Useless Airways has lived up to its nickname today. I flew to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton “International” airport today for a morning of work at a client in Exeter. Since Exeter is in the middle of Nowhere, PA, I thought it would save time if I could fly here rather than fly Southwest into Philadelphia and then driving here.

Big mistake. Getting to Wilkes Barre was easy enough this morning but the problem is getting home. I got done with my work about 15 minutes too late to catch an earlier, 3:20 PM flight to Philly and then RDU. As I killed some time at the truly beautiful, brand new Wilkes Barre airport terminal, an announcement was made that the incoming plane was grounded in State College, PA due to maintenance issues. We’d be bused from there to Philadelphia.

Thus, the thousand dollar bus ride. I paid almost $1000 so that U.S. Airways could put me on a bus to Philadelphia.

Now I’m in Philly I learn my flight has been delayed an hour due to the plane departing late from Toronto. Miraculously, the gate sign lists my flight as being “On Time.” U.S. Airways simply changed the time it was departing to an hour later than it should have left. Sneaky bastards.

This will teach me not to fly Southwest. This would never happen with them.