It sometimes really feels like a scam.

A couple weeks back I booked a round trip from Raleigh, NC to Buffalo, NY. I purposely selected a slightly more expensive flight because the return flight arrived earlier rather than later. This return flight had a half-hour layover in Washington, which is why the whole trip was much shorter.

But to my dismay when arriving in Washington, my connecting flight to Raleigh was delayed by nearly two hours. So much for that.

At any rate, I thought I'd try my chances with that flight again this weekend and booked the exact same flight.

And lo and behold, I'm now sitting in Washington DCA with my connecting flight to Raleigh once again delayed by nearly two hours.

It's the exact same flight with the exact same delay.

I'm almost thinking that there is in fact no flight from Washington DCA to RDU that departs at 7:35 PM.

Over the past year I've had the pleasure (or maybe inconvenience is a better term) of flying to various locations in eastern USA. And no matter where I go, my flights are always delayed. Always.

I suppose I don't have much to compare it to, but I just know that when flying to various locations in Asia, we never experienced any delays. I haven't flown extensively in Canada, but from the flights that I have had so far, I also did not experience a single delay.

So I just don't know what it is about flying in the US, but it's nothing that I look forward to anymore.

I don't know how people can do business in the US with flights getting delayed all the time.

All I can say is that if you ever need to get somewhere punctually in the US via air travel, you had better book a flight that will get you there at least one or two FULL days in advanced. Otherwise there is a good chance that you will completely miss, or at best, be very late for whatever appointment you have.

And so I still have an hour and a half to wait before my flight is estimated to leave at.

Someone must be laughing right now