sorry,all in lower case, laptop playing up, and first time sent message to forum.
due to fly out of whitsunday coast airport on thu night, jetstar flight cancelled due to rain, then fly to bali fri, jetstar flight 6.00 pm. were advised by jetstar flight would arrive next morning at 8.30. they told us to go home and come back in morning. we were told this at 8.30pm but by this time the roads were flooded and the buses that brought people out there would not let us go as we came by private limo. never fly jetstar if you can help it, all virgin people that were stranded at airport were taken by buses to laguna quays resort for the night, we had the luxury of the hard concrete floor.
after the worst night of no sleep, (backpackers were ok as they had sleeping bags and their pillows) next morning told by jetstar flight was still in sydney on hold, we believe they did not have a flight at all and they were telling us anything to shut us up.
about 8.00am police and ses arrived and declared us an emergency situation. we realised by now we were't going to make flight to bali, i asked what happens if we went home, would we get money back, jetstar staff rang call centre and told us we would get a full refund,this happene after we were declared an emergency, otherwise we would have to wait and try to get to syd for sunday flight.
we just wanted to go home by this stage so air whitsunday sent over some seaplanes and we got home via small airport at shute hbr as roads were blocked to airlie beach.
i had just sponsored a child through noel at rotary and was looking forward to seeing her next week, but will try again in july or august.
i realise it is the wet season here and you cant help the weather, my beef is with jetstar for leaving us stranded when they could have got us to a hotel.
moral of the story
virgin had richard
jetstar had dick.