Checked app every 15 minutes. Nothing changed. Last time I checked before leaving home was 11:30. Screenshot the 2pm departure.
1:29pm on 2/16/26 by
Jennyhirsch
Dropped off DDs car at her college lot. Other DD driving us down Semoran Blvd to MCO. At 12:12, I got a text that my flight departed at 12:08. Hah. Quickly followed by text that it would depart at 1. Our arrival at MCO was to be 12:45. Omg.
1:31pm on 2/16/26 by
Jennyhirsch
DD FLEW down Semoran. Dropped us and went to cell phone lot to stay nearby. We RAN to TSA Precheck. It was empty! Yay! TSA agent told me my bday was the wrong year and I didn't have precheck. What????
1:32pm on 2/16/26 by
Jennyhirsch
RAN to ticket counter. Luckily priority status gave me a front of line bc there were 50 people in line easy. Sweet agent (who has my exact se bday) fixed everything. RAN back to TSA precheck. Quickly thru.
1:33pm on 2/16/26 by
Jennyhirsch
App did not ever say we were boarding. But from monorail, you could see there was no plane at gate. We slowly walked to Gate 128 (which said "Atlanta" and NOT our hometown of Baltimore). Resigned ourselves to a midnight flight.
1:34pm on 2/16/26 by
Jennyhirsch
Edge of my seating with this story lol
1:35pm on 2/16/26 by
HalfBludPrincess
But, wonder of wonders! They gave up fixing our original plane and rolled a new one out of the hangar! It hasn't boarded yet! We are gonna make it! I think I will sleep well on the flight home.
1:35pm on 2/16/26 by
Jennyhirsch
I was notified of a two hour delay last year. Luckily I received that notification as we entered the garage to drop off our rental. The plane ended up leaving 5 minutes early. I will always ignore delay texts from now on. I am so glad you made it!
1:39pm on 2/16/26 by
PrincipalTinker
That's the kind of chaos that drives DH over the cliff. lol
You should have said
"We're not gonna make it" several times like Dino (rip)
1:41pm on 2/16/26 by
youcanfly
Oh my goodness. That made me anxious
Just reading it. Fingers crossed for smooth sailing from this point on. They should give you free drinks for all that nonsense
2:08pm on 2/16/26 by
lizshiv
Was is Southwest? I never trust a SW delay message...been burned too many times when they change it back right before the plane's scheduled to leave. *face palm* Glad you made it!
2:16pm on 2/16/26 by
yetisafari
Yes, it was Southwest! And I knew they roll back those delays in an instant but still dawdled. Lol. Totally our bad. Funny thing is that while we were racing down Semoran Blvd, passengers in the terminal changed gates 4 times! Four!
2:19pm on 2/16/26 by
Jennyhirsch
Still...how on earth did my birthday year change in their system? Haven't touched my profile in 30 or 40 years, since I first got a Rapid Rewards account. Everything autopopulates when I log in and book a flight. So odd.
2:20pm on 2/16/26 by
Jennyhirsch
What a hot mess! Glad you made your flight :)
2:41pm on 2/16/26 by
cdlla
You made it! I knew you would! (high five @youcan.)
2:45pm on 2/16/26 by
popupcamper
I have found that the SW app either has zero info or totally wrong info much of the time when delays/changes happen. Meanwhile, TripIt & FlightAware apps usually tell me about changes within minutes. It is crazy, really.
2:48pm on 2/16/26 by
JJT (staff)
@jenny that is nuts. I hate that SW does that and, to @JJT's point, often doesn't have the correct info. It's so stressful. Glad you made it and were able to get the birth year stuff straightened out so quickly.
4:12pm on 2/16/26 by
yetisafari
How crazy! And absolutely messed up that your birthday changed!
6:05pm on 2/16/26 by
MarioMom