United Airlines suck. I sat in the Kansas City airport for nearly 8 hours and flew to Chicago to catch a flight to Brussels that had left 45 minutes before I was supposed to arrive.

Now I have a flight leaving Chicago after 9 through London, and arriving Brussels at 3 tomorrow afternoon. Economy class all the way.

I don’t mind the mechanical and weather related issues that I’ve experienced today. I mind the disinterest from the employees of this airline. I specifically asked the gate person about making the connecting flight in Chicago and she told me the departure gate #. She said nothing about the flight leaving in 30 minutes when the flight to Chicago takes 1:20.

Then the same treatment in Chicago. If I ran this airline, I’d fire each and every employee I’ve dealt with so far.

So, two days of no riding for me. Not the greatest way to start this trip. It probably isn’t going to get much worse. At least I hope not.

So, I’m just sitting in the Red Carpet Club in O’hare listening to the KU game on my iPhone. Gonna be a long night.

Okay. My bike isn’t on the plane. Wonder where it is? This is just getting better and better.

This had become a travel nightmare. We sat on the runway for an hour and a half, only to return to a gate because a fuse blew.

I just looked at my itinerary and I only had 1:45 in London. We’re 1:40 late right now and there are no gates to return to.

I’d like to get off this plane, find my luggage and start all over tomorrow. I don’t think that’s an option at this point.