Donets'k Warnings or Dangers
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Local Time 1:56 am Saturday, July 26, 2008
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on July 10, 2004As I looked around I realized I was not the only one who was not getting on that plane. And it just happened to be that 8 of the 10 who got bumped from the flight were American. And I believe the other two were German. An Aerosvit representative found it humorous that we Americans were stuck in Kiev and he took his good old time trying to find us an alternate flight. He informed us that Aerosvit only flew to New York twice a week and that we would be put up in a hotel for a few days. He also informed us that we would be reimbursed $100 for not getting on our original flight. Fours later he found us a flight that went to Warsaw, Poland and then on to Newark Airport in New Jersey. This was obviously not the airport I wanted to be going to since I had a shuttle waiting for me at JFK. But at that point I just wanted to be back on US soil. I got to Newark and I had to pay close to $300 in taxi fare to get to my house. The next day I contacted my travel agent and she got in touch with Aerosvit and told them about the problems I had. Three weeks later I get $7.90 credited to my credit card. That is right---$7.90 when I was bumped from my flight, waited in Borispol Airport for four hours while some inept representative of Aerosvit stood around and smoked cigarettes instead of trying to get us on another flight sooner, landed at a different airport than I should have, and paid close to $300 in taxi fare to get my tired butt home. So I warn you, DON'T use Aerosvit unless it is absolutely necessary. Aerosvit is less expensive than other airlines but you will end up paying more in the end. Trust me it is not worth the risk!
on May 28, 2008
