NEVER AGAIN!

OK, this is a rant against US Airways AKA US SCAREWAYS. If you like this airline, best skip reading this entry!
I believe in the three strikes rule and US Airways has got em’. The first strike was about a month back when my connecting flight from JFK-LAS was delayed for three hours (because of non-existent “weather”), thus making me miss my connection back home. I was thus forced to get a hotel room out of my own pocket (cuz “weather” delays are not the airline’s fault) to the tune of US$80 and then wound up flying home the next day. I was so tired and the flight I was put on to get back to SFO was early enough that there would be no time for Vegas type fun.
So that’s strike one. Strikes two and three happened today. I was booked on a UA itinerary, SFO-PHL on the redeye and a connecting flight from PHL-FLL. The connecting flight was, you guessed it, a US Airways codeshare!!!!
When I landed in PHL from my sleep-deprived flight, I was told that my original flight’s plane was “still in the hangar”. Mechanical issues. I was booked on another group of connecting flights, PHL-CLT then to FLL. I was also told that once my bag arrived that they could be sent to my hotel.
Yeah, right. According to the baggage people here, if the bags wind up on the original flight they were tagged for, they will NOT send the bags out and if I want to leave for my hotel (instead of waiting over an hour in the airport for my bags) I could:
A: Take a cab to the hotel and come back and get my bag and go back to the hotel.
B: Have the bag delivered COD.
Both options are unacceptable! Why should I have to pay money for US Airway’s problems or misinformation???
Each time I’ve flown this airline, it’s been nothing but delays. I’ve been in transit for over 12 hours now. By the time I get to the hotel, It will be close to 15 hours in transit. Just to keep things in perspective, I can fly SFO-HKG in 14 hours.
NEVER AGAIN!!!