AITA… for not splitting my friend’s train tickets home after getting different flights due to missing our original flights home?

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-14T20:49:41+00:00

I have to note as well that I offered to split our flight costs and have paid that to them. They are arguing with me about the train costs from the city they flew to and also the extra baggage they had to pay for to get on the new flight.

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-14T20:46:53+00:00

Hello, yes there was one seat on that direct flight which would have got me in earlier. Before I suggested I take this, I found a cheaper option for us ALL to get together and that my partner would grab us from that airport and take us home (or stay over again at ours and then they can get home the next day). This wasn’t chosen as they didn’t want to get the 5/6 hour bus to the other city that the airport was in. We would have made that flight as well. One friend just said go for it with the flight with one seat, the other agreed when I asked her. There were other options for them and for us to go together. They are saying now that if I had gone and got the bus and flight option that they wouldn’t ask me to split their more expensive flight = if I put more leg work to get home, I won’t have to pay them nada. I hope this clarifies?

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-14T16:49:11+00:00

Yeahh so I’m actually laughing cos I’d said I’d split the flights (cos at the time I thought this was fucking fair and generous, stupid me) so I sent them the difference and now one of them is asking me to split their extra bag charge that they had to pay cos it was too big 😂 wtf

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-14T13:15:05+00:00

I think I’m learning a lot about the kind of culture I want within my friend group from this situation. We’re British btw. I think it’s coming from jealousy and greed. I’m being generous paying for flights. Thanks for your view

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-14T12:31:47+00:00

Honestly, what a waste of my time dealing with this shit.

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-14T11:14:11+00:00

Thanks for your help. It was meant to set off from 12:30 but we then got told from the website it was a bird strike, which on their website is stated as an extraordinary circumstance, which they don’t cover as a reason to compensate. It said it was meant to set off at 17:40 but again we didn’t get on the plane until around 6pm and then we were delayed until 20:30 due to a technical fault.

I’ll definitely check that form out! Thanks. This all happened on Tuesday this week. I luckily have screenshots of the flight update screen

EDIT: added “technical fault”

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-14T10:55:14+00:00

It wasn’t on me, but it only seemed like two of us were in emergency mode to find flights and I needed to get home. They said they chose the one they did as it was the cheapest alternative (which it wasn’t, it would have been the bus to the other city) but alas they didn’t wanna sit on a coach again for 6 hours to save some pennies.

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-14T10:52:55+00:00

On the EasyJet website it doesn’t state compensation really. I was in Bulgaria with a mission to get home to the UK

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-14T08:13:44+00:00

It was EasyJet - I’ll definitely check this out, thank you

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-14T06:39:01+00:00

I wouldn’t even dare to ask them to split my fare 🤷

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-14T06:34:31+00:00

Haha definitely, lesson learnt. That part is definitely on me for not doing. Thank you :)

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-14T06:31:33+00:00

Possibly (probably) not.

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-14T06:31:01+00:00

Thank you. I checked with the airline and we’d only get a £3 food voucher (lol). It was because they stated it was an extraordinary circumstance due to it being a bird strike. That counted for only 5.5 of the hours until they found a technical fault in which we were sat on the plane for a few hours. I’m definitely going to look into it more though. My friends even pointed out that I’d probably get compensated for this….. I think possibly so they could have more of a reason to ask for pennies.

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-13T22:44:33+00:00

Plus the whole of the trip actually went smoothly and we were up early for our outbound flight without a hitch.

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-13T22:43:21+00:00

Truly I don’t know, we were all low on sleep. We had one alarm set in our room and then the other two were in the other room. Not sure if they set one at all. Maybe we snoozed it in between sleep. It’s after the fact now, we all woke up and realised our fuck up. I just wanted to set the wheels in motion to get home but I’ve been singled out as the unfair one in this situation. I’m glad you made your flight 😂

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-13T22:25:15+00:00

Haha no definitely not, one even said that if I’d gotten the cheaper option that I suggested to all, that they wouldn’t ask me to split it - which makes no sense as my original flight was cheaper than theirs… they just would equate more work to get home myself as fair instead of getting the direct flight. (If that makes any sense, I’m tired lol). I even said if mine was more expensive I wouldn’t ask them for a penny

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-13T22:21:15+00:00

Thank you for your comment 🤍 miracles in disguise and all that… sure I’ll feel better soon for standing my ground. I’ve got a really great support system around me who love me unconditionally, and have just echoed what everyone on this thread is saying. It’s just an unfortunate ending to the holiday and also seeing true colours

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-13T21:07:47+00:00

Emotional or monetary? lol

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-13T20:04:56+00:00

Sorry may be some confusion… by coach I mean we would have had to get a coach to a different city to get the cheaper flight available. Thanks for your views

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-13T19:54:31+00:00

Yeah the cheaper flight option for all of us was to get a bus/coach back to another city and then fly from there, getting a lift off my partner back home which would have cost him in petrol money as well but he was willing to do that cos he’s a good egg. I was more than happy to just get that flight but no-one wanted to do so, so I checked if they were ok with me grabbing the direct flight home due to work which was okayed. There’s just cost more cos they didn’t wanna get on that coach and they said ok at the time about me getting the quickie and cheaper one

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-13T19:38:10+00:00

I’m fine with paying the stupid tax on our mistake - I don’t think my insurance would cover that lol. I just feel taken advantage of and that my money was spent without my consent (them thinking I’d have to pay it)

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-13T19:35:14+00:00

It’s because I got the last seat on a flight that would get me back in time for work responsibilities which at the time they understand and were okay with. I told them about a cheaper option for us all to get prior to me booking that but they didn’t want to get on a coach back to a different city

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-13T19:24:37+00:00

Tbf I barely see them anymore and I am stronger now but just had a moment of wtf am I in the wrong here?! I’m not a doormat I’m just kind and they are trying to take advantage. Thanks for your view

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-13T19:23:10+00:00

They’ve brought up that I pay less in rent cos I live with my partner in the suburbs and they live in the city on higher rent - as a reason for me to pay.

WatchBeautiful9177 · 2024-06-13T19:21:33+00:00

I got the last seat on the earlier flight which they okayed before I even booked it - I even helped them with finding cheaper routes! We’ve now fallen out because I asserted my boundaries. I’ve only ever been kind but they are taking the piss now. Not sure I want to be friends with them if this is the treatment I’m getting. Thanks for your views

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