largest sum raised by any university.
University President Lee Bollinger announced the final total of the campaign, which ended on Dec. 31, 2013, after eight years, in an email to alumni on Thursday.
Bollinger said that more than $1 billion was raised for student financial aid across all schools and colleges, almost another $1 billion was raised for 40 different facilities projects, and more than 260 professorships were endowed.
A full breakdown of the funds that will be going toward faculty, financial aid, research, and facilities will be announced April 3 at an event celebrating the campaign.
The campaign, launched in 2006, was originally conceived to raise $4 billion for all schools and colleges within the University, but that goal was increased by trustees over the years as funds kept flowing in. The campaign reached its $5 billion goal in the summer of 2012. A previous campaign, which ran from 1988 to the end of 2000, raised a little over $2.5 billion.
"None of us began this effort imagining we would exceed $6 billion," Fred Van Sickle, the executive vice president for University development and alumni relations, said in an email.
According to Jerry Kisslinger, the chief creative office in the Office of Alumni and Development, the largest donor was John Kluge, CC '37, who donated $400 million in 2007 to be used for scholarships.
Kisslinger said that nearly half the donors to the capital campaign were new donors. More than 128,000 new donors contributed to the campaign.
"There's been a tremendous emphasis in the past decade on both the University-wide energy and what schools are doing to engage their alumni," Kisslinger said.
"The Campaign shows that Columbia alumni respond to our invitations for engagement and to 'big ideas' that are transforming the University," Van Sickle said.
According to Bollinger's email, donors to the capital campaign spanned 141 countries and included 128,000 supporters who had not donated to the University previously.
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Stanford had a three year silent phase before the campaign was announced which raised over 2 and a half billion. That was included in the total. Harvard has also just concluded its three year "silent phase" and has announced the beginning of the campaign with over 2 billion as well. You are correct that Stanford generally speaking for the last few years does lead in average yearly donations. Columbia and Harvard are generally in the top three.
The chart is a bit misleading, since it compares the target amounts for Cornell and Harvard with the actual amounts raised by the other schools. Columbia's target was $5 billion, but it actually raised a lot more. Stanford, Yale, and Penn also raised more than their stated goals. Cornell and Harvard will likely exceed their goals, too.


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Elder Scrolls Online's core player base has been crippled from day one of the games annoucement. Here are my reasonings,
1. Hero Engine Debacle
When the game was first announced, one of the key features toted was the use of the same engine as Star Wars: The Old Republic, the very controversial "Hero Engine". As soon as the Game-Informer Article hit the internet forum posts blasting the use of the engine shot up right here on MMORPG.com; along with articles confirming this fan outry on Massivly and other major MMO publications.
Here is where I give the ESO Devs some credit, as they quickly dispelled the previously announced feature as nothing more than a simple "Whiteboard" which they used to make the "Real Engine". But suspicions had already begun in the community since the original announcement, even diehard Elder Scrolls fans reamined wary, with features like "Voice-Overs" and All-Age Appropriate Graphics still confirmed, things started to seem too similar to other projects from the Hero Engine.
2. Game-Informer speaks Candidly about lack of Core Elder Scrolls Series Features
Along with the Game-Informer article also came a further hit to not only Hardcore Elder Scrolls fans, but also to the general fans of megahit "Skyrim"; the ES series most accesible link to the gaming community. Features like Player-Housing, Were-wolves, First-Person combat, wernt making the transition to the Elder Scrolls MMO "Because of the constraints inherent to an online game" according to the games developers, but Zenimax Online assued the fans they would be "including everything that makes sense."
3. Three-Factions, Race-Locked, No Imperials
So it wasnt long after Zenimax Promised to "Include Everything that makes sense", that they gave us information on the games core mechanics, which included Three Factions at war against each other. DAOC fans quickly flocked to the games forums and other sites giving the game its most solid boost of concurrent fans since the previous announcments.
But even with the small impact the DAOC community gave to ESO, it was completely overshadowed by the complete abandonment of many Core Elder Scrolls fans, who saw the three race locked factions as a complete deviation from the games well standing lore, as well as a limit on player interaction between all races which had never been seen in a full fledged ES game before.
The lack of a core ES Race (Imperials) from the mix, placing them instead as a more antagonistic NPC roll, also came across as a strange decision as they had always been a default choice for many first time players of the game not familiar with the ES lore. (This is because of the overtly "European-American" look Imperials have)
In Conclusion - A Mature Audience detracted by an Adolescent game
So now what we are left with is a completely divided community, ESO's target audience has been consistently shown to be All-Age Appropriate, even though the core features of the Elder Scrolls Franchise have always been more adult-themed/ oriented. The advent of DAOC fans to the game is a fair audience but incomparable numbers wise to the outflux of core Elder Scrolls fans, and Adult Gamers who made up the games Core Audience.
Does anyone feel that ESO can recover from such poor early development/PR choices?
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Originally posted by jiveturkey12
How can you "recover" from the truth?
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1 its using a heavily modified version of the skyrim engine.
Tes core audience is CONSOLE GAMERS
I could care less what TES fans think or believe. As a fan of RvR content, and open world PvE freedom of exploration style content I coudlnt be happier. IMO they have the best of both worlds in TES and DAoC while culling the stuff that sucked. Like DAoC's grind centric camp spawning PvE and TES FPS combat and boring and archaic combat.
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Old enough to know better, Young enough to not care.
I am a PC gamer, but I do also have a XB360. All age graphics is like making adults watch cartoons. I used to like cartoons as a kid, but I have to say in my 30's I hate cartoons. EXCEPT family guy.
Originally posted by ShakyMo
LOL no it is not using a heavily modified version of the Skyrim engine, NOWHERE does it say that. They built their own engine from scratch after the Hero engine was used as a prototyping system.
Of the 11 million Skyrim sales to date, approximately 2.5 million of those were on the PC. That's more users than any MMO has ever launched with. SWTOR came close at 2.1 million.
Also, the move to add Mac support will allow many console gamers, who might have a Mac instead of a PC, to connect as well.
There is no solid dividing line between PC and console gamers, I have a PC, a 360 and a PS3. My girlfriend has a Wii so that completes the console trifecta in our household. PC is my main gaming platform, but I have the other consoles for exclusives I might want to try. There is a lot of cross-pollination and many people who bought Skyrim on the 360 or PS3 might have had a computer that could run it, but didn't bother because they prefer the controller, the couch and/or the big-screen tv.
Originally posted by Zylaxx
As I said before, this is not a core userbase, this is roughly 500 people who will come to this game just for the RvR. How many people still play DAOC? If it was that amazing, trumping all other issues, it would have kept that audience, but it's not, it's actually rather boring after about a month, becuase there's nothing dynamic, it is the same boring game of tug-of-war over and over.
The OP's assessment is fair, their core userbase is/was TES fans and they utterly squandered it. What do they have left: 250,000 or so MMO nomads who will go back to WoW once they've reached max level and 500-1000 hardcore RvR nutjobs who hang out in Cyrodiil the whole time.
Originally posted by ShakyMo
If its console gamers they better have controller support and a 360 version then.
We all know those dirty console peasants get confused with a mouse and keyboard, their feeble minds can't comprehend that many buttons.
It's scientifically proven.
Originally posted by AdamTM
I'm not a brony or anything, but holy shit your avatar made your comment so much more hilarious!
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Originally posted by ShakyMo
Seriously? They're using the Gamebryo... oh sorry they renamed it "Creation Engine" ( LOLOLOL)?
They WANT this game to fail hard and fast.
Originally posted by Zylaxx
And if they'd named it "Dark Age of Camelot 2", they might have had a prayer of success.
Trying to name this joke as "The Elder Scrolls" is going to bite them in the ass.
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Originally posted by Zylaxx
You dont have to care what TES Fans think or believe, you dont even have to follow the core-gamer crowd who ususally plays mature games like Skyrim.
If you honstly believe that ESO can support a stable player base on RvR fans, DAOC Fans, and Children ages 9-15, then yes by all means go ahead. No one is saying your not aloud to believe that, passionately or otherwise.
What I am explicitly stating is that Zenimax Online Crippled its own Core Player Base when they decided to alienate the Mature community that concurrently buys Elder Scrolls games along with alienating the "Skyrim-Only" crowd, or people who know Elder Scrolls simply from the "Skyrim" Brand. The game represents nothing appetizing for either of those two audiences which make up a massive amount of possible future sales for "Elder Scrolls" online.
Do you think that Zenimax Online is honestly doing their best job securing this games future development and release?
Originally posted by jiveturkey12
I believe your OP hit the nail on the head.
However I wonder what you would say to their incredible backtracking during E3 when the message of "MMO fans will feel at home" changed drastically to "TES fans will feel at home?"
Then, after E3, they all but vanished into nothing. Excuses were made, like Dishonored being Bethesda's focus marketing wise, and the incoming GW2 clouding the hype-space, but now that both of those excuses are moot, we still haven't heard anything aside from the odd twitter clue.
Developers might not often listen to their fanbases, but publishers certainly do, especially when the outcry is so vocal. I can imagine that there was a shitstorm in Bethesda Softworks when the reaction came down the pipe, and that shitstorm landed heavily on ZOS' head.
There are several possibilites for this of course.
Perhaps they have heard the outcry, and have gone silent, hard at work to bring TES fans what they want, and what the IP deserves.
The only other option I can think of is that they've buried their heads in the sand completely until beta, and we won't hear anything else until they're ready to start showing their gameplay, hoping everyone's forgotten their first impression.
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I don't feel crippled at all.
I feel encouraged to avoid it like the plague.
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Originally posted by Entinerint
It would be more interesting if they pulled an XCOM and the game got delayed by 10 years to "fix" it.... and then fail anyways.
Originally posted by AdamTM
Hahaha, that would be pretty hilarious, except XCOM is doing exceedingly well for a turn-based strategy game.
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The one thing that keeps nagging at me about TESO, other than the fact that its nothing more than DAoC2 + Standard Themepark stuff in an Elder Scrolls skin, is the whole "Hero Engine..oh wait...Not Hero Engine" issue.
When Zenimax first announced the game, they made a point of mentioning the Hero Engine. Then, only after they got lambasted by the community about it, did they retract/ammend that statement to say that they were ONLY using the HE as a "Whiteboard" and they were creating their own "In-House" engine for the actual game.
Ok...so why even mention the HE in the first place? Why not just state from the beginning that are you creating your own engine for the game?
Something about that still just doesnt sit right
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I feel ya OP. I really do. Your post is eloquent and case well stated. Most MMO'rs already know the watering down that happens when any popular IP turns massive. It's really not surprising, even though ES is possibly the last sacred home for what remains of the SRPG'rs out there. Yes, it's about to be desecrated. Your house. My house.
So what? Just pass on it. Skyrim would only be better with co-op or LAN modes, not as an MMO. There is nothing Zenimax can do to please SRPG fans...no dividing line that will maintain your immersion, belief, or perspective of the Elder Scrolls world. You cannot drop 5,000 people into a (previously) built Elder Scrolls world and preserve everything you hold dear about the series...unless of course you want a SWTOR-esque experience: a massively single player game. That MIGHT come close.
Its not gonna be what you want? Just let it go...or if you're that hyped about it, work your way into beta and suggest away.
Originally posted by Entinerint
I meant the betreyal XCOM
The FPS/TPS
Originally posted by AdamTM
Oh right, almost totally forgot about that one, I thought it was cancelled, much like I hope TESO ends up being (although with 300 mil in investment and 5 years of dev time, that is unlikely).
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Originally posted by PyrateLV
It really is a shame EAware tarnished the HeroEngine brand so badly. Especially since SWToR's version of HEroEngine is mostly cobbled together scraps of code and only HeroEngine in name.
HeroEngine itself is a damn fine game engine.
In fact, if Zenimax had instead thrown EAware under the bus and pointed out for those who still don't know that the HeroEngine SWToR uses wasn't even a finished alpha when they licensed it ( and the HeroEngine creator even warned them the engine was nowhere ready but EAware said "It's okay, we'll fix it our way anyway." ), it would have looked a lot better for Zenimax than trying to dodge the HE issue.
Of course, that still wouldn't change the fact Zenimax is trying their hardest to make TES look like SWToR art-wise.
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Originally posted by jiveturkey12
Considering hte core Audience for TES games are console gamers and not MMO players is this such a bad thing? The vast majority of TES games sales is, and always will be from consoles and the modding community. TESO attempts to give MMO gamers a game remeniscent of older style MMO's within a framework of lore and game design elements of TES. Along the way there will alot of players from both the console and the MMO. I can definitly state that if TESO was a port of Skyrim into a MMO, aint no way in hell would I play it. Mainly because I hate the combat in TES but primarily a true port to MMO would HAVE to include open conflict, FFA style ganking style PvP. Aint no way will I ever play any style of non consentual PvP.